I will not be going to Florida because of the Shutdown - Staying in the White House! #MAGA— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2018
Pay close attention to what he did, at least publicly:
Brett McGurk, who I do not know, was appointed by President Obama in 2015. Was supposed to leave in February but he just resigned prior to leaving. Grandstander? The Fake News is making such a big deal about this nothing event!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
If anybody but your favorite President, Donald J. Trump, announced that, after decimating ISIS in Syria, we were going to bring our troops back home (happy & healthy), that person would be the most popular hero in America. With me, hit hard instead by the Fake News Media. Crazy!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
When President Obama ingloriously fired Jim Mattis, I gave him a second chance. Some thought I shouldn’t, I thought I should. Interesting relationship-but I also gave all of the resources that he never really had. Allies are very important-but not when they take advantage of U.S.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
The only way to stop drugs, gangs, human trafficking, criminal elements and much else from coming into our Country is with a Wall or Barrier. Drones and all of the rest are wonderful and lots of fun, but it is only a good old fashioned Wall that works!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
Trump tweeted about Mattis' "retirement" on December 20. Then he saw a cable news report about the resignation letter, and realized he'd been criticized. You can almost hear the penny drop:
I am pleased to announce that our very talented Deputy Secretary of Defense, Patrick Shanahan, will assume the title of Acting Secretary of Defense starting January 1, 2019. Patrick has a long list of accomplishments while serving as Deputy, & previously Boeing. He will be great!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
Meanwhile, fuck the Kurds and who cares about ISIS? There's gold in them thare hills!
I just had a long and productive call with President @RT_Erdogan of Turkey. We discussed ISIS, our mutual involvement in Syria, & the slow & highly coordinated pullout of U.S. troops from the area. After many years they are coming home. We also discussed heavily expanded Trade.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
Interesting he can talk to Erdogan, but not to anybody in the Pentagon:
“Are your families asking if you’re leaving?” [Gen. Robert] Neller[, the Marine Corps commandant at Bost Air Field in Afghanistan] asked a group of Marines in Helmand province. Many said they were. “You’re not leaving.”
The Journal explained that none of the commanders have details about the president’s plan to draw down the troops.
“The Marines have laughed with their leader and his honesty, but it belied a frustration among officers and personnel about the lack of details from Washington: If Gen. Neller, one of the highest-ranking officers in the American military doesn’t know what’s happening, who does?” The Journal wrote.
In another case, Gen. Austin Miller, the head of U.S. and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces in Afghanistan, received morning intelligence briefings that focused on news reports because there was no official communication from the White House or Pentagon.
“I don’t think anybody really knows exactly what’s going to happen,” Gen. Neller told some Marines Friday. “I’ve read the same stuff in the newspaper you did, I have a little more knowledge than that, but not a whole lot more.”
This makes the government shutdown look coherent and well thought out. And again, we can't seem to grasp that just because the President says so, doesn't mean it's so.
Unthinkable devastation from the tsunami disaster in Indonesia. More than two hundred dead and nearly a thousand injured or unaccounted for. We are praying for recovery and healing. America is with you!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
Thoughts and prayers, ya know. Good for all occasions.
We signed two pieces of major legislation this week, Criminal Justice Reform and the Farm Bill. These are two Big Deals, but all the Fake News Media wants to talk about is “the mistake” of bringing our young people back home from the Never Ending Wars. It all began 19 years ago!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
"Mistake" is apt in ways the media has yet to catch on about.
Senator Bob Corker just stated that, “I’m so priveledged to serve in the Senate for twelve years, and that’s what I told the people of our state that’s what I’d do, serve for two terms.” But that is Not True - wanted to run but poll numbers TANKED when I wouldn’t endorse him.....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
.....Bob Corker was responsible for giving us the horrible Iran Nuclear Deal, which I ended, yet he badmouths me for wanting to bring our young people safely back home. Bob wanted to run and asked for my endorsement. I said NO and the game was over. #MAGA I LOVE TENNESSEE!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
Yeah, he's so busy he has time for this. Sen. Corker gets the last word, though:
But enough about you, let's talk about me for another minute.Yes, just like Mexico is paying for the wall... #AlertTheDaycareStaff https://t.co/4LwrkrSFFr— Senator Bob Corker (@SenBobCorker) December 23, 2018
Thanks @RandPaul “I am very proud of the President. This is exactly what he promised, and I think the people agree with him. We’ve been at war too long and in too many places...spent several trillion dollars on these wars everywhere. He’s different...that’s why he got elected.”— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2018
But that's not enough, he needs some more:
He hugs praise to him like it was a blanket. Have you ever seen a public figure more transparent and pathetic?
“It should not be the job of America to replace regimes around the world. This is what President Trump recognized in Iraq, that it was the biggest foreign policy disaster of the last several decades, and he’s right...The generals still don’t get the mistake.” @RandPaul— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2018
Mitch McConnell just told a group of people, and me, that he has been in the U.S. Senate for 32 years and the last two have been by far the best & most productive of his career. Tax & Regulation Cuts, VA Choice, Farm Bill, Criminal Justice Reform, Judgeships & much more. Great!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2018
Poor baby.“The President has been remarkable. I do not doubt that he will thrive in this new environment, and he will be a constant reminder of what populism is.” Thank you to Tammy Bruce and Steve Hilton. Presidential Harassment has been with me from the beginning!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2018
He hugs praise to him like it was a blanket. Have you ever seen a public figure more transparent and pathetic?
Why can't we just shutdown the office of the President until 2020?
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