President Donald Trump said he was hearing about The Atlantic’s bombshell report for the first time when asked by a reporter about it Monday afternoon.
First of all, it’s laughable to think that this is true. Secondly, if it was true then he’s admitting how out of touch he is with the operation of his own administration.
He’s been golfing and signing executive orders crafted by the Heritage Foundation this whole time. He doesn’t care what’s going on as long as he’s unobstructed.
You think the president of the US would first hear of a fuck up of this magnitude from the press?
I’m sure that even before the article was published they were trying to think of a way to silence it in a way that wouldn’t make things even worse in the next 24 hours. That’s why Trump was up there preemptively trying to discredit The Atlantic despite claiming to not know anything about his own administration’s incompetent bullshit.
It is laughable to think this is true because Trump follows news about himself and his administration quite closely, and this is all over the news.
It is also characteristic of Trump to say he “knows nothing about” all kinds of things that he wishes he knew nothing about, from George Papadopoulos to Project 2025.
I do not assume he is telling the truth. I assume he is lying. My interpretation is that the commenter you are responding to also thinks that he is lying, because it would be laughable to think this is true.
And the scumbags that sent Obama and his family literal death threats when anyone in his administration did anything that they viewed as wrong or disrespectful, will eat this shit up.
I mean, not really? If I delegate a bunch of people who work for me to go take care of something, I expect them to take care of it and report back, not send me an exhaustive list of everything they did to accomplish it including which apps they used to discuss arrangements. Much as I hate defending Trump about anything, no president has the time or energy to keep track of what his underlings are doing to such a level of detail.
Oh, are you the head Executive of the most powerful (for now at least) nation on the planet? Are you the Commander in Chief of its military?
No? So it doesn’t really compare does it?
Even conservative presidents in the past have stated that “the buck stops with them.” This guy is just incapable of accepting responsibility for his actions.
Right, no human has the capacity to imagine what it must be like to have that many responsibilities and that much shit going on, right? Also, that was Harry Truman from the fucking late 40s - I dunno if you’ve noticed, but the world has gotten considerably more complex in the last 75-odd years.
I’m not talking about the inciting incident, I’m talking about the reporting on the incident. If there is a meaningful security breach related to US military operations, the president sure needs to be aware of it, especially if it being reported on in public.
Oh yeah, I know the US government has secure comms specifically for this purpose so not using it is a clusterfuck of pretty epic proportions, no doubt.
First of all, it’s laughable to think that this is true. Secondly, if it was true then he’s admitting how out of touch he is with the operation of his own administration.
He’s been golfing and signing executive orders crafted by the Heritage Foundation this whole time. He doesn’t care what’s going on as long as he’s unobstructed.
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Why would it be laughable to think this is true? And why do you assume that he is telling the truth?Edit: I can’t read
You think the president of the US would first hear of a fuck up of this magnitude from the press?
I’m sure that even before the article was published they were trying to think of a way to silence it in a way that wouldn’t make things even worse in the next 24 hours. That’s why Trump was up there preemptively trying to discredit The Atlantic despite claiming to not know anything about his own administration’s incompetent bullshit.
Oh I think I misunderstood your original comment, I fully agree with you
No worries, but I’m not the one who posted the original comment you replied to.
Double whoops lol
Definitely making the same fast-reading mistakes I do all the time. Game recognises game.
It is laughable to think this is true because Trump follows news about himself and his administration quite closely, and this is all over the news.
It is also characteristic of Trump to say he “knows nothing about” all kinds of things that he wishes he knew nothing about, from George Papadopoulos to Project 2025.
I do not assume he is telling the truth. I assume he is lying. My interpretation is that the commenter you are responding to also thinks that he is lying, because it would be laughable to think this is true.
And the scumbags that sent Obama and his family literal death threats when anyone in his administration did anything that they viewed as wrong or disrespectful, will eat this shit up.
I mean, not really? If I delegate a bunch of people who work for me to go take care of something, I expect them to take care of it and report back, not send me an exhaustive list of everything they did to accomplish it including which apps they used to discuss arrangements. Much as I hate defending Trump about anything, no president has the time or energy to keep track of what his underlings are doing to such a level of detail.
If you delegate a bunch of idiots to do a job and they fuck up, it’s your responsibility.
B-b-but it’s finally Ameritocracy!
Well yeah, he’s clearly responsible for putting idiots in power, I’m just saying he can’t manage their daily shit.
Oh, are you the head Executive of the most powerful (for now at least) nation on the planet? Are you the Commander in Chief of its military?
No? So it doesn’t really compare does it?
Even conservative presidents in the past have stated that “the buck stops with them.” This guy is just incapable of accepting responsibility for his actions.
Right, no human has the capacity to imagine what it must be like to have that many responsibilities and that much shit going on, right? Also, that was Harry Truman from the fucking late 40s - I dunno if you’ve noticed, but the world has gotten considerably more complex in the last 75-odd years.
Yeah, no. This is what presidential candidates sign up for when they run.
Buy the ticket, take the ride.
I’m not talking about the inciting incident, I’m talking about the reporting on the incident. If there is a meaningful security breach related to US military operations, the president sure needs to be aware of it, especially if it being reported on in public.
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Ah, that’s entirely fair.
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Oh yeah, I know the US government has secure comms specifically for this purpose so not using it is a clusterfuck of pretty epic proportions, no doubt.
If I delegate someone to do something and they fuck up majorly, I expect to be the first to know.
No doubt. I’m just saying he can’t manage their daily shit.
Which is why you saw shit like this in any other administration 🙄