Trump Stuns With Foreign Policy Comments at Cabinet Meeting: Historians are 'Weeping'

[DonViejo]

by Josh Feldman | Jan 2nd, 2019, 4:00 pm

President Donald Trump stunned many this afternoon with foreign policy comments during his lengthy Cabinet meeting, specifically concerning the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

“Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan. Russia,” Trump said. “So you take a look at other countries––Pakistan is there. They should be fighting. But Russia should be fighting. The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They were right to be there. The problem is it was a tough fight.”

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The President was immediately blasted for those baffling remarks:

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Additionally, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes called the President’s comments on Syria “utterly incoherent”:

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[guillaumeb]

1. A very stable genius.

With a much greater intuitive grasp of history than actual historians.

[Poiuyt]

8. And he knows more than the generals

[guillaumeb]

22. Great Leader knows more than all of us. eom

[Dustlawyer]

19. And then Trump added, "If it wasn't for Rambo the Russians might have succeeded!"

[guillaumeb]

20. Nicely done. eom

[spanone]

2. trump isn't bright enough to be president or real estate agent. he's a bullshitter

nothing more

and now he has a Defense Secretary that knows as much as he does.

[Kajun Gal]

3. And here we go, 2019, another wonderful year with this idiot pResident.

[triron]

4. An incredible travesty that HRC isn't there instead (as she rightfully should be).

[mokawanis]

5. Does he know how stupid he is?

After saying comments like those does he go into a private area and think "I don't know why the fuck I just said those things"?

[justgamma]

23. I would bet

that there are numerous people groveling at his feet and telling him how brilliant he is. No one would dare tell him the truth.

[FakeNoose]

42. We need the little kid that says

... "The Emperor has nothing on!"

[BigmanPigman]

39. He is a malignant narcissist so he really believes he is the best at everything...

best looking, smartest, richest, etc. He is a mental illness mess (throw in sociopath and sadist and it is clear how much danger our country is in).

[anarch]

6. Jesus Creeping Shit

I don't know why I ever bother looking at any of the nonsense that falls out of this dipshit's mouth; I've successfully avoided looking at any pictures of it, or hearing the sound of its nauseating voice for more than a second or two over the past few years, but sometimes make the mistake of reading a few of its comments, and get nothing out of the whole ordeal except fresh annoyance. Fuck that; I really should avoid reading any news stories that involve this fuckhead in any way, except for the eventual one that explains how the orange nightmare is gone from the earth, and we never have to hear about it (or from it) ever again...guess I'd better find a cave someplace or something.

[PeeJ52]

18. Jesus Creeping Shit....

I like that one. Can I use it too? Exactly how I feel about this guy. So unfuckingbelievable!

[SunSeeker]

7. This is what happens when Trump holes up with Putin for hours at a time.

He learns the Pravda version of history and is convinced it's real.

[Nasruddin]

16. Can there be any doubt

at this point that he is a Russian agent?

[SunSeeker]

41. He has demonstrated he is a Russian asset. nt

[volstork]

9. There's a pejorative dark "joke" in medical circles

when referring to someone who's not that bright: "Two neurons connected by a spirochaete."

Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis, is a type of bacterium known as a spirochaete due to its spiral, spring-like shape.

It would not surprise me in the least to learn that trump has tertiary syphilis...

[northoftheborder]

13. would not surprise me either

[sarge43]

38. A taco short of a combo plate

Elevator can't get past the first floor

Slow leak in the right front

Can't pour pee out of a boot without the instructions on the heel

Timing belt snapped

Crazy as an outhouse rat

Train jumped the tracks

Never right even once a day

Stayed up all night studying for a blood test

[C_U_L8R]

10. The definition of Dotard

See Trump, Donald. Rinse. Repeat.

[hvn_nbr_2]

11. We've all seen an artist's rendition of Trump's brain at work

Remember, back in high school when they had the school assembly with the weird science guy that touched the orb with the sparking lightning inside and it made his hair stand on end? The lightning in that orb is Trump's brain firing.

[riversedge]

31. Trump has no brain matter to fire!!

[juxtaposed]

12. I'm just happy the buzzer went off on the microwave, to stop me from posting 4 lines

I would later regret.

[smirkymonkey]

14. His ignorance and stupidity are astounding.

I am amazed he can even remember how to breathe. I would love to see the faces of the people at that table with him. I don't know how they manage not to burst out in laughter.

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[japple]

28. Reminds me of the Biggus Dickus scene from Life of Brian, when

the centurions were tryig not to burst into laughter!

[smirkymonkey]

29. One of my favorite film scenes ever!

"He had a wife, you know..."

[YOHABLO]

15. He's just plain ignorant. Did he buy his way through Fordham and the Wharton School?

[AlexSFCA]

17. meanwhile an innocent US citizen is detained in Russia

indefinately; He is currently facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted by russian (=putin) court.

[Xipe Totec]

21. It's like the dog ate his homework and he's reading what came out the other end. nt

[woodsprite]

35. You win!

[Mr. Ected]

24. He probably learned everything he knows about this subject from Vladimir Putin.

Who Trump affectionately calls учитель.

[underpants]

32. Yep. Clearly doing Putin's work. Nt

[Javaman]

25. Aside from everything he said is unbelievably fucking wrong...

He is fucking certifiably insane

[Scurrilous]

26. K&R

[KY_EnviroGuy]

27. President reads Dell Comics special edition on world history...

to the nation's children in a fireside TV chat. Press was allowed to peep in...... ........

[FreepFryer]

30. As an historian, I can confirm this headline. (n/t)

[sarge43]

33. Yup. That's our stable genius.

[spike jones]

34. 2+2 22

2+2 = 22

[littlemissmartypants]

36. In other news...

Roger Stone has a tattoo of Richard Nixon on his back.

[DinahMoeHum]

37. Sheesh, I wish Charlie Wilson was still here among us. . .

The late Texas Democrat (on the right, portrayed by Tom Hanks on the left) would NEVER have tolerated this crap coming from the likes of Trump or the GOP. He would found ways to screw Putin and his oligarchic cronies nine ways from Sunday. . .and have a rollicking good time doing it.

[Botany]

40. Good God in Butter is Trump Stupid

[area51]

43. Um, wow.

[winstars]

44. Donald Trump is Fucking Charles Manson

[Journeyman]

45. Why just historians? Every sentient being who was awake in 1979 recognizes his folly . . .

hell, anyone with a passing knowledge of recent events remembers the Soviet's folly in the 1980s. You don't need to be a historian to be aware of the world immediately around you. (Although, evidently, such knowledge is no longer a prerequisite for being President of the U.S.)