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The Pence New Hampshire trip recall: PURE SPECULATION (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Jul 2019 OP
Because Trump was having a major meltdown and the WH needed Pence ready no_hypocrisy Jul 2019 #1
I agree. Andy823 Jul 2019 #4
And you just figured out, 3Hotdogs Jul 2019 #5
No, I believe it's been out there and never hidden. no_hypocrisy Jul 2019 #6
We are talking about Andy823 Jul 2019 #12
Thar was my first impression... FarPoint Jul 2019 #2
Incompetence and distraction. GoCubsGo Jul 2019 #3
I think it had something to do with the Russian submarine. Hoyt Jul 2019 #7
my guess is that you are wrong rampartc Jul 2019 #8
Nicolle Wallace watoos Jul 2019 #9
The base where he would have landed went on lockdown jberryhill Jul 2019 #10
He promised putin the legal citizen question blaze Jul 2019 #11

no_hypocrisy

(46,118 posts)
1. Because Trump was having a major meltdown and the WH needed Pence ready
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 07:23 AM
Jul 2019

in case Trump had to be hospitalized.

Your NH theory doesn't make sense as Trump doesn't have to worry about William Weld winning any primary.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
4. I agree.
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 07:35 AM
Jul 2019

Something was wrong with trump, and they just won't tell the country that. Pence had to be there just in case.

no_hypocrisy

(46,118 posts)
6. No, I believe it's been out there and never hidden.
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 07:41 AM
Jul 2019

It's our fault for normalizing it, ignoring it, not talking about it.

Even non-Trump media is not talking about the POTUS is mentally deranged at worse, demented at best. 25th Amendment. Everyone around him knows. And they're treading lightly. This is a constitutional crisis.

And don't get me wrong. I don't want Mike Pence as POTUS any more than you do. But having a loose cannon in the Oval Office is unnerving.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
3. Incompetence and distraction.
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 07:30 AM
Jul 2019

In other words, business as usual. They wing everything, with no planning, and then scramble to cover their asses when things don't go as planned. This was probably just more of the same.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
7. I think it had something to do with the Russian submarine.
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 07:47 AM
Jul 2019

There was an early report — from an unreliable source — that one of our subs and the Russian sub were involved in an incident. That report was roughly the same time as the call back. There’s a thread on it posted here, the OP made a point to note it was not confirmed and very early.

At least that’s what I would think if this were a normal administration. With trump, it could very well have been a hissy fit over something minor, like the Pentagon said we can’t have a hundred tanks rumbling down the road at you big 4th celebration.

rampartc

(5,409 posts)
8. my guess is that you are wrong
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 07:50 AM
Jul 2019

trump would have dropped pence with a tweet, after the trumpapalooza.

the larger question : pence was chosen for trump to solidify the evangelicals in 2016. since then trump has become the god emperor of holy rollers and, perhaps, to them, the returned jesus himself. pence is no longer necessary.

is Ivanka his choice as dynastic successor? I think we are still talking don jr in male primogeniture.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
9. Nicolle Wallace
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 07:51 AM
Jul 2019

has brought up Trump's mental condition on numerous occasions. Her guests don't want to go there but she is the only cable news anchor who keeps talking about it.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
10. The base where he would have landed went on lockdown
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 07:55 AM
Jul 2019
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/07/02/pease-air-national-guard-base-lockdown-shots-fired-report/

NEWINGTON, N.H. (CBS) – Pease Air National Guard Base was placed on lockdown for about an hour on Tuesday after a report of an active shooter. Police said they searched the New Hampshire base but did not find any evidence of a shooting.

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What were they going to do? Fly into the base while it was on lockdown?

blaze

(6,362 posts)
11. He promised putin the legal citizen question
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 08:02 AM
Jul 2019

Putin told him it was a sure fire way to control immigration and HIS SCOTUS was sure to approve!

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