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kairos12

(12,862 posts)
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 10:52 AM Sep 2020

I have absolute belief in every vile report that is filed against President Bleach

However, if this report is true:

snip:

A defense official also confirmed to the AP reporting in the Atlantic that Trump on Memorial Day 2017 had gone with his chief of staff, John Kelly, to visit the Arlington cemetery gravesite of Kelly’s son, Robert, who was killed in 2010 in Afghanistan, and said to Kelly: “I don’t get it. What was in it for them?”

That would mean Kelly would not defend the honor of his own son. Is that possible? Even now Kelly won't confirm the report.

Is Kelly that afraid of a tweet?

Baffling.

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I have absolute belief in every vile report that is filed against President Bleach (Original Post) kairos12 Sep 2020 OP
you're assuming Kelly is a righteous guy...he's not agingdem Sep 2020 #1
+1 2naSalit Sep 2020 #2
From the Atlantic dalton99a Sep 2020 #3
Thanks for kairos12 Sep 2020 #4

agingdem

(7,850 posts)
1. you're assuming Kelly is a righteous guy...he's not
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:28 AM
Sep 2020

he knew what Trump was before he signed on..he knew Trump was a deviant, a sexual predator, a stupid depraved narcissistic sociopath..Kelly signed on because he agreed with the racial, ethnic, and gender hate Trump was vomiting...he stood with Trump at his son's grave and listened to the orange imbecile denigrate his son's service and sacrifice... and Kelly said nothing..in fact, he became Trump's babysitter, his minder...here he was a supposedly distinguished general, taking orders and defending the indefensible from an asshole who reduced his son's patriotism to dollars and cents... Kelly will say very little...expect a tell-all "I was the adult in the room" book no one will read

dalton99a

(81,526 posts)
3. From the Atlantic
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:53 AM
Sep 2020
Kelly (who declined to comment for this story) initially believed, people close to him said, that Trump was making a ham-handed reference to the selflessness of America’s all-volunteer force. But later he came to realize that Trump simply does not understand non-transactional life choices.
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