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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums[Well, this is novel] Trump's Defenders:He Doesn't Hate the Troops, He Just 'Sounds Like an Asshole'
Yes, his allies admit, Trump routinely makes callous comments about U.S. military personnel. But its because he hates the wars theyre forced to fight, not the troops themselves.Asawin Suebsaeng, White House Reporter
Updated Sep. 04, 2020 7:58PM ET
After The Atlantic reported on Thursday that Donald Trump had privately trashed American war dead as suckers and losers, the White House, the presidents 2020 campaign, and a broad array of Trump loyalists activated to aggressively denounce the report as fictitious and absurd.
In The Daily Beasts interviews with eleven senior administration officials, Trump aides, Republican operatives, and former and current friends of the president, several of them mounted a curious defense of Trump. Yes, they admitted, the commander in chief at times makes callous, tone-deaf comments about American military personnel behind closed doors. But its because he hates the wars theyre forced to fight, not the service members themselves.
The president means no disrespect to our troops; its just that the way he speaks, he can sound like an asshole sometimes, one of these sources, a current senior administration official, told The Daily Beast. Thats how he is [when the cameras are off] Its his style.
Some of these sources defending President Trump and pushing back on The Atlantics story agreed to go on the record. Others would only speak on-background and in an anonymous capacityeven after the White House trashed the magazine for relying on such nameless sources. (The president on Friday afternoon called the story a hoax, even though the Associated Press and Fox News had confirmed key details of the original piece.)
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-defenders-he-doesnt-hate-the-troops-he-just-sounds-like-an-asshole
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,873 posts)He loves the troops; he just sounds like an asshole so it's all just fine? Could it be that sounding like an asshole means he is an asshole?
alwaysinasnit
(5,075 posts)paleotn
(17,989 posts)That's got to be the worst defense I've ever heard. "It's not that he's a hopeless dick. It's just that he's a hopeless dick."
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,873 posts)1. It didn't happen.
2. It happened but it wasn't what it seemed.
3. It happened but it's perfectly OK.
4. Who cares?
paleotn
(17,989 posts)Ouch! How the hell do you spin that it's OK?
MerryBlooms
(11,773 posts)but the compound word, 'dick' and 'less' come to mind. And, if Kelly and his handlers don't get their shit together by tomorrow, he also will be labeled with the same compound word.
Demsrule86
(68,702 posts)Man, what a Friday news dump, eh? It's not even 6 o'clock for me, and I know there are more shoes to drop when I scroll down the news pages and read some fine print... Meaning small, not excellent.
jcgoldie
(11,652 posts)Brilliant!
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)They can try, but it is useless.
MerryBlooms
(11,773 posts)shitloads of emails to hannity and other propagandists. This topic, along with his McCain slanders needs to be run for the next two months. I wasn't a huge McCain fan, but I respected the man for his service and sacrifice. I also respected him for when he stood up for President Obama to a radical nutjob. He could have just gone with it and garnered votes, but he didn't. I believe to this day, he was forced into picking that airhead palin.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,137 posts)They wouldnt be saying anything like this unless there is tape they are trying to get out in front of.
sprinkleeninow
(20,267 posts)* didnt mean it
being sarcastic
simply joking
[sounds like a *hole* & so IS one]
Blecht
(3,803 posts)It's the same thing over and over.
"Lookie! The libs are pissed! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!"
"What? I should be pissed, too? BUT THE LIBS ARE TRIGGERED! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!"
still_one
(92,427 posts)Walleye
(31,063 posts)Efilroft Sul
(3,582 posts)"You fuckin' libs can't take a joke."
That's what they sound like defending him.
LakeArenal
(28,849 posts)highplainsdem
(49,042 posts)the wars they're forced to fight.
Jeez, what a terrible attempt at an excuse for the unforgivable.
Demonaut
(8,927 posts)Blue Owl
(50,522 posts)n/t
muriel_volestrangler
(101,384 posts)Withywindle
(9,988 posts)It's almost certainly a fucking duck.