Trump visibly distressed over Atlantic story fallout from claims he disparaged the military

[yortsed snacilbuper]

President Donald Trump was visibly distressed this weekend over the fallout that ensued from the story published in The Atlantic alleging that he privately disparaged the war dead.

When the story first appeared on Thursday, Trump was outraged during his flight from Pennsylvania and demanded that aides begin denying it. That included sending his chief of staff Mark Meadows to the back of Air Force One to tell reporters it wasn't true. His angered reaction prompted officials to mobilize the massive pushback effort that began Thursday night.

By the weekend, however, Trump appeared more deflated than outraged at the allegations lobbed against him, based on conversations he had.

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[onecaliberal]

1. I don't really care what that bloated piece of shit is feeling.

[Blue Owl]

2. He's just mad because he got called out on it, and the negative "optics" that go along with it

Fuck him.

[onecaliberal]

3. Exactly. Imagine how parents of dead kids feel.

[Nevilledog]

5. +666,666.67

[Baked Potato]

4. Colicky baby needs some Hope real bad!

[gratuitous]

6. And that's the lie detector test

Trump will shrug off practically anything, but when you see him and his lackeys out in force to deny something, that's how you know it's true. This story should rear its ugly head every two or three days from now until Election Day. Trump's denials have no credibility, and buttressing the "losers and suckers" narrative is a host of stories of Trump openly and publicly disparaging military families, former POWs, Pentagon officials, and anyone else in uniform who displeases him.

[efhmc]

7. Not only because he said these things but because even without videos, the

statements sound just exactly like him.

[Docreed2003]

8. The only reason he may feel "deflated"

Is because people are pulling back the curtain and exposing the fraud for what he is

[mokawanis]

9. Like Maddow said "it fits"

Not at all hard to believe he said the things reported in the magazine, given all the rotten things he's said about John McCain and others over the years. The fact that other journalists confirmed the anonymous sources also makes it hard for Bone Spurs and his lackeys to make plausible denials. He's guilty and everyone who isn't busy drinking the kool-aid knows it.

[Initech]

10. You don't insult the troops in the "support the troops" country.

And Trump, you should take this one as a loss and sit down. Get used to it!