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kpete

(71,994 posts)
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:16 PM Feb 2017

As SEALs Fought For Their Lives, Trumps Account Sent And Deleted A TV Tweet

WASHINGTON ― As a team of elite U.S. commandos found themselves under unexpectedly heavy fire in a remote Yemeni village last month, eight time zones away, their commander in chief was not in the Situation Room.

It’s unclear what he, personally, was doing. But his Twitter account was busy promoting an upcoming appearance on the Christian Broadcasting Network.

“I will be interviewed by @TheBrodyFile on @CBNNews tonight at 11pm. Enjoy!” read a tweet from President Donald Trump’s personal account on Saturday, Jan. 28.

Whether it was Trump himself or an aide who sent out that tweet at 5:50 p.m. ― about half an hour into a firefight that cost a Navy SEAL his life ― cannot be determined from the actual tweets, and the White House isn’t saying. Likewise, it’s not clear who deleted the tweet some 20 minutes later, or why the new president, just a week on the job, chose not to directly monitor the first high-risk military operation on his watch.



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As SEALs Fought For Their Lives, Trumps Account Sent And Deleted A TV Tweet (Original Post) kpete Feb 2017 OP
If Obama or Hillary had done this, they would not be able to find a safe place to hide Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #1
I've been saying this since the election! Initech Feb 2017 #5
Like the time Michelle said water was healthy and kids should drink it, the Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #7
We could get rid of AM hate radio and most of our problems would go away in a generation or so. Initech Feb 2017 #9
To some extent, yes. Racism and ignorance is built into the DNA of many areas of our country. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #11
Talk about adding insult to injury! pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #2
He hasn't posted any 'twits' in over 24 hours! yallerdawg Feb 2017 #3
Had Trump not deleted it, it would have been possible to trace who wrote it. DetlefK Feb 2017 #4
Could have been a scheduled tweet, too. Goblinmonger Feb 2017 #6
Toy Soldiers. n/t demmiblue Feb 2017 #8
tRump is a TOTAL DISASTER! ffr Feb 2017 #10
What an OUTRAGE! smirkymonkey Feb 2017 #12
Investigate. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #13
I'm not buying the argument that the President needs be in the sit room for every action. bluedigger Feb 2017 #14
I agree with you Stinky The Clown Feb 2017 #15
Well, for his very first one he's ordered, it most certainly would've been better optics ... mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #17
Um.....we were trying to live-capture the head of AQAP. Kinda doesn't get bigger. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #18
HAs any other pRezident ever... 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #16

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
1. If Obama or Hillary had done this, they would not be able to find a safe place to hide
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:19 PM
Feb 2017

from the deplorables.

The deplorables would hunt them until they were dealt with, one way or another.

This chickenhawk does it, someone who refused to serve his country, and they dont say a fucking word.

If that doesnt make your fucking blood boil, nothing will.

Initech

(100,079 posts)
5. I've been saying this since the election!
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:38 PM
Feb 2017

The double standard that the GOP holds us to is fucking insane, and they've been doing this as long as I have been alive. I don't remember one instance of a GOP'er telling a democrat they did a good job on something. Instead the blame gets placed on the Dems for all the evil shit they've ever done or will do. Since the election I've used the example that Obama could have saved a baby from a burning building, and the conservative pundits would have blamed Obama for starting the fire. And as a result we have a party that has declared themselves above the law and puts party power over people all day, every day. It's scary what they are doing. But their refusal to work with the other side will ultimately hurt them, as it is showing right now with the town halls. They are not above the law, and we will let them know that.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
7. Like the time Michelle said water was healthy and kids should drink it, the
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:44 PM
Feb 2017

deplorable dumbshits lost their collective minds.



I wish to god there was a way to split us in two countries, for real. Let all the blue thinkers go to CA and NY and OR and WA and a few more states and let these other folks have their states.

It is the only way this is gonna work.

Initech

(100,079 posts)
9. We could get rid of AM hate radio and most of our problems would go away in a generation or so.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:45 PM
Feb 2017

But we don't have time for rational solutions!

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
11. To some extent, yes. Racism and ignorance is built into the DNA of many areas of our country.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:48 PM
Feb 2017

They really cant ever be happy in the same country as scientists, funny comedians (as opposed to rightwing comedians who are not funny which is why you never hear of them), teachers, community workers, etc.

Too late though. Election day ended any chance of any positive direction.

It really did, there is no way the GOP gets this power and doesnt use it to take everything from us.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
3. He hasn't posted any 'twits' in over 24 hours!
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:22 PM
Feb 2017

I wonder if someone hid his phone - or maybe he dropped it into a bowl of water just below his ceramic throne?

However, in the immortal words of the superior host of 'Celebrity Apprentice' - slightly paraphrased - "He'll be back!"

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
4. Had Trump not deleted it, it would have been possible to trace who wrote it.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:29 PM
Feb 2017

Trump uses Android. His staff uses iPhone.

 

Goblinmonger

(22,340 posts)
6. Could have been a scheduled tweet, too.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:39 PM
Feb 2017

This seems like a small issue compared to the inane shit he does daily.

ffr

(22,670 posts)
10. tRump is a TOTAL DISASTER!
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:47 PM
Feb 2017

Failed to defeat ISIS in his first 30 days.
People are dying because of his incompetence
Military had to go back into harms way to destroy a damaged V-22 that was lost during that botched raid.

He's illegitimate. Putin's puppet. Only there because people chose to be ill-informed or duped by their chosen news media.



 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
12. What an OUTRAGE!
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:51 PM
Feb 2017

This is unacceptable! He can't even perform the bare minimum of his duties. All he does is watch TV, tweet and play golf. He needs to be removed from office immediately!

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)
14. I'm not buying the argument that the President needs be in the sit room for every action.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 01:19 PM
Feb 2017

Maybe people get the idea because Obama was there for the Bin Laden raid, but that was a high profile operation. We have special forces teams out daily risking their lives, and a chain of command to oversee their activities. There is plenty of fault to find and blame to lay, including authorizing this particular op in the first place, but second guessing the president*'s activities at the time is pretty low on the scale of quibbles.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
17. Well, for his very first one he's ordered, it most certainly would've been better optics ...
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 03:36 PM
Feb 2017

And this particular one I think is a bit different in scale/nature from 'daily' special forces operations.

It's not a 'capturing Osama-like big deal' but it was a lotta soldiers, and happened in a country people don't normally think of us as 'fighting' in like Afghanistan or Iraq.

The point that if this raid happened under Obama or Clinton (regardless of where they were at the time), the deplorables would be going apeshit and calling for investigations ... is certainly valid.

3catwoman3

(24,003 posts)
16. HAs any other pRezident ever...
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 03:25 PM
Feb 2017

...launched any sort of military operation after just 2 weeks in office? Nothing like taking a little time to figure thiings out so ou don't make a boneheaded decision.

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