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In reply to the discussion: Trump kept out of the room during operation to find downed pilots in Iran after 'screaming' at aides for hours, report [View all]Srkdqltr
(9,833 posts)2. Why isn't he parading them around as heros? Unless he wanted them dead forsome reason?
This whole thing is idiotic.
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Trump kept out of the room during operation to find downed pilots in Iran after 'screaming' at aides for hours, report [View all]
highplainsdem
Yesterday
OP
Trump desperately craves affection and praise, yet not one photo op w the supposed rescued 2nd pilot - suspicious, no??
NoMoreRepugs
Yesterday
#1
Maybe the second pilot had some derogatory things to say about the Iranian War fiasco.
magicarpet
Yesterday
#5
The shot down plane has 2 crewmembers...1 pilot, 1 back seat weapons/radar operator nt
EX500rider
Yesterday
#33
Why does the "Pentagon's Rescue Story" of the 2nd pilot strain most folks0lks credulity ?
magicarpet
3 hrs ago
#57
Why isn't he parading them around as heros? Unless he wanted them dead forsome reason?
Srkdqltr
Yesterday
#2
Oh my.. trDUMP would then find them defective human beings who should be hidden,...
magicarpet
2 hrs ago
#59
What does that say about who is actually making decisions and running the country?
Lonestarblue
Yesterday
#9
It actually makes me feel a little better knowing the staff stepped in
questionseverything
17 hrs ago
#49
I'm sure Donny was very, very concerned--about what that would do to his approval ratings.
tanyev
Yesterday
#6
I'm sure they could still hear the screams through the blanket walls of the situation room.
Hugin
Yesterday
#7
I can't 100% latch on to that theory BUT we all do remember Pvt. Jessica Lynch
underpants
Yesterday
#24
And then there's Kash, who they had to break in on because he was passed-out drunk unconscious.
NBachers
Yesterday
#20
Pilots are generally bright and can think fast when a situation needs action beyond 'the book' They have to if they live
Attilatheblond
Yesterday
#36
Then there was this BS story about how the aircraft were stuck in the mud.
Crowman2009
11 hrs ago
#53
Karoline Leavitt told The Journal that Trump had "remained a steady leader our country needs."
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Yesterday
#29
Every attempt he makes to get himself out of a mess he created just creates a bigger mess
Attilatheblond
Yesterday
#37
This, in and of itself, shows that Trump is deemed incompetent by his own team and that he is being manipulated.
hamsterjill
Yesterday
#45
I remember a DUer saying Trump wasn't absent, he was "busy overseeing the rescue operation"
Skittles
12 hrs ago
#51