This is so irresponsible and truly deplorable. Jim & others got exactly the reaction they wanted with these tweets, thereby putting real people in danger by trying to misportray what happened to anger Trump/Trump allies and make it seem like DoD was ignoring the POTUS.
If you read the actual article, the person they are quoting, Jim Jeffrey, is actually very complimentary of Trump's FP (despite being anti-Trump in 2016). Jeffrey explains how they convinced Trump admin to leave slightly more troops there. He does not claim they fooled Trump.
"Jeffrey now says that Trump’s “modest” and transactional approach to the Middle East has yielded a more stable region than either of his predecessors’ more transformational policies."
They kept the number of troops they felt was needed to maintain stability. Those decisions don't go to POTUS. It ended up being more than 200 officially announced, but that's not about undermining Trump (despite what some reporters and Trump fans want to pretend).
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It speaks volumes that this receives so little coverage and has been normalized. Also, note there were a lot more Trump protesters in DC, but they aren’t attacking random people eating dinner.
Sickening assault. Also, notice they steal his phone as he lays unconscious. The police should be tracking down the perpetrators and then loudly advertising their arrest. This stuff will keep happening until it becomes clear there are consequences.
A bunch of reports today regarding huge spikes in Covid-19 cases, barely a mask in sight, and yet the same people who will shame others for doing casual activities and soon insist on further restrictions will say nothing about this.
No one should ever take any of the Covid commentary from these guys seriously.
People had to cancel weddings, skip funerals, leave loved ones to die alone. All while being lectured by Hayes and crew about need for such restrictions.
I get that people are desperate to create a narrative, but spreading blatant falsehoods to undermine trust in our institutions is harmful garbage. It won't help Trump win, but it will hurt your credibility.
This is another claim/video that went viral claiming to show someone burning ballots. It is false.
So it's time for a bit of a rant that will upset some of my followers. I have been intentionally biting my tongue until the polls close (outside a few still open), but have to be honest about what I have wanted to say.
First, to come clean on my election prediction:
Here was my intentionally cryptic tweet representing electoral votes and Senate seats:
I stayed quiet until the polls were closed for one major reason: Trump was already an anchor on at-risk Senate candidates that are desperately needed to keep Dems in check and I didn’t want to add to that.