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Bill USA

(6,436 posts)
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 06:37 PM Feb 2017

White House reveals Trump was not in the Situation Room during his first military raid

http://shareblue.com/white-house-reveals-trump-was-not-in-the-situation-room-during-his-first-military-raid/

Donald Trump’s first counter-terrorist military action as Commander-in-Chief was a raid on an al Qaeda compound in Yemen that tragically resulted in the death of U.S. Navy Seal Chief William “Ryan” Owens, as well as other injuries to service members and, reportedly, double-digit civilian casualties.

Already, military sources have been saying that the raid was the product of insufficient intelligence, and one Democrat has already called for a briefing on the raid. The raid was planned under the Obama administration, but approved by Trump during a dinner meeting during the first week of his presidency.

As the details on the ground during the raid become clearer, so do those of Trump’s actions during the raid, and they are disturbing. At the White House briefing, NBC’s Hallie Jackson asked White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer where Trump was during the operation, and received this stunning reply (emphasis mine):

video link: http://shareblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/9.mp4


“JACKSON: Where was the president the night of the raid? How did he learn about Chief Owens’ death? And do you still stand by your characterization that it was successful?

SPICER: The president was here in the residence. He was kept in touch with his national security staff. Secretary Mattis and others had kept him updated on both the raid and the death of Chief Owens, as well as the 4 other individuals that were injured. So, he was kept apprised of the situation throughout the evening. And again, I think I would go back to what I said yesterday: It’s hard to ever call something a complete success when you have a loss of life or people injured.

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White House reveals Trump was not in the Situation Room during his first military raid (Original Post) Bill USA Feb 2017 OP
He does not now nor has he ever cared about any life on this planet other than his own. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #1
Kellyanne, Eric & Barron thought it was a great idea, Barron was bored. Motley13 Feb 2017 #2
A better question would be.. Docreed2003 Feb 2017 #3

Docreed2003

(16,866 posts)
3. A better question would be..
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 06:56 PM
Feb 2017

Who WAS in the situation room that evening??? No one freakin' knows and the people who SHOULD have been there were elsewhere. What was Trump sleeping??? Too worn out from all those phone calls of the day??

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