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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 Trumps 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 Trumps actions during the raid, and they are disturbing. At the White House briefing, NBCs 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: Its 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
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He does not now nor has he ever cared about any life on this planet other than his own.
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2017
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)1. He does not now nor has he ever cared about any life on this planet other than his own.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)2. Kellyanne, Eric & Barron thought it was a great idea, Barron was bored.
Docreed2003
(16,866 posts)3. A better question would be..
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??