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tblue37

(67,541 posts) Mon Sep 29, 2025, 07:38 PM Sep 29

Trump thinks these are generals & admirals from other countries! [View all]

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From the NYT:

Mr. Trump appeared unfamiliar with the meeting when he was asked about it during an Oval Office appearance on Thursday, but he quickly said it was good that Mr. Hegseth had organized it.

“Let him be friendly with the generals and admirals from all over the world,” Mr. Trump said. “You act like this is a bad thing. Isn’t it nice that people are coming from all over the world to be with us?”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/us/politics/trump-hegseth-military.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pU8.y92V.W8Qn4iATPi4p&smid=url-share

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Trump thinks these are generals & admirals from other countries! [View all] tblue37 Sep 29 OP

OMFG Get the HOOK! FalloutShelter Sep 29 #1

Make that a straitjacket, STAT! sheshe2 Sep 29 #6

IT knows nothing about nothing. He finds out what his government is doing by watching LoisB Sep 29 #2

Well, rump has his equals... wcmagumba Sep 29 #3

K&R UTUSN Sep 29 #4

Hello Jake Tapper? Hello? Where you at? RockRaven Sep 29 #5

Working on another anti-Biden book, perhaps. tblue37 Sep 29 #11

no doubt nt orleans Sep 29 #12

Oh God please please please be satire.... mahina Sep 29 #7

Sadly, not satire. niyad Sep 29 #17

I'm loath to defend 47, but U.S. generals and admirals lead commands around the world. pat_k Sep 29 #8

they way trump phrased it orleans Sep 29 #13

Yea. He's an idiot. But I guess this one doesn't ring my "scary as shit" alarm. . . pat_k Sep 29 #14

It should!!! niyad Sep 29 #18

What we Americans saw by the uniforms as being Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines DFW Sep 29 #21

EXACTLY!!! niyad Sep 29 #22

it's not Borowitz or the Onion OldSWODog Sep 29 #9

The source is an article in the NYT--not Borowitz. tblue37 Sep 29 #10

got it OldSWODog Sep 29 #16

krasnov used to fancy himself Al Capone (Robert De Niro) in The Untouchables. Grokenstein Sep 29 #15

I wondered when someone was going to notice and point this out. niyad Sep 29 #19

The UN thing ended last week and nobody told him. DFW Sep 29 #20

That ought to be the headline - Ms. Toad Sep 29 #23