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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNot the Onion... Pompeo: Trump 'makes decisions and then absorbs data and facts'
Washington (CNN) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday deflected when asked whether there was a broader strategy behind President Donald Trump's actions in the ongoing conflict in Syria, saying Trump "makes decisions and then absorbs data and facts."
"Is there any reason to believe that there's a strategy beyond what we see here in terms of hitting back at Turkey?" Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo asked Pompeo, saying later: "Is there any reason to believe the President would ... leave these couple thousand troops on the ground (in Syria)?"
"My experience with the President is that he makes decisions and then absorbs data and facts, evaluates situations, if we need to adjust our policy to achieve our goals," Pompeo replied.
"The President (is) always very focused on what's the objective, what is it that we're really, truly trying to achieve. If we conclude that we need to adjust our policy to achieve those goals, I'm confident that the team will make that recommendation that the President will move in that direction if he concludes that it's the right thing to do to make sure that we protect America," the secretary added.
"Is there any reason to believe that there's a strategy beyond what we see here in terms of hitting back at Turkey?" Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo asked Pompeo, saying later: "Is there any reason to believe the President would ... leave these couple thousand troops on the ground (in Syria)?"
"My experience with the President is that he makes decisions and then absorbs data and facts, evaluates situations, if we need to adjust our policy to achieve our goals," Pompeo replied.
"The President (is) always very focused on what's the objective, what is it that we're really, truly trying to achieve. If we conclude that we need to adjust our policy to achieve those goals, I'm confident that the team will make that recommendation that the President will move in that direction if he concludes that it's the right thing to do to make sure that we protect America," the secretary added.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/mike-pompeo-donald-trump-decisions/index.html
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Not the Onion... Pompeo: Trump 'makes decisions and then absorbs data and facts' (Original Post)
spanone
Oct 2019
OP
Maeve
(42,282 posts)1. "Shoot first, ask questions later" is a boneheaded way to run ANYTHING
Bone spurs, bonehead....
spanone
(135,831 posts)2. It's mind numbing to think a 'president' makes decisions that way.
Volaris
(10,270 posts)4. Let alone a goddamn first world, nuclear powered Nation State.
But BushCo was just oh so goddamn 'liberal' that we just HAD to elect a Really Really Real 'CON servative'...
Vinca
(50,270 posts)3. The only thing Don absorbs is Diet Coke . . . or maybe just Coke.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)5. Does Pompeo really think this makes Trump look good?
I don't believe Trump "absorbs data and facts" at any time, but even if he did, he's supposed to do it before making decisions, not after.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)6. the only thing Trump is FOCUSED on is himself
fuck Pompeo, what a sick ass kisser he is
rurallib
(62,413 posts)7. "The President (is) always very focused on what's the objective"
yeahhhhh - bulllll shit
his only focus is on how it will play on Fox and to his idiot followers and especially Putin.
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)8. Fire. Aim. Ready. MF45 is a clear and present danger. Full stop. ITTMF! n/t
pwb
(11,261 posts)9. So he fucks things up then thinks about it?
Am I in opposite world??? Is the earth spinning the other way? What happened????
Brother Buzz
(36,423 posts)10. Classic Texas sharpshooter fallacy
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)11. I think the only thing tRUMP absorbs is urine and feces, in his Depends.