Trump Screamed At Pentagon Leaders And Told Them They Were 'Dopes' And 'Babies'

[riversedge]

Source: TPM





January 17, 2020 11:26 a.m.


President Donald Trump repeatedly berated U.S. military leaders while throwing a massive fit during a Pentagon meeting in 2017, according to “A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America,” a book penned by Washington Post reporters Carol D. Leonnig and Philip Rucker.

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The temper tantrum began when Trump started complaining about the “loser war” in Afghanistan and demanded to know “where is the fucking oil” that he felt the U.S. deserved for its military presence in the Persian Gulf.

“You’re all losers,” he told them. “You don’t know how to win anymore.”

It didn’t end there; According to Leonnig and Rucker, Trump became so angry that “he wasn’t taking many breaths” and bellowed to the commanders in a fit of rage, “I wouldn’t go to war with you people.”

“You’re a bunch of dopes and babies,” he shouted..........................

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“You’re a bunch of dopes and babies.” Is what 'President' Trump told our military leaders. This man is a disgusting mistake, a stain on our flag, a blotch of ink our constitution marring the meaning.

Tillerson, Mattis, speak up –– say what you know.

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President Donald Trump speaks on tax reform during a meeting in the Oval Office on December 5, 2017. (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

[Me.]

1. Yet Mattis Stays Mum But Will Complain Publicly About PBO

[ancianita]

4. Right?

[Crowman2009]

24. Mad dog? More like, Lap Dog!

[Me.]

25. +1

[left-of-center2012]

2. Well, Trump did say he knows more than the generals

Back in his 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Trump made it clear that he believed himself to be more knowledgeable than the military’s leadership. “I know more about ISIS than the generals do, believe me,” he bragged in November 2015. “They don’t know much because they’re not winning,” he reiterated in June 2016.

https://thinkprogress.org/generals-want-nothing-to-do-with-trump-0a5ad80cb682/

[NCProgressive]

3. If not for a bunch of chickenshit enablers

this orange turd would have been put in a toxic waste dump a long time ago.

[pwb]

5. Figures.

It is a shame so many people will not hear this.

[empedocles]

8. Won't help trump with military leaning voters.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. PFCs know better than drumpf.

[ancianita]

7. I can't believe military leaders keep taking this in-your-face disdain from a coward.

Is there some intelligence subtext about how Putin's behind this?

Do military leaders want their troops and the American public to see how they're exploited and abused by this president?

This berating of the military, alone, could change the minds of some senators during the impeachment trial.

[bobbieinok]

9. IIRC early on Hitler railedat his generals, made 1correct mil decision then

From then on he believed he knew better than his generals, but did listen to them

Didn't he fight Rommel over NoAfrica campaign?

[keithbvadu2]

10. Well, not Rommel but Trump did kill four of our soldiers in Niger with his incompetence.

Well, not Rommel but Trump did kill four of our soldiers in Niger with his incompetence.

[ffr]

11. I had to double-check you weren't talking about my narcisitic rePutican boss. Nope, just tRump.

Like two peas in a pod.

[dalton99a]

12. Kick

[rickyhall]

13. Never heard of any president acting like this mad motherfucker!

[ffr]

14. I remember when Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton did that repeatedly.

Yeah.

No.

Arrest every rePutican on Capitol Hill!

[edhopper]

15. For the Media

only Dems can have disrespect for the military or a strained relationship. Repukes are all patriotic and great for the military.

[Omaha Steve]

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[Omaha Steve]

17. Kick

[riversedge]

20. Thank you

[Progressive Jones]

18. This clown has a habit of pissing off people who can make him disappear instantly. nt

[MustLoveBeagles]

19. Wow

[Mc Mike]

21. Projection, thy name is shitler.

[oasis]

22. How the hell is this guy President of the U.S.? Big effing mistake.

Wake up America. Don't do it again.

[Crowman2009]

23. So is the large right-wing percentage of the military's higher ranks regretting the shitty show...

or are they just take it and beg for more?

[Maxheader]

26. Has americu ever had a coup d'tat?

Might be a good time for one...

[brewens]

27. It's like he picked up most of his vocabulary watching "Our Gang" as a kid. n/t

[5X]

28. he's a fuckin 12 year old. n/t

[muntrv]

29. Tell me why I would be wrong to wish for Operation Valkyrie to happen to Cadet Bone Spurs?

[TheFourthMind]

30. Pentagon "Leaders." "You are shrinking, and your two little balls are shrinking with ya...

..Now... Fuck off!"