New book: DOPES/BABIES/LOSERS/RAGE/OBAMA DERANGEMENT/SICK STOMACHS/TEARS/RAGE

[Centerleftfl]

Think about this folks. THIS WAS EARLY--very EARLY. He was already in over his head. He knew it! He did NOT have the intellect nor critical thinking skills and when confronted with his own CHARACTER and INTELLECTUAL deficit he went crazy. He could NOT summon up the skills or IQ or INTEREST to realize what a chess game the world is. He freaked out, no grandmaster seeing around corners or what others couldn't see. He was drowning on DAY ONE. (I'm betting it took till about '6 months in' for him to get a clue!)

We knew parts of this story. This is where the infamous Tillerson line came from. Just like PARNAS over the past 2 days, we are filling in the details, getting the read and quotes of the players, the 'color' of all of the CHAOS that has occupied 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE since day 1.

Many who find themselves in this position TRY! The learning curve has to be SHORT out of necessity to function. Then comes the hard stuff. The longer learning curve. They study, ask questions, READ, get tutored, call experts--absorb, absorb and then 'rinse and repeat as necessary'. (Think Sarah Palin. But she too was in over her head. BUT SHE TRIED to her capacity).

Many SHUT DOWN. Others act out. Trump ACTS OUT. He is IQ points deficient and way over his head. Couple that with temperamentally incapable and unwilling to absorb information. Trump can't do it and then he BLOWS and ATTACKS.

‘Dopes and babies!’ Trump unleashed expletive-filled rant at military leaders after growing bored in Pentagon meeting: report


Published
6 mins ago on
January 17, 2020
By Travis Gettys


Six months into his presidency, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson were frustrated and alarmed by the gaps in Trump’s knowledge of world affairs, and they scheduled a Pentagon briefing to catch him up, reported the Washington Post.

The July 20, 2017, meeting has been reported before, but the new book “A Very Stable Genius,” by the Post‘s Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, offers new details about the meeting and Trump’s reaction to the presentation.

“Oh, baby, this is going to be f*cking wild,” Steve Bannon, then White House chief strategist, thought as Mattis explained the NATO alliance. “If you stood up and threatened to shoot [Trump], he couldn’t say ‘postwar rules-based international order.’ It’s just not the way he thinks.”

Trump was quickly aggravated by the presentation — which featured charts and graphics, punctuated with dollar signs — and repeatedly interrupted to alleviate his apparent boredom, said others who took part in the meeting.

“We are owed money you haven’t been collecting!” Trump complained as top officials explained foreign alliances. “You would totally go bankrupt if you had to run your own business.”

Trump seemed preoccupied with voiding President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, which he called “the worst deal in history,” and blew up when Tillerson started to explain why it was effective.

“I don’t want to hear it,” Trump said. “They’re cheating, they’re building. We’re getting out of it. I keep telling you, I keep giving you time, and you keep delaying me. I want out of it.”

Trump then moved on to Afghanistan, which he called a “loser war” to the shock and horror of military officials who’d fought there.
“You’re all losers,” Trump said. “You don’t know how to win anymore.”

The president then asked why the U.S. didn’t get oil in exchange for stationing troops in the Persian Gulf. “We spent $7 trillion; they’re ripping us off,” Trump yelled. “Where is the f*cking oil?”

“The American people are saying we can’t spend a trillion dollars a year on this,” he complained. “We just can’t. It’s going to bankrupt us.”

By that point, according to the book, Trump had worked himself into a lather, insulting individual military leaders and breathlessly ranting.

“I wouldn’t go to war with you people,” Trump brayed. “You’re a bunch of dopes and babies.”

Others in the room felt sick to their stomach by the president’s tirade and one woman was seen crying, and only Tillerson spoke up to defend the military — and he famously wrote off Trump after the meeting, speaking to others as the room emptied.

“He’s a f*cking moron,” the secretary of state said.


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/dop...eeting-report/

[floridafan]

Think about this folks. THIS WAS EARLY--very EARLY. He was already in over his head. He knew it! He did NOT have the intellect nor critical thinking skills and when confronted with his own CHARACTER and INTELLECTUAL deficit he went crazy. He could NOT summon up the skills or IQ or INTEREST to realize what a chess game the world is. He freaked out, no grandmaster seeing around corners or what others couldn't see. He was drowning on DAY ONE. (I'm betting it took till about '6 months in' for him to get a clue!)

We knew parts of this story. This is where the infamous Tillerson line came from. Just like PARNAS over the past 2 days, we are filling in the details, getting the read and quotes of the players, the 'color' of all of the CHAOS that has occupied 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE since day 1.

Many who find themselves in this position TRY! The learning curve has to be SHORT out of necessity to function. Then comes the hard stuff. The longer learning curve. They study, ask questions, READ, get tutored, call experts--absorb, absorb and then 'rinse and repeat as necessary'. (Think Sarah Palin. But she too was in over her head. BUT SHE TRIED to her capacity).

Many SHUT DOWN. Others act out. Trump ACTS OUT. He is IQ points deficient and way over his head. Couple that with temperamentally incapable and unwilling to absorb information. Trump can't do it and then he BLOWS and ATTACKS.

‘Dopes and babies!’ Trump unleashed expletive-filled rant at military leaders after growing bored in Pentagon meeting: report


Published
6 mins ago on
January 17, 2020
By Travis Gettys


Six months into his presidency, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson were frustrated and alarmed by the gaps in Trump’s knowledge of world affairs, and they scheduled a Pentagon briefing to catch him up, reported the Washington Post.

The July 20, 2017, meeting has been reported before, but the new book “A Very Stable Genius,” by the Post‘s Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, offers new details about the meeting and Trump’s reaction to the presentation.

“Oh, baby, this is going to be f*cking wild,” Steve Bannon, then White House chief strategist, thought as Mattis explained the NATO alliance. “If you stood up and threatened to shoot [Trump], he couldn’t say ‘postwar rules-based international order.’ It’s just not the way he thinks.”

Trump was quickly aggravated by the presentation — which featured charts and graphics, punctuated with dollar signs — and repeatedly interrupted to alleviate his apparent boredom, said others who took part in the meeting.

“We are owed money you haven’t been collecting!” Trump complained as top officials explained foreign alliances. “You would totally go bankrupt if you had to run your own business.”

Trump seemed preoccupied with voiding President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, which he called “the worst deal in history,” and blew up when Tillerson started to explain why it was effective.

“I don’t want to hear it,” Trump said. “They’re cheating, they’re building. We’re getting out of it. I keep telling you, I keep giving you time, and you keep delaying me. I want out of it.”

Trump then moved on to Afghanistan, which he called a “loser war” to the shock and horror of military officials who’d fought there.
“You’re all losers,” Trump said. “You don’t know how to win anymore.”

The president then asked why the U.S. didn’t get oil in exchange for stationing troops in the Persian Gulf. “We spent $7 trillion; they’re ripping us off,” Trump yelled. “Where is the f*cking oil?”

“The American people are saying we can’t spend a trillion dollars a year on this,” he complained. “We just can’t. It’s going to bankrupt us.”

By that point, according to the book, Trump had worked himself into a lather, insulting individual military leaders and breathlessly ranting.

“I wouldn’t go to war with you people,” Trump brayed. “You’re a bunch of dopes and babies.”

Others in the room felt sick to their stomach by the president’s tirade and one woman was seen crying, and only Tillerson spoke up to defend the military — and he famously wrote off Trump after the meeting, speaking to others as the room emptied.

“He’s a f*cking moron,” the secretary of state said.


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/dop...eeting-report/

I think its great that you read Raw Story, or at the least your handlers give it to you to post.

[Centerleftfl]

Does anyone remember when TRUMP said this early on? Before he even moved in. He was already in SERIOUS trouble and didn't have a fucking clue! He sure does throw that word perfectly around a lot!


"In theory I could run my business perfectly and then run the country perfectly."

[Frank Apisa]

Think about this folks. THIS WAS EARLY--very EARLY. He was already in over his head. He knew it! He did NOT have the intellect nor critical thinking skills and when confronted with his own CHARACTER and INTELLECTUAL deficit he went crazy. He could NOT summon up the skills or IQ or INTEREST to realize what a chess game the world is. He freaked out, no grandmaster seeing around corners or what others couldn't see. He was drowning on DAY ONE. (I'm betting it took till about '6 months in' for him to get a clue!)

We knew parts of this story. This is where the infamous Tillerson line came from. Just like PARNAS over the past 2 days, we are filling in the details, getting the read and quotes of the players, the 'color' of all of the CHAOS that has occupied 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE since day 1.

Many who find themselves in this position TRY! The learning curve has to be SHORT out of necessity to function. Then comes the hard stuff. The longer learning curve. They study, ask questions, READ, get tutored, call experts--absorb, absorb and then 'rinse and repeat as necessary'. (Think Sarah Palin. But she too was in over her head. BUT SHE TRIED to her capacity).

Many SHUT DOWN. Others act out. Trump ACTS OUT. He is IQ points deficient and way over his head. Couple that with temperamentally incapable and unwilling to absorb information. Trump can't do it and then he BLOWS and ATTACKS.

‘Dopes and babies!’ Trump unleashed expletive-filled rant at military leaders after growing bored in Pentagon meeting: report


Published
6 mins ago on
January 17, 2020
By Travis Gettys


Six months into his presidency, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson were frustrated and alarmed by the gaps in Trump’s knowledge of world affairs, and they scheduled a Pentagon briefing to catch him up, reported the Washington Post.

The July 20, 2017, meeting has been reported before, but the new book “A Very Stable Genius,” by the Post‘s Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, offers new details about the meeting and Trump’s reaction to the presentation.

“Oh, baby, this is going to be f*cking wild,” Steve Bannon, then White House chief strategist, thought as Mattis explained the NATO alliance. “If you stood up and threatened to shoot [Trump], he couldn’t say ‘postwar rules-based international order.’ It’s just not the way he thinks.”

Trump was quickly aggravated by the presentation — which featured charts and graphics, punctuated with dollar signs — and repeatedly interrupted to alleviate his apparent boredom, said others who took part in the meeting.

“We are owed money you haven’t been collecting!” Trump complained as top officials explained foreign alliances. “You would totally go bankrupt if you had to run your own business.”

Trump seemed preoccupied with voiding President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, which he called “the worst deal in history,” and blew up when Tillerson started to explain why it was effective.

“I don’t want to hear it,” Trump said. “They’re cheating, they’re building. We’re getting out of it. I keep telling you, I keep giving you time, and you keep delaying me. I want out of it.”

Trump then moved on to Afghanistan, which he called a “loser war” to the shock and horror of military officials who’d fought there.
“You’re all losers,” Trump said. “You don’t know how to win anymore.”

The president then asked why the U.S. didn’t get oil in exchange for stationing troops in the Persian Gulf. “We spent $7 trillion; they’re ripping us off,” Trump yelled. “Where is the f*cking oil?”

“The American people are saying we can’t spend a trillion dollars a year on this,” he complained. “We just can’t. It’s going to bankrupt us.”

By that point, according to the book, Trump had worked himself into a lather, insulting individual military leaders and breathlessly ranting.

“I wouldn’t go to war with you people,” Trump brayed. “You’re a bunch of dopes and babies.”

Others in the room felt sick to their stomach by the president’s tirade and one woman was seen crying, and only Tillerson spoke up to defend the military — and he famously wrote off Trump after the meeting, speaking to others as the room emptied.

“He’s a f*cking moron,” the secretary of state said.


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/dop...eeting-report/

Trump IS a fucking moron...

...and the only Republican comments about him that anyone should pay attention to...

...are the comments made about him by Republicans during the primary election campaign for the 2016 election.

Best thing anyone can do is to read what people like Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio...and the like had to say about him.

[Centerleftfl]

And to add this little jewel. ZERO surprise. But I do love the nickname WAX MUSEUM GUY. I never heard that one before. Frankly, I thought that was reserved for MELANIA--the wax figure part.


President Donald Trump shocked and infuriated his top officials with an insulting rants against the U.S. military — and others present for the Pentagon meeting were angry that Vice President Mike Pence remained silent.

The July 20, 2017, meeting has been the subject of numerous reports, but the new book, “A Very Stable Genius,” by Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, offers the most detailed account yet.

“I wouldn’t go to war with you people,” Trump barked. “You’re a bunch of dopes and babies.”

The officers in the room were shocked, and staffers looked down uncomfortably at their papers, and Tillerson was visibly angry, according to those present. The secretary of state looked to Mattis to speak up, but later told close aides that he realized the retired Marine Corps general was incapable of challenging his commander in chief.

That left Pence, but others noticed that he seemed to wish he could escape.

“He’s sitting there frozen like a statue,” said one attendee. “Why doesn’t he stop the president?”

Another person in the room described the vice president as “a wax museum guy.”


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/pen...eaders-report/

[Cypress]

No one, not a single person on this board is remotely surprised that Trump is a moron

What surprises me are how many weaklings and cowards there are even in the Republican Party, that they would allow themselves to be abused and humiliated by their boss in this way

[Centerleftfl]

Trump IS a fucking moron...

...and the only Republican comments about him that anyone should pay attention to...

...are the comments made about him by Republicans during the primary election campaign for the 2016 election.

Best thing anyone can do is to read what people like Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio...and the like had to say about him.

He is a DESPICABLE human--President or not. I've known some characters in my life and HAVE NEVER seen anyone exhibit the lack of character and day in and day out spewing of bile that this piece of scum does. But almost all predated TWITTER.

[Centerleftfl]

No one, not a single person on this board is remotely surprised that Trump is a moron

What surprises me are how many weaklings and cowards there are even in the Republican Party, that they would allow themselves to be abused and humiliated by their boss in this way

I think TILLERSON was being SUPREMELY restrained but then he was more than cognizant of the room he was sitting in, the position he held and those 'others' in the room. Would anyone like to have heard what he told his wife when he got home that night?

[Centerleftfl]

I think its great that you read Raw Story, or at the least your handlers give it to you to post.

So you don't question the CONTENT or ACCURACY of RS or that they 'aggregate' the news from NUMEROUS sources, just that 'my handlers' let me read it?

Pretty weak. Wanna make another stab at it?

[Centerleftfl]

Trump IS a fucking moron...

...and the only Republican comments about him that anyone should pay attention to...

...are the comments made about him by Republicans during the primary election campaign for the 2016 election.

Best thing anyone can do is to read what people like Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio...and the like had to say about him.

Don't forget JEB. Maybe the most prescient of all. I remember when he said it...

When I ran for office, I said he is a chaos candidate and would be a chaos president," Bush said on Friday.

[Centerleftfl]

No one, not a single person on this board is remotely surprised that Trump is a moron

What surprises me are how many weaklings and cowards there are even in the Republican Party, that they would allow themselves to be abused and humiliated by their boss in this way

I DO NOT GET IT! ANY PART OF IT! No one(s) can be this SPINELESS. It is impossible to function.

(The shrinks and other mental health professionals should really be studying WTF is all about. Is it all about PARTY?)

[Truth Detector]

DOPES/BABIES/LOSERS/RAGE/OBAMA DERANGEMENT/SICK STOMACHS/TEARS/RAGE

Another triggered TDS treatise that only morons and idiots would want to read.

[Truth Detector]

Thread translation:

Trump declares that he likes air and that air is good! Centerleft's response:

[Adolf_Twitler]

That giant sucking sound you are hearing is the sound of Republican Senators that are realizing they must now look at their own futures, and realize that Donald Trump is now toast and a heavy burden on their own re-elections. Now McConnell and Graham may go ahead and walk their planks- but they may not have many friendly followers. I suspect there will be a Mutiny on the Ship Of Fools this Republican led Senate has become.

AMERICA WILL BE WATCHING- AND THEY WILL BE THE JUDGE OF DONALD TRUMP'S IMPEACHABLE BEHAVIORS- And the behaviors of the SENATE MAJORITY DURING THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL!

[Centerleftfl]

Another triggered TDS treatise that only morons and idiots would want to read.

And YOU are reading it and responding.

Go figure.