The Outrage Thread

[Cujo]

Because like Suzie Wiles said in her interview, Trump believes there is absolutely nothing he can't do. Nothing.

I don’t know or care who that is. The broader point is, since Trump isn’t dropping bombs himself, would the military accommodate him so willingly?

 

[Irving Cowboy]

I don’t know or care who that is.

That says a lot.

 

[Cotton]

Well if they've blown up 26 boats in 3 months, it's not working either.

Sure it has. That's like 100 terrorists that can no longer get on a boat. It's a nice start.

 

[Cujo]

Well if they've blown up 26 boats in 3 months, it's not working either.

Those are tangible results. They’re fearing for their lives now, as they should.

 

[Cujo]

That says a lot.

Ok, I’ll play along. Who is she?

 

[Cotton]

I didn't say that, dumbass.

Okay, so let me see if I can follow your logic without any stupid rubbing off on me. You are saying that the next step would be Trump sending the military into neighborhoods and just shooting random people they think might be drug dealers?

 

[Cotton]

Ok, I’ll play along. Who is she?

It's Trump's chief of staff. And her words were a bit minced.

 

[Cujo]

It's Trump's chief of staff. And her words were a bit minced.

Ok, I looked it up. They heard the word "alcoholic," and ran with it. From the article I was reading:

The comments, made in conversations over the past year with author Chris Whipple, are striking both in candor and topic. Wiles — who claimed Tuesday that her words were taken out of context in a “hit piece” — is known inside the White House as a careful operator with few internal detractors, unlike the men who held the job in Trump’s first term. She has retained Trump’s confidence in part by running a functional West Wing that doesn’t attempt to constrain the president’s impulses.

Trump regularly refers to his top aide as the “most powerful woman in the world,” with the ability to influence global affairs in a single phone call. While she is a near-constant presence during his meetings and public appearances, her public remarks during Trump’s second term have been limited to a handful of friendly interviews.
Her low profile made her comments to Whipple, whose book “The Gatekeepers” is considered a seminal work on the chief of staff role, all the more striking.
Wiles said Trump governs with “a view that there’s nothing he can’t do. Nothing, zero, nothing.”
“High-functioning alcoholics or alcoholics in general, their personalities are exaggerated when they drink,” she said. “And so I’m a little bit of an expert in big personalities.” The article notes she grew up with an alcoholic father — the legendary sportscaster Pat Summerall.

 

[Cotton]

Ok, I looked it up. They heard the word "alcoholic," and ran with it. From the article I was reading:

The comments, made in conversations over the past year with author Chris Whipple, are striking both in candor and topic. Wiles — who claimed Tuesday that her words were taken out of context in a “hit piece” — is known inside the White House as a careful operator with few internal detractors, unlike the men who held the job in Trump’s first term. She has retained Trump’s confidence in part by running a functional West Wing that doesn’t attempt to constrain the president’s impulses.

Trump regularly refers to his top aide as the “most powerful woman in the world,” with the ability to influence global affairs in a single phone call. While she is a near-constant presence during his meetings and public appearances, her public remarks during Trump’s second term have been limited to a handful of friendly interviews.
Her low profile made her comments to Whipple, whose book “The Gatekeepers” is considered a seminal work on the chief of staff role, all the more striking.
Wiles said Trump governs with “a view that there’s nothing he can’t do. Nothing, zero, nothing.”
“High-functioning alcoholics or alcoholics in general, their personalities are exaggerated when they drink,” she said. “And so I’m a little bit of an expert in big personalities.” The article notes she grew up with an alcoholic father — the legendary sportscaster Pat Summerall.

Holy shit, her dad was Summerall? Thou shalt not besmirch her name any more, Irv.

 

[Bipo]

So the retardism has devolved to the point that some people are ok murdering US citizens without due process for drugs?

 

[Cotton]

So the retardism has devolved to the point that some people are ok murdering US citizens without due process for drugs?

What the hell are you talking about?

 

[Bipo]

What the hell are you talking about?

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Mine was actually sarcasm. How is it a logical that because we're using the military to kill foreign drug runners in international waters,
the next step is using the military to kill US citizens on home soil?

 

[Bipo]

Mine was actually sarcasm. How is it a logical that because we're using the military to kill foreign drug runners in international waters,
the next step is using the military to kill US citizens on home soil?

Should have added.

 

[Cujo]

Should have added.

I responded to the wrong comment. I am definitely not in favor of killing neighborhood drug dealers indiscriminately.

 

[Cujo]

How many drone strikes did Obama authorize during his ...

Counting Obama-era drone strikes depends on which dataset and definitions you use: the Council on Foreign Relations and Micah Zenko’s tally put the total around 540–563 strikes over two terms (CFR: 540; Harvard Political Review citing 563) [1] [2]. Other outlets and fact-checkers note figures such as 542 or 543 in circulation and emphasize that different organizations count strikes differently


Where's the outrage for this? Did these pieces of shit also deserve due process?

 

[Cotton]

How many drone strikes did Obama authorize during his ...

Counting Obama-era drone strikes depends on which dataset and definitions you use: the Council on Foreign Relations and Micah Zenko’s tally put the total around 540–563 strikes over two terms (CFR: 540; Harvard Political Review citing 563) [1] [2]. Other outlets and fact-checkers note figures such as 542 or 543 in circulation and emphasize that different organizations count strikes differently


Where's the outrage for this? Did these pieces of shit also deserve due process?

Some reports attribute about 3,797 deaths to the strikes tied to Obama’s program and suggest several hundred civilian fatalities

Man, Obama must have really hated fishermen.

 

[Cujo]

Some reports attribute about 3,797 deaths to the strikes tied to Obama’s program and suggest several hundred civilian fatalities

Man, Obama must have really hated fishermen.

And he actually DID kill some Americans. And barely a peep. This is one of the reasons why I can't abide all the derogative commentary on every single thing Trump does. Presidents have done far worse than what Trump has done, often in indulgent self-interest, but he hasn't been fortunate enough to have the entire media machine running cover for him. It just rings disingenuous.

 

[Cotton]

And he actually DID kill some Americans. And barely a peep. This is one of the reasons why I can't abide all the derogative commentary on every single thing Trump does. Presidents have done far worse than what Trump has done, often in indulgent self-interest, but he hasn't been fortunate enough to have the entire media machine running cover for him. It just rings disingenuous.

And we have people like Irv and Bipo all over this country repeating the rhetoric.

 

[Sheik]

I’m not going to pretend like my day would be any different if Trump and Hegseth were randomly blowing up beaners on boats full of fish for fun.

I know one thing for sure, I’d be bank fishing if I lived in that area.