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Demovictory9

(32,457 posts) Mon Apr 15, 2019, 03:16 PM Apr 2019

Trump encourages France to use 'flying water tankers' on Notre Dame Cathedral fire

he's always making a fool of himself

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President Donald Trump encourages France to use “flying water tankers” to put out a raging fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris as firefighters rushed to save one of the country’s most visited landmarks.

“So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris,” the president tweets. “Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out. Must act quickly!”

“If you hit that with tons of water from above, that’s going to collapse the entire structure and make the situation worse,” said Wayne McPartland, a retired New York City Fire Department battalion chief. “If you miss, you might hit civilians in the street.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/trump-encourages-france-to-use-flying-water-tankers-for-notre-dame-fire.html

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Trump encourages France to use 'flying water tankers' on Notre Dame Cathedral fire (Original Post) Demovictory9 Apr 2019 OP

Oh I'm sure they hadn't thought of that Blue Owl Apr 2019 #1

no on knows more about (fill in the blank) than Trump Demovictory9 Apr 2019 #3

Shut up! Just shut up! FM123 Apr 2019 #2

yep. being presidential would be having our fire experts offer assistance behind the scenes Demovictory9 Apr 2019 #6

And he'll blame the French for it burning in the first place. What an asshat. n/t cynatnite Apr 2019 #4

He's literally any random idiot on Twitter RhodeIslandOne Apr 2019 #5

Even when he's trying to be helpful, he still manages to make things worse. Downtown Hound Apr 2019 #7

All of his remarks are awful, but this one... Loge23 Apr 2019 #8

Blue Owl

(50,393 posts)

1. Oh I'm sure they hadn't thought of that

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Mon Apr 15, 2019, 03:16 PM

Apr 2019

Demovictory9

(32,457 posts)

3. no on knows more about (fill in the blank) than Trump

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Mon Apr 15, 2019, 03:17 PM

Apr 2019

FM123

(10,053 posts)

2. Shut up! Just shut up!

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Mon Apr 15, 2019, 03:17 PM

Apr 2019

Demovictory9

(32,457 posts)

6. yep. being presidential would be having our fire experts offer assistance behind the scenes

Reply to FM123 (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 03:19 PM

Apr 2019

with a few words of support from the US president to the french. Not this grandstanding stupidity

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)

4. And he'll blame the French for it burning in the first place. What an asshat. n/t

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Mon Apr 15, 2019, 03:18 PM

Apr 2019

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)

5. He's literally any random idiot on Twitter

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Mon Apr 15, 2019, 03:19 PM

Apr 2019

The average Tweeter post garbage like this.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)

7. Even when he's trying to be helpful, he still manages to make things worse.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 03:24 PM

Apr 2019

Kind of impressive in a strange and twisted way.

Loge23

(3,922 posts)

8. All of his remarks are awful, but this one...

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 03:26 PM

Apr 2019

...is an affront to humanity.
This is a cataclysmic loss of one the great treasures of the world.
Only a fool would attempt to direct the effort to contain this fire from almost 4,000 miles away.
Sadly for this world, that fool resides in the White House.

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