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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA lot going on today, but THIS just stunned me:
Brian Williams on @MSNBC says a source tells him and Nicolle D Wallace they're not sure Trump knew there were Americans stationed in Qatar.
Link to tweet
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)Fucking idiot
Doodley
(9,095 posts)Why would he have any reason whatsoever to be interested in that fact. And don't pull that old joke about, "Well, he is president!" This is Donald Trump we're talking about!
JusticeForAll
(1,222 posts)the orange emperor has no clue
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)it would require listening to someone advise him or reading. He doesn't do either.
He can't even find a DC law firm to represent him! He's going down. I hope I have the day off to watch every gory minute of it too
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)reports what amounts to a pathologic inability to focus attention on anything that's not specifically about him and that when briefed he simply doesn't remember.
Even in the middle of the briefing, like touring a Navy ship inspecting the changeover from steam to electromagnetic catapults -- that briefing was so misunderstood that he told them on the spot that he was scrapping the multi-billion-dollar new technology because obsolete steam was better.
Another fun side to this is that, reportedly, his handlers have learned that advising him what NOT to say is problematic because that can result in it being the first thing out of his mouth when that topic comes up.
Poor dears.
PRESIDENT RUMP'S OWN CONFUSED VERSION: "I said, You dont use steam anymore for catapult? No sir. I said, Ah, how is it working? Sir, not good. Not good. Doesnt have the power. You know the steam is just brutal. You see that sucker going and steams going all over the place, theres planes thrown in the air.
It sounded bad to me. Digital. They have digital. What is digital? And its very complicated, you have to be Albert Einstein to figure it out. And I saidand now they want to buy more aircraft carriers. I said, What system are you going to be Sir, were staying with digital. I said, No youre not. You going to goddamned steam, the digital costs hundreds of millions of dollars more money and its no good.
Towlie
(5,324 posts)barbtries
(28,799 posts)now the republicans are saying that he needs to be excused for obstruction because he never did this before.
he might destroy this country.
LonePirate
(13,426 posts)LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)They voted for that asshole. They need to own it. Can't blame liberals or Dems for that!
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I doubt Trump could find Qatar on the map, and knows nothing about our troops there. He knows so little about anything, really.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)see it on FOX Snooze in order to be aware. They probably didn't cover that on 'Fox and Friends' this morning. Either that or he was too busy stuffing his face with Little Debbie Swiss Rolls (he really thinks they come from Switzerland) to pay attention.
Maeve
(42,282 posts)Besides, what he says or does doesn't mean anything...until vetted....
Vinca
(50,278 posts)today was essentially a tie for Trump and Comey re the truth. WTF???? 99% of what comes out of Trump's cake hole is a lie and that's well documented.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)De-foxed? . . Unfoxed?
Disenfoxed?
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)But still shocking due to the ramifications.
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)He didn't just miss a day, but at least a whole week of vital news that affect US interests. Incompetent idiot!
Caliman73
(11,738 posts)She said she was shocked about something Trump said or did (which I unfortunately do not remember). It had something to do with basic knowledge anyone should have let alone the President.
I told her, "Really? Shocked is not a word that I use with Trump at this point. Disgusted, Stupid, Upset, etc... those are words I use, but shocked implies that there is an expectation about limits of behavior and Trump has no limits. He is not just ignorant, he is proudly ignorant. He is not just mean, he prides himself on being mean."
I am not stunned or surprised about information that Trump might not have known we have a large base in Qatar. I would actually be surprised if he knew that. I am more surprised when things that are normative happen with this administration and Trump. He has no limits to his stupidity and vileness.
LisaM
(27,813 posts)Honestly, if the Democrats ran someone that unqualified, I'd probably just skip voting for whatever office that was. I don't see how anyone could walk into a voting booth and purposely punch a card, or fill in a circle, next to Donald Trump's name.
AmandaRuth
(3,105 posts)he totally knows, he did say he knows more than all the generals. right?
That's right! He did say that. What idiocy.
Javaman
(62,530 posts)once i accepted the fact that the orange menace doesn't give a shit about this nation or it's people and only is in office to scam his way to more riches, I am able to sleep better at night.
LisaM
(27,813 posts)but I still kind of like him. I don't always get him, but I think he's fairly smart, and he's got a broad base of knowledge.
I like Brian, too.
I like his style. He's a polite and considerate host. He lets his guests speak and finish their thoughts. He is intelligent, and has decades of experiences and knowledge. Plus, he has a nice sense of humor.
He's not perfect, but neither am I. I don't always agree or like what he says, but who wants that all the time. Not me.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)chemical, electrical, mechanical, petroleum engineering, and a research program.
The university has a code of conduct that considers cultural mores and the fact that most of Qatar follow Salafism, not that trump would realize there were different sects among these nations which drive their disagreements.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)He's new at this Presidentin' stuff....
(Do I really need to add the sarcasm tag?)
Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)couldn't find Qatar on a map. Hell, he probably couldn't find Texas on a map.
cab67
(2,993 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,832 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)just sayin'...
Doreen
(11,686 posts)he did not know there were Americans there?
Bucky
(54,027 posts)And you have to admit, that name, Allah-Sqa, is mighty suspicious sounding
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)brush
(53,789 posts)Remember?
bucolic_frolic
(43,182 posts)and feels no need to investigate
sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)would know it's are largest base in the ME.
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)IronLionZion
(45,457 posts)he's put our troops and other Americans there in danger.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)and our military there
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)What a clueless bozo.
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)All insignificant blips in Dumb and Dumber's tiny mind.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)Like Bush in the second debate against Gore
That Guy 888
(1,214 posts)It should be obvious that Trump paid people to do his homework/take his tests for his entire life. I've never seen a more ignorant adult who had more access to great educational opportunities in my life.
MojoWrkn
(139 posts)we may be terribly shocked at what else the Orange One does NOT KNOW!
itcfish
(1,828 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)Does Trump own a hotel there?
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)Unless he got a "Presidential Briefing" in Qatar with lots of pictures and graphs, he never got the information. And even then, they might have handed it to him when it was time for "Fox And Friends" or perhaps Bugs Bunny.
Texin
(2,596 posts)for every law broken and every fuck up he blunders into.