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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Thu Jun 8, 2017, 02:52 PM Jun 2017

Trump 'may not have known' US has 11,000 troops in Qatar when he bashed country on Twitter: report

ELIZABETH PREZA
08 JUN 2017 AT 14:11 ET

Donald Trump “may not have known” that Qatar is home to the biggest U.S. military base in the Middle East when he praised Gulf nations for severing diplomatic relations with the nation, MSNBC reports.

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Trump on Monday praised the decision by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain , Egypt, Yemen, Libya and the Maldives to cut off ties with the Doha, a move reportedly sparked by a fake news story Qatar officials have emphatically denied. The president appeared to champion the severed diplomatic ties in a series of tweets on Tuesday.

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That tweetstorm prompted a rapid escalation as Qatar feared a military incursion from Saudi Arabia. In a phone call Wednesday, Trump reached out to the Qatari Emir to offer the administration’s assistance in smoothing out relations with other Middle Eastern nations. As CNN reports, the olive branch came as US officials warned Qatar was placing its police force on the highest level of alert.

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Trump 'may not have known' US has 11,000 troops in Qatar when he bashed country on Twitter: report (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2017 OP

Trump puts the d'oh in democracy. C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #1

Proof that he isn't reading his daily intel briefings. procon Jun 2017 #2

Idiot-in-chief doesn't even know where his troops are stationed dalton99a Jun 2017 #3

Trump endangers American assets on the ground. Historic NY Jun 2017 #4

Which is worse: That he did know, or that he didn't know? gratuitous Jun 2017 #5

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)

1. Trump puts the d'oh in democracy.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 02:53 PM

Jun 2017

procon

(15,805 posts)

2. Proof that he isn't reading his daily intel briefings.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 03:07 PM

Jun 2017

If he doesn't know about Qatar, think about everything else that is going on in the world today that he is unaware of. He got the certificate, the title and the keys to the front door, but he can't be bothered to do the hard work of a real president.

dalton99a

(81,516 posts)

3. Idiot-in-chief doesn't even know where his troops are stationed

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 03:09 PM

Jun 2017

Historic NY

(37,451 posts)

4. Trump endangers American assets on the ground.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 03:18 PM

Jun 2017

When the 7 other gulf nations went after Qatar it put our forces in the middle of conflict.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

5. Which is worse: That he did know, or that he didn't know?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 03:27 PM

Jun 2017

Right now, it's that he didn't know, which is executive malpractice verging on the criminal. But what if he did know, and was trying to get a skirmish going where our troops would have to defend themselves, and escalate into a third war because he needs the diversion?

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