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MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 02:53 PM Jun 2017

Qatar-gate?

Our Acting President (and he is a poor actor, indeed), apparently had no idea that Qatar is the location of our primary military base in the Middle East when he cheered other states cutting off relations with that tiny nation. Does Donald Trump even know where Qatar is, and what our relationship with that country is?

I'd say the answer is a resounding NO! It appears that Trump is completely clueless about our military operations in that part of the world. It's as though he is deliberately ignorant of that important information.

I read in today's paper that he had reversed his position on Qatar. No doubt that was because his military advisers said, "You dunderhead! We have thousands of military personnel based in Qatar. If the other countries attack Qatar, those people will be in harm's way! WTF were you thinking?"

This is just one more example of our President being deliberately uninformed about anything that is important. We must get this man out of the White House!

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Qatar-gate? (Original Post) MineralMan Jun 2017 OP
Far worse that Watergate Fluke a Snooker Jun 2017 #1
But he's NEW at this! leftstreet Jun 2017 #2
Given his deteriorating mental state, MineralMan Jun 2017 #3
I like to know what rex Tillerson's thinking right now elehhhhna Jun 2017 #4
I'm sure he's just shaking his head slowly and MineralMan Jun 2017 #5
He has no idea about most things rusty fender Jun 2017 #6
That seems quite clear to me. MineralMan Jun 2017 #7
It really doesn't matter whether he knew or didn't know because Blindingly apparent Jun 2017 #8
The Trumpster . . . peggysue2 Jun 2017 #9
Give him a break. herding cats Jun 2017 #10
 

Fluke a Snooker

(404 posts)
1. Far worse that Watergate
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 02:56 PM
Jun 2017

But then, everything Republicans do is a crime. That's the point. Trump needs to be perpwalked to the nearest Bubba-Is-Now-Your-Daddy facility for the rest of his miserable life.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
3. Given his deteriorating mental state,
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 02:59 PM
Jun 2017

he will always be new to this. Each day, when he wakes up, someone probably has to tell him that he is POTUS. Otherwise, he'd probably wander off and be found somewhere in Georgetown, picking through garbage cans.

 

rusty fender

(3,428 posts)
6. He has no idea about most things
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 03:17 PM
Jun 2017

and is too arrogant to ask staff questions because he thinks he knows everything

8. It really doesn't matter whether he knew or didn't know because
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:48 PM
Jun 2017

If the base is actually attacked, we all know that Hillary Clinton is to blame.

peggysue2

(10,832 posts)
9. The Trumpster . . .
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:55 PM
Jun 2017

only talks out of one orifice. And it's not his mouth.

All these excuses: he's a DC neophyte--naive, inexperienced, an innocent naif. Baloney. He's an arrogant ignoramus who has no inclination to learn or even ask questions from the people who do know.

Totally agree: We must get this man out of the WH before he irreparably wrecks the place and/or gets us all dead.

herding cats

(19,565 posts)
10. Give him a break.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:57 PM
Jun 2017

The fool didn't know Presbyterians were Christian, and he's supposed to be Presbyterian.

How could he possibly know where Qatar is, or that without their letting us have our military bases there we'd not have been able to go to war with Afghanistan or Iraq, not to mention we're using th m for Syria now. All he knows is there no Trump hotel or golf course there.

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