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highplainsdem

(61,445 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:41 PM Tuesday

Marco Rubio pleads with TV networks to help the administration return Americans home who are stranded in the Middle East

Marco Rubio pleads with TV networks to help the administration return Americans home who are stranded in the Middle East

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-03T20:24:29.567Z



Why the hell didn't they have plans for this?

Most incompetent administration ever. And most corrupt.
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Marco Rubio pleads with TV networks to help the administration return Americans home who are stranded in the Middle East (Original Post) highplainsdem Tuesday OP
Well tbh? JustAnotherGen Tuesday #1
What, fly in their Action News Choppers a la Saigon 1975? hatrack Tuesday #2
Thinking is anathema to that bunch. Trump believes that he just has to issue and order and Crunchy Frog Tuesday #23
Do they ever have a plan?..................... Lovie777 Tuesday #3
To be fair, they had concepts of a plan. yellowcanine Tuesday #13
They were planning to have Retrograde Tuesday #17
Pathetic Cirsium Tuesday #4
"Since rump won't help, I'm now begging all you people that lick his ass" struggle4progress Tuesday #5
It's like they didn't think this through MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #6
Probably because... 2naSalit Tuesday #10
How many people were fired from the State Department Marco? dem4decades Tuesday #7
They just found out what some of those fired people did yellowcanine Tuesday #15
Well, Trump 1.0 planned the Afghanistan pull out too Johonny Tuesday #8
OMFG! And I don't want to see them complaining about Ilsa Tuesday #9
IKR? MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #16
Democrats Fault-they made running government look so easy delisen Tuesday #11
let the republican party pay for this nt msongs Tuesday #12
no need to stampede. the actual likelyhood of being hurt in a localized attack is quite low msongs Tuesday #14
Rubio, have you asked the cabinet billionaires to rescue Americans with a patriotic airlift? delisen Tuesday #18
When do they bring in tree monkey Duffy Hassler Tuesday #19
US embassies to Americans in the Middle East: You're on your own. US Navy to Big Oil: We'll escort your tankers! Efilroft Sul Tuesday #20
On the other hand, there are lots of russians stranded. Getting bombed with Shaheds made by their own country.😂 Crunchy Frog Tuesday #21
JHFC orangecrush Tuesday #22

hatrack

(64,708 posts)
2. What, fly in their Action News Choppers a la Saigon 1975?
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:47 PM
Tuesday

Set up charter flights?

Did anyone think this through beforehand? Anyone at all?

Crunchy Frog

(28,225 posts)
23. Thinking is anathema to that bunch. Trump believes that he just has to issue and order and
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:46 PM
Tuesday

everything will happen as he wants. Little Marco probably understands that's not the case, but he knows he'll be sidelined if he says anything.

Main difference between 1.0 and 2.0 is that 1st term he really didn't have a choice but to have career personnel working for him, and they put the brakes on a lot.

Lovie777

(22,694 posts)
3. Do they ever have a plan?.....................
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:48 PM
Tuesday

except shithole and comrades stealing and deceiving.

Johonny

(25,995 posts)
8. Well, Trump 1.0 planned the Afghanistan pull out too
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:55 PM
Tuesday

So everyone should have expected a cluster-fuck.

Ilsa

(64,222 posts)
9. OMFG! And I don't want to see them complaining about
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:06 PM
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the Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021 ever again.

delisen

(7,337 posts)
11. Democrats Fault-they made running government look so easy
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:27 PM
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that any fool thought they could do it.

delisen

(7,337 posts)
18. Rubio, have you asked the cabinet billionaires to rescue Americans with a patriotic airlift?
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:55 PM
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Is Elon Musk volunteering to underwrite a massive airlift?

Surely Robert Murdoch is eager to help.


This State Department mess is a clear message that we need a huge billionaire tax.

Efilroft Sul

(4,401 posts)
20. US embassies to Americans in the Middle East: You're on your own. US Navy to Big Oil: We'll escort your tankers!
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:04 PM
Tuesday

With this administration, it's all about priorities,. And guess what? We're not a priority.

Crunchy Frog

(28,225 posts)
21. On the other hand, there are lots of russians stranded. Getting bombed with Shaheds made by their own country.😂
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:42 PM
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Many of them with American and European made components.

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