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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's answer just now in the Oval Office was insane and disqualifying.
He was just asked by a reporter "What do you say to the American people who question how much longer this will take? Obviously, you know they're having higher gas prices."
His answer? "You're such a disgrace. Did you hear what I just said? How many years was Vietnam?"
So. in spite of saying over and over that the war is over, will be over in two weeks, will be over in a few days, whatever, the new story is that it will be as long as Vietnam?
In what universe does that make sense?
He also doesn't want to "rush himself" when it comes to ending the war. Heaven forbid that toddler trump feel "rushed".
Ocelot II
(130,892 posts)Redleg
(6,994 posts)His supporters will keep pretending they didn't hear the statement or they will make an excuse for it. Meanwhile Trump's approval ratings are continuing to gradually erode and the republicans are too cowardly to call bullshit on it.
orthoclad
(4,743 posts)he's the rodeo clown keeping our eyes away from Thiel and ilk.
And 21st century biz loves turmoil. Wall Street learned that from the Great Recession. Buy low, sell high, and they can blackmail us into underwriting their financial speculation. The wilder the swing the higher the profits.
Crisis Crunchies! Not just for insiders anymore!
niyad
(133,272 posts)madinmaryland
(65,757 posts)niyad
(133,272 posts)Shipwack
(3,093 posts)
but kidney or liver failure is way up?
Statistically, of course. Just idle speculation, Agent Mike.
Baitball Blogger
(52,533 posts)the media from talking about the Epstein files.
Aviation Pro
(15,668 posts)Oh, you mean Vietnam, the war you got five deferments for? Fuck you, pedophile.
Deuxcents
(27,358 posts)dem4decades
(14,196 posts)orthoclad
(4,743 posts)billionaire monopolist media owners.
Rebl2
(17,854 posts)no idea when Vietnam war started I am sure.
senseandsensibility
(25,251 posts)so maybe he has an inkling since it involved him?
Talitha
(8,093 posts)Or where it is either, I bet.
What a damned fool.
magicarpet
(19,006 posts)Once he ends the war - will be the sooner his stock market insider trade scheme on war info ends. He is currently making a fortune on the ups and downs of the stock market gyrating at his whims, his beck, and his calls.
Why stop milking the cow - until the day comes it is bone dry. Then you move on to your next grift and your next scheme of self enrichment's. As you plunder and pilfer the next huge pile of someone else's cash, craftily making it your own. Once again,... all by illicit means.
ProfessorGAC
(77,020 posts)Some are using inside info to do it, but he's just flailing buffoon.
If he was that good at making money he wouldn't have needed to become president to grift enough to actually be a billionaire.
Because he's a dope with a big mouth & short attention spans, there are insiders who know when he is going to change his mind (again).
They are the ones gaming the system. He's just a useful idiot.
magicarpet
(19,006 posts)..he is buying shares of USA Military Industrial stocks and selling petrol stock days before the bombing begins. Then when the bombing starts he takes in a fortune. Then the other way around, days before peace talks, the insider info are announced a buy order goes out for petrol stocks days before.The insider info tells him peace and war stocks to hold and which ones to sell.
It is like Hegseth is a fortune teller predicting the future and getting rich. But he is only trading stocks with insider information telling him where to park his money before the stocks takes a major jump in price.
Hegseth is no investment maven or a mathematical wizard like Einstein. He is a cheater and a scoundrel who is criminally manipulating his stock purchases to game the stock market for huge profits. The SEC,.. (Stock) Securities + Exchange Commission should light his ass of fire. But Trump's team is running the show at the SEC,.. so don't hold you breath for a meaning full investigation at this time.
magicarpet
(19,006 posts)There are many others on Team trDUMP doing the very same thing with illegal insider trading schemes to rake in the dough.
That fast talking little twerp shyster - US Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick is likely the brains behind giving out advice for highly profitable insider information/stock trading schemes. He has been around Wall Street for some time,... he knows the ropes.
FakeNoose
(42,008 posts)... of course I'm referring to Chump's 2 older sons. They've got to be smack in the middle of this insider trading shit that's going on.
wnylib
(26,271 posts)senseandsensibility
(25,251 posts)and suggesting that it will last as long is "the story". But it is politically damaging to him so the corporate media is downplaying the comment.
tanyev
(49,441 posts)😒
magicarpet
(19,006 posts)After he got his war deferments. Knocking up escorts and prostitutes was his service to his country.
Wednesdays
(22,876 posts)That avoiding STDs was his "personal Vietnam."
spanone
(141,871 posts)or he'll try.
Ilsa
(64,455 posts)the war in the prediction markets. $3 billion isn't enough for them.
Wednesdays
(22,876 posts)bob4460
(399 posts)He wants a distraction from the terrible job he is doing and a distraction from the Epstein files.He wants chaos.
senseandsensibility
(25,251 posts)I predict approval of the war to dip even more with comparisons to Vietnam. Probably the worst comparison he could make. Even his cult members won't like it. It gets to the point that it is so bad that its use as a distraction is questionable. However, the profit motive might be an explanation.
BattleRow
(2,601 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,612 posts)senseandsensibility
(25,251 posts)magicarpet
(19,006 posts)He immediately lashes out at them and insults them. This is his feeble attempt to remind them he is the alpha here. That he has the power to kick and knock to the bottom rung of the ladder. While he enjoys the view from the very top position - as he rules strongly over them.
Mind your place little Ms.Piggy Woman.
Says the pathetic - Donnie the DOTARD.
BattleRow
(2,601 posts)surfered
(13,859 posts)flashman13
(2,472 posts)Embassy in Saigon ending a war that had lasted for 30 years.
No rush Donny. You have plenty of time.
BWdem4life
(3,032 posts)He doesn't have a clue how many years the Vietnam "police action" lasted.
AllaN01Bear
(29,719 posts)Joinfortmill
(21,405 posts)sop
(18,942 posts)That's frightening, on a number of levels.
Bristlecone
(11,140 posts)We are now a completely disgraced country and all at the hands of him and the Republican Party.
orthoclad
(4,743 posts)Those bombs won't blow them selves up. Keep those factories busy churning out warhead after warhead.
ColoringFool
(843 posts)WAR PROFITEERING TAKES TIME! WE NEED TO DEMOLISH, THAT'S AN OLD-FASHIONED WORD, LIKE CIVIL WAR DAYS, MORE BEFORE ANY AMERICAN RECONSHT....RECON...REBUILDING COMPANIES CAN GO IN!
AND WE HAVEN'T FINISHED LOOTING IRAN'S GREAT MUSEUMS!
AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE THEIR OIL. WE DON'T NEED THEIR OIL. UNGRATEFUL NATO NEEDS IRAN'S OIL. WELL, THEY CAN'T HAVE IT! UNLESS THEY PAY US. IF NATO OFFERS ME ENOUGH, I MIGHT LET THEM HAVE SOME OIL. WE'LL SEE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER."
MissouriDem47
(430 posts)Trump has absolutely no idea what to do next.