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BumRushDaShow

(170,400 posts) Sun Mar 1, 2026, 05:47 AM Mar 1

Trump bashed for using Mar-a-Lago 'blanket fort' to monitor Iran strikes

Source: Raw Story

February 28, 2026 6:12PM ET

President Donald Trump was bashed on Saturday after photos emerged of the "blanket fort" at his Mar-a-Lago estate that he used as a Situation Room to monitor the strikes in Iran.

The White House posted a photo of Trump alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of Personnel Dan Scavino, and other administration officials on its X account on Saturday evening. The photo shows a makeshift room surrounded by black curtains and multiple maps of the region.

One Israeli reporter described the room as "the situation room at Mar-a-Lago," referring to the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) where other presidents monitor military operations. The officials were monitoring the fallout from the U.S. and Israel's coordinated strikes against multiple sites in Iran in an attack called " Operation Epic Fury."

Political analysts and observers bashed the photo on social media. "Calling it 'the situation room at Mar-a-Lago' doesn’t morph that blanket fort into a SCIF," Joyce Vance, law professor at the University of Alabama, posted on X.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2675455322/

Idiocracy.

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Trump bashed for using Mar-a-Lago 'blanket fort' to monitor Iran strikes (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 1 OP

As noted elsewhere, Wiles is wearing a Apple watch (or equivalent). There are NO outside electronics allowed in a SCIF. pat_k Mar 1 #1

It looks like my billiard room/garage. Buddyzbuddy Mar 1 #2

I bet he is keeping his baseball cap on because he's having an especially bad hair day. In the midst of war, he worries LaMouffette Mar 1 #3

What, No red Rebl2 Mar 1 #10

Also, I'm sure he thinks wearing a hat with "USA" on it makes him look extra super patriotic. ShazzieB Mar 1 #21

The Situation Cabana. rubbersole Mar 1 #4

Even if the blanket fort were secure Danascot Mar 1 #5

...with old rotten fish in it. n t GenThePerservering Mar 1 #18

;-{)..... Goonch Mar 1 #6

I thought it was in that bathroom with all the confidential files! mdbl Mar 1 #17

;-{)..... Goonch Mar 1 #19

Touche! mdbl Mar 1 #20

What duh fuck. mercuryblues Mar 1 #7

The situation room? In Mere-a-loco, that's what they call the bathroom when he doesn't make it on time. 3Hotdogs Mar 1 #8

I thought "forts" were built with couch pillows -- hence, "Fort Ethan Allen". eppur_se_muova Mar 1 #9

We didn't have a "Fort Ethan Allen", Doc_Technical Mar 1 #14

Didn't some of his aides give up the plan over lunch at a restaurant the day before the strike anyway? Vinca Mar 1 #11

Black blankets are sound proof Bayard Mar 1 #12

They also act as a "cloaking device" BumRushDaShow Mar 1 #13

We already have offices in the Pentagon/WH to do this, but Dump is too lazy to do so sakabatou Mar 1 #15

Idiocracy had an infinitely more qualified Cabinet. Kid Berwyn Mar 1 #16

pat_k

(13,457 posts)

1. As noted elsewhere, Wiles is wearing a Apple watch (or equivalent). There are NO outside electronics allowed in a SCIF.

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Sun Mar 1, 2026, 06:38 AM

Mar 1

Buddyzbuddy

(2,720 posts)

2. It looks like my billiard room/garage.

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Sun Mar 1, 2026, 06:52 AM

Mar 1

LaMouffette

(2,642 posts)

3. I bet he is keeping his baseball cap on because he's having an especially bad hair day. In the midst of war, he worries

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:54 AM

Mar 1

about his 'do.

Rebl2

(17,806 posts)

10. What, No red

Reply to LaMouffette (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:52 AM

Mar 1

Maga hat?

ShazzieB

(22,682 posts)

21. Also, I'm sure he thinks wearing a hat with "USA" on it makes him look extra super patriotic.

Reply to LaMouffette (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:01 PM

Mar 1

He's making one of his fake "serious business" facial expressions, too. How charming.

rubbersole

(11,239 posts)

4. The Situation Cabana.

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Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:26 AM

Mar 1

Danascot

(5,243 posts)

5. Even if the blanket fort were secure

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Sun Mar 1, 2026, 10:03 AM

Mar 1

you know trump would be regaling guests at dinner about what's occurred and plans for future actions to anyone willing to listen. He's about as secure as a leaking bag of garbage.