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originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: theantediluvian
a reply to: dashen
I thought his awkward comments were more wtf.
"I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you threw our budget a little out of whack."
Well they did and their 90 billion in the red kind of is out of whack too...lol
originally posted by: Sillyolme
He's incapable of compassion.
He never knows the right thing to say or do.
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump was shown a disturbing video of Syrian rebels beheading a child near the city of Aleppo. It had caused a minor stir in the press as the fighters belonged to the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, a group that had been supported by the CIA as part of its rebel aid program.
The footage is haunting. Five bearded men smirk as they surround a boy in the back of a pickup truck. One of them holds the boy’s head with a tight grip on his hair while another mockingly slaps his face. Then, one of them uses a knife to saw the child’s head off and holds it up in the air like a trophy. It is a scene reminiscent of the Islamic State’s snuff videos, except this wasn’t the work of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s men. The murderers were supposed to be the good guys: our allies.
Trump wanted to know why the United States had backed Zenki if its members are extremists. The issue was discussed at length with senior intelligence officials, and no good answers were forthcoming, according to people familiar with the conversations. After learning more worrisome details about the CIA’s ghost war in Syria—including that U.S.-backed rebels had often fought alongside extremists, among them al Qaeda’s arm in the country—the president decided to end the program altogether.
On July 19, the Washington Post broke the news of Trump’s decision: “a move long sought by Russia,” the paper’s headline blared. Politicians from both sides of the aisle quickly howled in protest, claiming that Trump’s decision was a surrender to Vladimir Putin.
www.weeklystandard.com...
originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: JinMI
Nothing like what? He told them they're loss wasn't as great as Katrina. He told them they wrecked his budget.
Give me a break. He never said anything like that. Ok sure what ever you say...
In an interview with Fox News, Mr. Trump said his administration would help Puerto Rico wipe out the debt to help it recover from the extensive damage left by Hurricane Maria two weeks ago. He did not offer specifics.
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
a reply to: Sillyolme
Whose "everybody"?
The propagandists on the tooooobe?
Dont be daft.
TV is fake news.