@NBCNews
@MSNBC
Four Star US Army General Ret. Four combat tours. Three Purple Heart awards. Council Foreign Relations. JCS Strategic Plans. NATO Brussels.
Reluctantly I have concluded that President Trump is a serious threat to US national security. He is refusing to protect vital US interests from active Russian attacks. It is apparent that he is for some unknown reason under the sway of Mr Putin.
I don’t believe Trump will run for President again in 2024. The GOP strong will eat him beginning on 21 Jan 2021. His rabid base will slowly fall away. He’ll be mired in lawsuits and debt. He’s erratic and stupid. Biden/Harris will cool off the country.
Given the security threat to the inauguration.... the ceremony should be moved to a more protected location like the Capitol Dome. NOT a signal of weakness. I’ve seen a lot of combat. I’m still alive because I react immediately to signs of danger.
Trump is getting more rabid and erratic by the week. I have never in 50 years of experience seen a more vindictive, abusive, and ignorant public official. His behavior in public office is simply shameful.
Trump and his political agent the POSTMASTER GENERAL are pulling apart the US Postal Service authorized by the Constitution. How can Republicans in Congress allow this to happen? 630,000 angry employees. Rural America in peril without USPS.
The White House Trump statement telling the entire Federal Government to terminate subscriptions to the NYT and Wash Post is a watershed moment in national history. No room for HUMOROUS media coverage. This is deadly serious. This is Mussolini.
Trump for reasons not yet known is a WITTING TOOL OF PUTIN and the Russians. His withdrawal of 12,000 troops from Germany puts a fracture in the NATO defense structure. He will not acknowledge US intelligence of Russian bounties on US troops .. incredible.
Trump says he never got briefed by CIA/DNI that Putin GRU Unit was paying bounties to get US troops killed. ZERO CHANCE THAT IS TRUE. Wants Russia in G7. Our President is fronting the interests of a Russian dictator who is a hostile to America.
Putin paid a bounty to kill American soldiers.
@realDonaldTrump
knew about it but did nothing. How can Trump lead America when he can't even defend it?
Watching VP Pence at Trump Novid-19 Press Conf. It is appropriate to acknowledge Presidential authority. However, in decades of experience in the military, business, Fed Gov I have never seen a more obsequious subordinate than Pence. Embarrassing.
President Trump behavior becoming more alarming and illogical. In 55 years of service in the Armed Forces, civil government, and business I have never encountered this level of anger, insulting behavior, and outright separation from the truth.
In 50 years of experience in the military, business, and Federal service I have never encountered a more abusive and foul leader than Trump. Disgraceful.
ADM McRaven career Navy Seal. Senior spec ops commander. The JSOC commander who organized killing Bin Laden. Integrity. Personal courage. Servant leadership. His concern for Trump’s disastrous impact on US national security is profound.
@Acosta
The guy who lead the team that KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN (Admiral Mcraven) tells it like it is about
@realDonaldTrump
#Respect
. And before Trumpettes lose their cool, remember this guy served under numerous Dem and Rep Presidents.
Trump clearly a fellow of the most base instincts. In my experience over the past 50 years, I have never witnessed a more foul and abusive political leader. He is a great embarrassment to the country.
Trump mocks
@RepDebDingell
and her late husband
@JohnDingell
because she voted to impeach even after Trump permitted state funeral. He expected to buy her vote. How can this vulgar and unethical man be our president?
US says Russian Armed Forces have received orders to attack. Nat Security Council in rare Sunday meeting. We are fortunate to have Sec State Blinken and Sec Def Austin in these crucial roles. Biden team has pulled together NATO to prevent war. TRAGEDY.
"In 50 years of dealing with national security issues, I've never seen anything like this... Obviously [Trump] knew about it, there's no question in my mind, and he was so keen on being subservient Russian and Putin interests" -
@mccaffreyr3
w/
@NicolleDWallace
I would never have believed America could end up in this rogue Trump regime. Our Constitution simply wasn’t designed to deal with a lawless President. The fault lines in the nation have hardened. Biden will spend 4 years trying to regain normality.
Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president.
Lost my dad at age 93. He served 37 years in uniform. WWII. KOREA. VIETNAM. Two Silver Stars. Retired as LTG. A depression era poor kid driving a truck that got an appointment to West Point. One of the kindest men I ever met. A teacher. An example.
As far as I know... never in our history have we had a more intemperate and boorish political leader than Trump. His language and example are coarsening American public life.
I’ve lived months in combat where I knew I was on the razor’s edge of being killed. But I knew my family was safe in the US ... and our just country would continue. This election is more dangerous. The rule of law and the Constitution is at stake.
I have worked with CONG Elijah Cummings and walked the streets of BALTIMORE with this incredibly dedicated, courageous, and effective legislator. He is extremely intelligent and a model of integrity. Trump attacks on this respected public servant are foul.
It is appalling that demonstrators armed with assault rifles can intimidate state capitals as part of a protest. We have lost our collective minds to tolerate this dangerous behavior. Cannot imagine the threatening environment for our law enforcement.
Secretary of State Pompeo brilliant. Harvard Law. West Point. Mil vet. Congressman. CIA Director. Failed business deals. Bible on desk. How could he tolerate Giuliani and two corrupt thugs undermining our superb Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch?
Let this sink in. Tucker Carlson on live Fox TV called Gen Mark Milley the Chairman of the JCS “Stupid” and a “Pig”. Why hasn’t he been terminated? Who talks like this about a public official? Mark Milley …Princeton and Colombia. Years in combat.
Trump’s friend Putin is paying Taliban to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. Our intelligence services told Trump. Why wouldn’t he act on this to protect our troops?
A Russian spy unit paid members of the Taliban to conduct lethal attacks on U.S. troops in Afghanistan, according to a classified American intelligence assessment, people familiar with the report said
There is ZERO possibility that there is any national security intelligence that Trump received but Sec Def Esper did not. Trump fabricated this assertion. Incredible.
On CNN, Mark Esper makes it absolutely clear that the Trump administration is making it up as they go when they claim Soleimani posed an imminent threat to 4 different US embassies
Acting Navy secretary blasts ousted aircraft carrier captain as 'stupid' in address to ship's crew - CNNPolitics. (ACTING SEC NAVY MUST RESIGN. This is the worst judgment by a defense official possible. Terrible signal to sailors.)
Trump denunciation by former Sec Def Jim Mattis stunning in intensity and focus. We are dealing with a lawless President who has no allegiance to our Constitution or values. Trump is igniting a fire of violence. He is sewing division.
Very bad public embarrassment for Pres Trump to not invite both parties Cong leaders to State Dinner for Macron. Terrible precedent. Foreign Policy must be American Policy ...not partisan warfare.
On Brian Williams. MSNBC. 2Jan 2019. 11 pm ET. Trump attacks on “his Generals.” His Tweet assertion he would have been better General than Jim Mattis. My wife cried. Shameful to have a President of the US talk like this. An abusive and boastful man.
Our case against lyin’, cheatin’, liddle’ Adam “Shifty” Schiff, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, Nervous Nancy Pelosi, their leader, dumb as a rock AOC, & the entire Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrat Party, starts today at 10:00 A.M. on
@FoxNews
,
@OANN
or Fake News
@CNN
or Fake News MSDNC!
Unlike Tucker Carlson, I’ve seen a lot of combat. Our US Armed Forces are immensely more capable in battle because of the courage and professionalism of our women in uniform.
The exploding evidence of corruption in the Trump White House is simply incredible. A constant revelation of incompetent sleaze. Trump lies like a grade schooler in the face of obvious facts to the contrary. We are in great danger.
Worried about health of Pres Trump. C/S John Kelley needs to get him off-line and get a week rest. Phone call to FOX News very troubling. Has three years left in Office. POTUS has immense legal authority. An unstable Pres is not good for the American people.
In my judgment, Trump is a threat to the Constution. He believes he has the personal power to order and threaten citizens, businesses, and Governors to bend to his lawless ego. We are in trouble. Congress and the Supreme Court must defend us.
The US submarine force (both attack and missile boats) are the most capable machines on the face of the earth. Every aspect of the submarine technology is highly classified. The nuke payloads are extremely sensitive info. Trump has imperiled our security.
Vital we withdraw nuclear weapons from Turkey. NATO should administratively cut links to their armed forces. Erdogan an authoritarian threat to his own people and his NATO allies.
Long overdue to give up fiction that Erdogan’s Turkey is an ally in practice. US should withdraw all nuclear weapons, reduce reliance on Turkey’s bases, and restrict intelligence sharing and arms sales. Should also articulate red lines in Syria.
Troubling listening to Trump Oval Office news conference with Pakistani PM. He baldly states that we have analyzed and considered using nuclear weapons to kill millions of people in Afghanistan as a solution to the conflict. WHAT IS TRUMP THINKING?
The Spanish Flu pandemic was in 1918, not 1917. It did not end World War 2. It did not kill between 50-100 million people.
@realdonaldtrump
, let's try it again.
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.
#TrumpPressConference
#TrumpPresser
On MSNBC. Monday. 29 June. 7 am ET. MORNING JOE. Trump inaction over Putin Intell Unit putting kill bounty on US Troops. THE BOTTOM LINE.... WHOSE SIDE IS TRUMP ON?
A courageous, talented, and dedicated Foreign Service Officer who should be honored for a lifetime of service to America. Our President is a shameful and lawless man. Incredible that some in Congress are defending his disgraceful behavior.
The White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is such asset to the American people. Totally knowledgeable. Straight forward. Not a hint of antagonism with the sometimes rude or provocative reporters.
This is a direct call for armed violence by a senior member of the Trump Administration. Incredible he has not yet been removed from office. Where are the Republican voices in Congress? This irresponsible action is going to get people killed.
Captain Brett Crozier was my Naval Academy classmate. He’s one of the finest leaders I know. (THE CAPTAINS OF THESE 11 CARRIERS ARE AMONG THE FINEST LEADERS IN THE NAVY. Sec Esper and Modly were fearful to anger Trump. SHAMEFUL.)
At age 17 I was sworn into the US Armed Forces. We pledged to protect the Constitution NOT allegiance to an individual or a Party. I believe Trump is a serious threat to our Constitution. No character. No judgement. Putin has something on him.
@mccaffreyr3
In ordinary times, I would say it best to remain "A" political, but these are not ordinary times, George Washington would not remain silent with a commander in chief such as we have. Keep your spot on criticism and truth telling General.
Our former Commander in Chief.
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Trump held sole legal authority to unilateral employment of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
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His first Pentagon meeting to be briefed on our nuclear deterrent strategy he was angry being told we couldn’t use them as normal weapons.
The…
This fellow Trump is involved in massive and constant abuse of power. His every instinct is extortionist. How can Rebublican Senators abide by his thuggish behavior. We have never encountered such a terrible man in the Presidency.
In my judgment Trump if re-elected will fundamentally jeopardize our democracy. He has no understanding or respect for our Constitution. He is an ignorant rogue.
Sorry
@SecPompeo
, but an administration that calls the media an enemy, attacks judges, & uses federal forces to crush dissent compromises its ability to criticize China on human rights. It doesnt help that you also give Russia, Turkey & Saudi Arabia a pass
Trump is slowly unraveling under the pressures of his failed and impulsive judgments. The ego absorption, anger, and public thrashing about with blame shifting are putting us all in great danger. It is embarrassing on a daily basis to see his incompetence.
My experience in combat is that every soldier has a stress limit. It’s cumulative. It’s exacerbated by other factors… fatigue, nutrition, loss of close buddies and their support. Simone Biles hit her limit. She will always be the champion.
Today in 1968 I took command of B Co 2-7th CAV in Vietnam. Huge firefight...incumbent CO was KIA getting them out of ambush. I flew in to take charge. Wonderful brave teenage soldiers. I was badly wounded 4 month later. We have stayed together for 50 years.
Incredible dangerous national security situation. Implies a conspiring relationship between Trump and Putin. Trump feels he has to conceal his actions with the Russians from his own senior officials. Nothing like this ever in our history.
STRANGE. Sec State fires US Charge to Ukraine. Says he’ll avoid any meetings in US Embassy Kiev. He views our professional Country Team with its security as a bastion of the DEEP STATE? Pompeo has disappeared as a rational public servant.
A Secretary of State avoiding a US Embassy - where one gets updates from the country team most informed on current events in the country - to hold meetings in a hotel that has no compartmented intel facility. Yup, totes secure, totes normal.
I’ve grown up watching a lot of weak Democratic ads that don’t grab voters’ attention. This Biden ad is bad ass. Whoever put it together knows what they’re doing.
An observation. The Sunday New York Times lead editorial is on TRUMP. Every OP ED is on TRUMP. (Kristof, Dowd, Douthat). Where is the Biden-Harris vision for the future eight years? Where is the message of Unity. Civility. Integrity. A shared economy.
Trump says voting by mail is bad. US troops do it all the time | Task & Purpose. (Our military vote by mail out of state routinely. PAPER BALLOTS ARE THE MOST SECURE MODE OF VOTING.)
Very sad situation with Sec State Pompeo. It’s not just that he is enabling an impulsive rogue President. He’s also fundamentally failed in his leadership of his 70,000 employees. Finally it’s seems unmistakable that he has lied thru his teeth repeatedly.
Agree with Cong Pramila Jayapal. Trump is leading a criminal coup against the Constitution. He is illegally suggesting Congress overturn an election. This is a danger to our democracy. He should be removed from office by impeachment or the 25th Amendment.
Trump is such a crude, childish, abusive and insecure lad. Nicolle Wallace is a brilliant former White House official. Highly intelligent. Articulate. Superb journalist.
The President delivering his Rose Garden Emergency Declaration was incoherent. Incredibly abusive. Rude. Erratic. False boasts. We have a problem. ——-This Trump performance is why people talk about the 25th Amendment
Memorial Day thanks to Robert Muellar for service in peace and war. Marine combat officer three years. Badly wounded. Decorated twice for valor. FBI Director. US Attorney. His life is an example of courage, integrity, good judgment, and humility.
I have handled firearms my entire life. Hunter. Shooter. Collector. I do support ban on all semi automatic rifles with multiple round clips. Also bump stock weapons. Believe in back ground checks all weapons and waiting period to buy. TOO MANY MURDERS.
MSNBC Brian Williams Friday 16 Mar coverage of my Tweet ref Trump inability to respond to Putin/Russian attacks on US and allied national security. Putin has for some reason controlling sway over the President. Peril.
Virginia's governor is calling for an independent investigation into a traffic stop in which two police officers were captured on video pepper-spraying and pointing their guns at a Black U.S. Army officer before striking his knees.
@GenFlynn
Describing his trip to Auschwitz, Mike Flynn blames the Jews for being exterminated in WWII because there were “thousands of them and not many guards” and the Jews willingly went along with the Nazis: “OK here’s my child and got on the train.”
Someone put this Nazi in prison.👇
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Apparently alters Official Storm Map of hurricane Dorian to include Alabama. Needed to cover bone headed misstatement that Alabama would also be hit. This is lying at the 6th grade level. Simply unbelievable.
Really excellent speech on the Ukraine crisis by President Biden. Clear. Short. Strong deterrent message on NATO power. Glad he spoke directly to the Russian people. Also relieved that Biden did not stay for Q&A which might have muddled issue.
It appears at first glance that Trump is provocatively taunting the Iranians and implying we did hack and wreck their missile launch. It appears he used a classified photo to make this implied claim. Incredible.
If the Russians actually use chemical weapons against the Ukrainian civilian population it would produce catastrophic lethality. Chemical munitions not effective against equipped US troops. Terrible impact on civilians. Predict we would enter the war.
"I Commanded Several of the Servicemen Trump May Pardon. Letting Them Off Will Undermine the Military" (Excellent article by Adm Jim Stavridis on Trump threat to pardon Convicted/Pending charges of war crimes).
This Trump language is incredibly provocative and dangerous. This is an incitement to violence. Trump misreads law enforcement and the US Armed Forces. They are non-political and law based institutions. Swear to support the Constitution not a person.
Trump to Breitbart on how the left plays tough: "I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump — I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough — until they go to a certain point and then it would be very bad, very bad."
CPAC: “Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely.”
Democrats should put this clip in every single 2024 ad. This person’s statements have been promoted by Trump multiple times.
More than 80 national security professionals break with tradition and endorse a presidential candidate — Biden - The Washington Post VERY ENCOURAGING STANCE BY NAT SECURITY PROFESSIONALS. BIDEN CAN GIVE US A REPRIEVE FROM CHAOS.
Pres elect Biden to announce Tuesday that Jake Sullivan to be Nat Sec Advisor. Brilliant. Yale BA and JD. Rhodes Scholar Oxford. Clerk to Sup Court Justice. Served State Dept and White House. Appointment does NOT require Sen confirmation.
To the 5000 US ground forces and US contractors scattered around Iraq THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE THREAT OF AN ATTACK BY IRAN BACKED MILITIAS. We also have to consider the possibility the 165,000 man Iraqi Army will turn on us. Pompeo is a propagandist.
This morning on
@MeetThePress
, Trump’s Secy of State referred to the prospect of retaliation by Iran against American citizens as “noise” so sure, go play golf.
If Trump does NOT get nationwide testing and contact quarantine. If Trump does not get national solution to LACK of medical supplies. If Trump and Congress don’t rebuild a STRONG public health system. If NO effective treatments. We’re dead.
Trump has the worst leadership environment I have ever encountered in 50 years of experience in the military, business, and civil government. It’s as if Trump is a hateful outsider creating chaos in some other Administration. Abusive. Stupid. Corrupt.
Even Trump is now calling
@EsperDoD
#Yesper
. And Trump is now further humiliating Esper, for humiliating himself for Trump. This entire administration is a disgusting circular firing squad.
This is seems to be lawless, armed, senseless action by Trump and DOJ and unknown Federal law enforcement agents. These are state and municipal law enforcement responsibilities. WHERE IS THE GOVERNOR? Where is the Oregon Congressional Delegation?
Oregon Public Broadcasting confirms tweets today that federal officers in camouflage but no agency identification or badges, driving unmarked non-government rental cars, are grabbing protestors off streets in Portland and not talking w local authorities
This is a Trump combination of dangerous ignorance and utter lack of integrity. Simply an incredible failure of leadership which is directly leading to the deaths of tens of thousands. How can any American tolerate his corruption.
The crisis at the top of the Pentagon is just beginning - (DANGER. We are watching a slow moving Trump coup to defy the Biden election and refuse to leave office by diktat. Believe your eyes. This will be a test of our institutions.)
Trump accusing the US senior military leadership of loving war to support manufacturers of planes and bombs is a DEADLY INSULT TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ARMED FORCES. These senior officers have been in combat for 20+ years since they were Captains.
High intensity fighting in Bakhmut concentrated Wagner Group forces backed by Russian artillery and air power on seizing the remnant of the destroyed city still held by Ukraine. This intensity of firepower not seen since WWII. Russians suffered huge losses.
On MSNBC. Monday. 21 Dec. 6 pm ET. Ayman Mohyeldin. Trump confers with Flynn over declaring martial law in “swing states.” Seizing voting machines. Redoing these state run elections. The Armed Forces will NOT take part. THIS IS A CRIMINAL CONVERSATION.
More than 4500 DIED YESTERDAY from Coronavirus. No vaccine. No treatment. No surveillance testing. No strategic plan. We will never break out of this pit and get back to work. Trump has failed at national leadership.
White House boasts that more than 3 million coronavirus tests have been conducted. "That's barely 1% of the population three months into a crisis," writes
@Peggynoonannyc
. "That's not an achievement, it's a scandal."
Trump won't commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses —-it’s likely that Trump will lose both the popular vote and the Electoral College. He is announcing his renunciation of democracy. He is signaling violence.
Trump and the Republicans in Congress are now an acute threat to our democracy. They voted to overthrow an election after the 6 Jan assault on the Capitol. Trump in his ignorance and lawlessness governs this great party’s behavior. Danger ahead.
We have never had such a US government of bald faced, persistent, silly lies by senior people. This is shameful and unsettling behavior. It starts with Trump. He frequently lives in a fantasy world.
We have been reporting since Sunday
@MeetThePress
that no embassies were given higher security to back up
@realDonaldTrump
claim. State Dept pushed back but never gave us promised evidence
Medical Expert Who Corrects Trump Is Now a Target of the Far Right - The New York Times. (SHAMEFUL attacks on Dr Fauci by an orchestrated propaganda machine of DEEP IGNORANCE. What are we becoming?)