Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning added to OP 10/1/26

One thing bugging me about Hegseth, and Trump to a slightly lesser degree, is the pair of them using the B2 bomber pilots as a shield whenever anyone asks about/questions the actual success of the bombing missions [were the sites obliterated?] claiming the question is an attack on the pilots.

Trump announced that Hegseth would be holding a Pentagon Press conference to fight for the dignity of our great American pilots. “These Patriots were very upset! After 36 hours of dangerously flying through Enemy Territory, they landed, they knew the Success was LEGENDARY, and then, two days later, they started reading Fake News by CNN and The Failing New York Times. They felt terribly!

One thing Trump made clear when he publicized the mission was that the bombs had never been used before, setting up an escape route if the mission were not as successful as he claimed; it was the bombs that failed. Neither H not T have used it yet, possibly because the bombs were American-made weapons and would mean the Pentagons purchase system failed them, along with the implication that U.S goods are not reliable for the defence of the U.S.

1. Trump makes a balls of something
2. Trump releases a statement, saying everything went amazingly well
3. Independent information comes to the fore proving that this claim is billsh1t
4. Trump gets indignant and sends out a proxy to attack anyone reporting the truth
5. Trump praises proxy for being a lickspittle

Rinse and repeat.

But he and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Gen Dan Caine, largely based that assessment on AI modeling, showing test videos of the bunker buster bombs used in the strikes and referred questions on a battle damage assessment of Fordow to the intelligence community.

Well…that is a tad embarrassing, isn't it?

If the leak is nonsense then what's he worried about other than his intelligence agency has less clue of what's going on than Party boy Pete. Or else its true and himself and Trump are full of shìt as usual.

And now, he is an expert in the types of trucks that were there, the people who owned them, and the fact it is dangerous to move radioactive materials.

He is not taking this failure too well.

He's a smart guy, GREAT genes, runs in the family you know, VERY SMART uncle, a professor of something, VERY SMART guy, SMARTEST, knows ALL about the NUCULAR </sarcasm>

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I'm waiting for the day when some-one challenges her naming them with a court case. She doesn't have Trump's immunity or court discerned protection of official duties to slander or libel anyone. Hegseth seems to have tried to damage the reputation of the Fox News correspondent at his press conference, accusing her of being the worst there. He didn't give CNN a mention.

If you looked at certain YouTube channels the past few months you'd think the wheels were coming off ages ago. Daily they seem to post about him making one mistake or f up or another.

The thing is, in the states his popularity remains high, they know that any perceived f.up will barely last a news cycle.

The current one, it's a pretty complex situation. No one really knows yet the wider implications around what has happened in Iran in the past few weeks and it's very easy muddy the waters from a trump perspective.

People do get very exercised around Trumps actions however it would take something massive to oust him.

As stated in other posts the worry is the complete lack of a coherent opposition to what he is doing.

Thanks.

I feel pretty conflicted as it is good that Trump's incompetence is exposed but it is an unmitigated disaster if the Iranian regime can still threaten its neighbours with nuclear weapons (even if they are just for self defence -safer without them I would say,except for Israel having them in secret )

It is also beyond credulity that the American /World public cannot trust what the US president or the White House claim on these matters even if some operational secrecy is unavoidable.

Well ,they can trust that they are lying....