US Politics, October 2019 — I guess statement you could say with thread. I made a thread. The thread was PERFECT.

Except that she was a beauty pageant contestant and not an elected official and now I just kinda want to die.

It must be true

TRUMP: "When I took over our military, we did not have ammunition. I was told by a top general, maybe the top of them all, 'Sir, I'm sorry sir, we don't have ammunition.' I said, I will never let that happen to another president." pic.twitter.com/Rnmv7i17Nj

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 7, 2019

That quote was from like two weeks ago or did he say it again

Literally said it live within the past hour.

the emperor has no clothes but the chutzpah on that motherfucker

One little kernel of hope I've been clinging to lately is that he's been making a lot of references here and there to the notion of future presidents, the next president, etc. He'll make a fuckin' stink on the way out and for long afterwards, but he seems to accept at least in the abstract that someone will be taking his job eventually.

that's cuz he hates this fucking job

But it keeps him out of jail

oh I imagine his life is very like a prison

granted he deserves to be in a much worse prison

Wasn't he making the 'eight years...or maybe more RIGHT" joke also recently enough?

maybe the top of them all lololol

Remember when Barack Hussein Obama cut military budget to $567.00 and our kablowie guys had nothing to make go the guns go kablowie?? Dark times. I alone fixed it.

WE SHIT BULLETS

so was this whole thing a birthday gift for Putin or what

There's has been a real issue with supplies of precision guided munitions (JDAM kits, Hellfire, Small Diameter Bomb, APKWS), simply because the rules of engagement on most missions against ISIS & Taliban have required them. That's not on Obama, its all because the Air Force prefers shiny toys like the F-35 over munitions, and underestimated expenditure rates.

The U.S. is still well ahead of NATO allies on this. France and England pretty much expended their entire guided munition arsenals in a few weeks of action in Libya.

The munitions problem is a big one right now

some people say it's the biggest

I guess it’s not one if you prefer a relatively neutered US & allied military with significantly decreased ability to go on intervention adventures, but from the DoD’s perspective, the rate they’ve been burning through ammo is really problematic for “readiness”

maybe they could hold a bake sale

Basically. Sanpaku mostly OTM, it’s a problem the services created for themselves by not setting enough budget aside for replenishing the basics

Yah, surely you wouldn’t suggest this is an issue with FUNDING

https://morbotron.com/meme/S09E03/267058.jpg?b64lines=IEkgd2lsbCB0b3RhbGx5IGRlc3Ryb3kgCmFuZCBvYmxpdGVyYXRlIHRoZSBFY29ub215IApvZiBUdXJrZXk=

yikes thats a bit bigger than i thought it would be lol

Flashback Friday:

Thank you Prime Minister Erdogan for joining us yesterday to celebrate the launch of #TrumpTowers Istanbul!

— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) April 20, 2012

Here’s the letter John Dowd sent to House Intelligence Committee claiming they are harassing his clients with their “overly broad and unduly burdensome” request for Ukraine docs. Dowd reps Giuliani associates Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas. pic.twitter.com/WDj0q2jKfp

— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) October 7, 2019

Dan Gilbert is that u?

using "the alleged impeachment investigation" merits the choice of comic sans, fer sure

tax cuts! TAX CUTS!!

https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/4/6/46136e03-1d92-431b-aa31-7d20d2f266f9/5B01C6DD219BB03F508CB4377B03183E.ele-letter-to-o-brien-open-skies-treaty-final.pdf

Tax Returns Access Hollywood Tape dropped three years ago today.

https://mobile.twitter.com/brett_mcgurk?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

It seems like we should all be talking about Syria/Turkey more than we are. This is fucked up.

Oh no yeah, it's totally fucked. I'm just drinking beers in lieu of screaming into a pillow until one of my lungs burst. Pretty much par for the course these days! #dookdookdook

xp i think you probably meant this thread:

I discussed much of this in @foreignaffairs a few month ago and stand by the analysis. You can read it here👇 https://t.co/QHYzI7dgEi

— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) October 7, 2019

d'oh, i meant this thread:

Regarding Syria and Turkey, there is some disinformation out there (including from the POTUS himself), so here is some background on what is admittedly a complex matter with no easy or magic formulas:

— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) October 7, 2019

I don't trust anyone named "Brett McGurk." I think of Bart Savagewood, the guy who dated Lola Granola in Bloom County.

It would be interesting (if such a thing were possible) to compare our respective lifespans in a world with and without a President Trump. I'm certain this goddamn fucking inexcusable nonsense garbage timeline of bullshit has shaved a good half decade (if not an entire + complete one!) off of my own personal back end.

The Syria situation is extremely messed up, does nothing beneficial for the US, and seems to be done purely out of deference to Trump's favorite thugs with zero consultation with the Pentagon.

The fact that this was also announced today makes it extra foreboding:

The Trump administration is pulling out of the Open Skies Treaty, which allows the United States and our allies and partners in Europe to monitor Russian military deployments. Withdrawal risks dividing the transatlantic alliance. #Russia https://t.co/Zqst365U4J pic.twitter.com/UmbPR7cuRO

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) October 7, 2019

I don't trust anyone named "Brett McGurk."

Ok but now enquiring minds want to know your stance on "T. Ulrich Brechbuhl."

More Flashback Friday:

Never forget when Erdogan visited Washington and directed his goons to beat Kurdish protestors pic.twitter.com/TqN9Zofc54

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 8, 2019

I know this whole last couple of years has felt like a fever dream but the president of the united states announcing on twitter that the speaker of the house is guilty of treason feels extra crazy.

BREAKING NEWS

Poll: Majority of Americans endorse opening Trump impeachment inquiry. Nearly half of Americans say the House should recommend that President Trump be removed from office.

This news, it sounds...fake.

the bigger they are, the harder they fall. can't wait to see this guy eat shit.

nearly half! that's just one hanging chad away from a majority!

i'm still waiting for W to eat shit

Still waiting for someone to throw a shoe at Trump and not miss

Breaking — Ambassador Gordon Sondland has been told by the State Department to not appear this morning before the House regarding his role in the Ukraine scandal. His attorney said he has no choice but to comply.

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 8, 2019

I know this whole last couple of years has felt like a fever dream but the president of the united states announcing on twitter that the speaker of the house is guilty of treason feels extra crazy.

― Fetchboy, Tuesday, October 8, 2019 3:16 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Does he actually know what he is saying though?

Um, yes. His choice of words is always intentional how ever slurred they may be or however bereft his point may be when rambling at the base.

to him treason = betraying the United States and the United States is Donald Trump so

Pulling out of Open Skies is next-level stupid