Nancy Pelosi Vacationing In Hawaii During Shutdown.

[edward37]

Remember eagle It's not a lie if you believe it


President Donald Trump's surprise trip to Iraq to visit US troops, his first combat-zone visit as president, fell short among some political commentators, including one of the most highly decorated officers in the US Army.

Former four-star Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who was awarded three Purple Heart medals, two Distinguished Service Crosses, and two Silver Stars, described Trump's visit as "embarrassing" and "entirely inappropriate" in a Thursday interview with MSNBC.

McCaffrey told MSNBC that it was "a good thing that the president went to Iraq and visited the troops" but suggested that what was supposed to be a morale-boosting visit between troops and the commander in chief instead became a political affair.

During his trip, Trump signed pieces of campaign memorabilia for the troops, including hats emblazoned with the "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan. McCaffrey suggested the hats may have been distributed by Trump's campaign; however, the US Air Force and White House disputed that assertion on Thursday, calling the materials "personal items" that service members chose to bring on their own.

Read more: People have a lot to say about Trump signing MAGA hats for US troops in Iraq

But Trump's speech to the troops particularly struck a nerve with McCaffrey. Last week, Trump announced he would withdraw the roughly 2,000 US troops from Syria, citing the highly disputed claim that the Islamic State group had been "defeated." Following the backlash from many national-security experts, Trump suggested he was open to using Iraq as a staging point for another intervention in Syria, "if we wanted to do something."

McCaffrey also criticized Trump, who did not meet with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi during the trip, for snubbing the leader of Iraq.

"The whole notion of going into Iraq and not genuflecting … the Iraqis is simply outrageous," McCaffrey said. "And announcing we're going to use it as the site from which we'll conduct combat operations in other nations, I mean, it's just inciting Iraqi sovereignty concerns.

He also criticized one of Trump's falsehoods about the military: the claim that US troops received their first pay raise "in more than 10 years" under his administration.

"It's not a lie if you believe it," McCaffrey said, quoting "Seinfeld" character George Costanza. "The troops all should have known it was complete nonsense, but they were sort of excited the commander in chief was there, and they were willing to blow by it."

I stated that was a lie on another thread and posted all the factual data on the military pay and pay increases.........

But I guess you didn't see that now did you.

So many threads so many lies ,so little time

We are not talking about Mueller here........get back on topic.

So now Mueller is a dirty dem liar too not a servant of the people ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,like trump is???lol

 

[eagle1462010]

Remember eagle It's not a lie if you believe it


President Donald Trump's surprise trip to Iraq to visit US troops, his first combat-zone visit as president, fell short among some political commentators, including one of the most highly decorated officers in the US Army.

Former four-star Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who was awarded three Purple Heart medals, two Distinguished Service Crosses, and two Silver Stars, described Trump's visit as "embarrassing" and "entirely inappropriate" in a Thursday interview with MSNBC.

McCaffrey told MSNBC that it was "a good thing that the president went to Iraq and visited the troops" but suggested that what was supposed to be a morale-boosting visit between troops and the commander in chief instead became a political affair.

During his trip, Trump signed pieces of campaign memorabilia for the troops, including hats emblazoned with the "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan. McCaffrey suggested the hats may have been distributed by Trump's campaign; however, the US Air Force and White House disputed that assertion on Thursday, calling the materials "personal items" that service members chose to bring on their own.

Read more: People have a lot to say about Trump signing MAGA hats for US troops in Iraq

But Trump's speech to the troops particularly struck a nerve with McCaffrey. Last week, Trump announced he would withdraw the roughly 2,000 US troops from Syria, citing the highly disputed claim that the Islamic State group had been "defeated." Following the backlash from many national-security experts, Trump suggested he was open to using Iraq as a staging point for another intervention in Syria, "if we wanted to do something."

McCaffrey also criticized Trump, who did not meet with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi during the trip, for snubbing the leader of Iraq.

"The whole notion of going into Iraq and not genuflecting … the Iraqis is simply outrageous," McCaffrey said. "And announcing we're going to use it as the site from which we'll conduct combat operations in other nations, I mean, it's just inciting Iraqi sovereignty concerns.

He also criticized one of Trump's falsehoods about the military: the claim that US troops received their first pay raise "in more than 10 years" under his administration.

"It's not a lie if you believe it," McCaffrey said, quoting "Seinfeld" character George Costanza. "The troops all should have known it was complete nonsense, but they were sort of excited the commander in chief was there, and they were willing to blow by it."

I stated that was a lie on another thread and posted all the factual data on the military pay and pay increases.........

But I guess you didn't see that now did you.

So many threads so many lies ,so little time

We are not talking about Mueller here........get back on topic.

So now Mueller is a dirty dem liar too not a servant of the people ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,like trump is???lol

Mueller is an establishment LIAR............there.........fixed it for you.

 

[Thinker101]

Good for her. Can't do anything until Trump stops his tantrum anyways.

Trump didn't throw a tantrum.
He just put his foot down.
You A holes were talking about him caving in and now you're crying that he's throwing a tantrum.
Make up your minds!!!!

Trump threw a HUGE tantrum and looked like a total loser doing it. He had his $5 billion for the border wall last year in the DACA Deal that Stephen Miller kiboshed when Dumb Donald got back to the White House.
Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter spoke out against it.

What's the point of staying in Washington to negotiate with someone who reniggs on his deal because his staff said "No" or Ann Coulter doesn't like it?

Weak, lazy and stupid. That's how Trump looks.

LOL...............and Shcumer promised him another 15 Billion down the road............LOL

Cheap prick Schumer is..............he'd not approve the funds he promised later...........because he's a Lying ass.

LOL

That shit is funny.

When Chuck and Nancy agreed to this funding, the tax cut hadn't been passed, nor had the budget with the biggest decifit in history passed.

You cannot continue to run your country on a Chinese credit card. Income must rise, or things are going to get much much worse for your country.

While Americans are busy playing politics, the disastrous results of Trump's stupid tax cuts are about to come home to roost. If Trump had set out to destroy the US economy, he could not have done a better job of it, and quite frankly, since he appears to take his marching orders from Vladimir Putin, it would not surprise me in the least if that was the plan all along.

Get worse for "your" country? Yea, just love it when idiot foreigners attempt to tell us what's best.

 

[edward37]

Good for her. Can't do anything until Trump stops his tantrum anyways.

Trump didn't throw a tantrum.
He just put his foot down.
You A holes were talking about him caving in and now you're crying that he's throwing a tantrum.
Make up your minds!!!!

Trump threw a HUGE tantrum and looked like a total loser doing it. He had his $5 billion for the border wall last year in the DACA Deal that Stephen Miller kiboshed when Dumb Donald got back to the White House.
Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter spoke out against it.

What's the point of staying in Washington to negotiate with someone who reniggs on his deal because his staff said "No" or Ann Coulter doesn't like it?

Weak, lazy and stupid. That's how Trump looks.

LOL...............and Shcumer promised him another 15 Billion down the road............LOL

Cheap prick Schumer is..............he'd not approve the funds he promised later...........because he's a Lying ass.

LOL

That shit is funny.

When Chuck and Nancy agreed to this funding, the tax cut hadn't been passed, nor had the budget with the biggest decifit in history passed.

You cannot continue to run your country on a Chinese credit card. Income must rise, or things are going to get much much worse for your country.

While Americans are busy playing politics, the disastrous results of Trump's stupid tax cuts are about to come home to roost. If Trump had set out to destroy the US economy, he could not have done a better job of it, and quite frankly, since he appears to take his marching orders from Vladimir Putin, it would not surprise me in the least if that was the plan all along.

Putins ordering more champagne as we speak his little bitch is performing as he wills him to

 

[eagle1462010]

Good for her. Can't do anything until Trump stops his tantrum anyways.

Trump didn't throw a tantrum.
He just put his foot down.
You A holes were talking about him caving in and now you're crying that he's throwing a tantrum.
Make up your minds!!!!

Trump threw a HUGE tantrum and looked like a total loser doing it. He had his $5 billion for the border wall last year in the DACA Deal that Stephen Miller kiboshed when Dumb Donald got back to the White House.
Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter spoke out against it.

What's the point of staying in Washington to negotiate with someone who reniggs on his deal because his staff said "No" or Ann Coulter doesn't like it?

Weak, lazy and stupid. That's how Trump looks.

LOL...............and Shcumer promised him another 15 Billion down the road............LOL

Cheap prick Schumer is..............he'd not approve the funds he promised later...........because he's a Lying ass.

LOL

That shit is funny.

When Chuck and Nancy agreed to this funding, the tax cut hadn't been passed, nor had the budget with the biggest decifit in history passed.

You cannot continue to run your country on a Chinese credit card. Income must rise, or things are going to get much much worse for your country.

While Americans are busy playing politics, the disastrous results of Trump's stupid tax cuts are about to come home to roost. If Trump had set out to destroy the US economy, he could not have done a better job of it, and quite frankly, since he appears to take his marching orders from Vladimir Putin, it would not surprise me in the least if that was the plan all along.

Get worse for "your" country? Yea, just love it when idiot foreigners attempt to tell us what's best.

Less illegals get in.........saves us a bunch of money.........the part that they like to deny.

 

[edward37]

Remember eagle It's not a lie if you believe it


President Donald Trump's surprise trip to Iraq to visit US troops, his first combat-zone visit as president, fell short among some political commentators, including one of the most highly decorated officers in the US Army.

Former four-star Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who was awarded three Purple Heart medals, two Distinguished Service Crosses, and two Silver Stars, described Trump's visit as "embarrassing" and "entirely inappropriate" in a Thursday interview with MSNBC.

McCaffrey told MSNBC that it was "a good thing that the president went to Iraq and visited the troops" but suggested that what was supposed to be a morale-boosting visit between troops and the commander in chief instead became a political affair.

During his trip, Trump signed pieces of campaign memorabilia for the troops, including hats emblazoned with the "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan. McCaffrey suggested the hats may have been distributed by Trump's campaign; however, the US Air Force and White House disputed that assertion on Thursday, calling the materials "personal items" that service members chose to bring on their own.

Read more: People have a lot to say about Trump signing MAGA hats for US troops in Iraq

But Trump's speech to the troops particularly struck a nerve with McCaffrey. Last week, Trump announced he would withdraw the roughly 2,000 US troops from Syria, citing the highly disputed claim that the Islamic State group had been "defeated." Following the backlash from many national-security experts, Trump suggested he was open to using Iraq as a staging point for another intervention in Syria, "if we wanted to do something."

McCaffrey also criticized Trump, who did not meet with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi during the trip, for snubbing the leader of Iraq.

"The whole notion of going into Iraq and not genuflecting … the Iraqis is simply outrageous," McCaffrey said. "And announcing we're going to use it as the site from which we'll conduct combat operations in other nations, I mean, it's just inciting Iraqi sovereignty concerns.

He also criticized one of Trump's falsehoods about the military: the claim that US troops received their first pay raise "in more than 10 years" under his administration.

"It's not a lie if you believe it," McCaffrey said, quoting "Seinfeld" character George Costanza. "The troops all should have known it was complete nonsense, but they were sort of excited the commander in chief was there, and they were willing to blow by it."

I stated that was a lie on another thread and posted all the factual data on the military pay and pay increases.........

But I guess you didn't see that now did you.

So many threads so many lies ,so little time

We are not talking about Mueller here........get back on topic.

So now Mueller is a dirty dem liar too not a servant of the people ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,like trump is???lol

Mueller is an establishment LIAR............there.........fixed it for you.

Muellers reputation is calling you the liar A man of impeccable reputation NEXT to the swindling piece of lying crap you support??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

 

[eagle1462010]

Good for her. Can't do anything until Trump stops his tantrum anyways.

Trump didn't throw a tantrum.
He just put his foot down.
You A holes were talking about him caving in and now you're crying that he's throwing a tantrum.
Make up your minds!!!!

Trump threw a HUGE tantrum and looked like a total loser doing it. He had his $5 billion for the border wall last year in the DACA Deal that Stephen Miller kiboshed when Dumb Donald got back to the White House.
Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter spoke out against it.

What's the point of staying in Washington to negotiate with someone who reniggs on his deal because his staff said "No" or Ann Coulter doesn't like it?

Weak, lazy and stupid. That's how Trump looks.

LOL...............and Shcumer promised him another 15 Billion down the road............LOL

Cheap prick Schumer is..............he'd not approve the funds he promised later...........because he's a Lying ass.

LOL

That shit is funny.

When Chuck and Nancy agreed to this funding, the tax cut hadn't been passed, nor had the budget with the biggest decifit in history passed.

You cannot continue to run your country on a Chinese credit card. Income must rise, or things are going to get much much worse for your country.

While Americans are busy playing politics, the disastrous results of Trump's stupid tax cuts are about to come home to roost. If Trump had set out to destroy the US economy, he could not have done a better job of it, and quite frankly, since he appears to take his marching orders from Vladimir Putin, it would not surprise me in the least if that was the plan all along.

Putins ordering more champagne as we speak his little bitch is performing as he wills him to

Lose the argument...........change the subject.............Obama and Bush have fucked us 10 ways sideways.......new alliances are now forming............With the probable loss of Turkey in NATO...........and Qatar in the Gulf............what a wonderful fucking policy we have had over there.............A sunni nation is now siding with Shia Iran........because we used the Kurds to kill ISIS.............Greece is now in collusion with Qatar and Iran and are allowing the oil into Greece via the Black Sea...........with our NATO allies like France buying it................

What an amazing clusterfuck the middle east is now..........hmmm

 

[eagle1462010]

I stated that was a lie on another thread and posted all the factual data on the military pay and pay increases.........

But I guess you didn't see that now did you.

So many threads so many lies ,so little time

We are not talking about Mueller here........get back on topic.

So now Mueller is a dirty dem liar too not a servant of the people ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,like trump is???lol

Mueller is an establishment LIAR............there.........fixed it for you.

Muellers reputation is calling you the liar A man of impeccable reputation NEXT to the swindling piece of lying crap you support??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

He's dirty...........and best buds with the Disavowed like Comey and McCabe............tell me about Lockhead and Gov't contracts in his office .........derp.

 

[edward37]

Trump didn't throw a tantrum.
He just put his foot down.
You A holes were talking about him caving in and now you're crying that he's throwing a tantrum.
Make up your minds!!!!

Trump threw a HUGE tantrum and looked like a total loser doing it. He had his $5 billion for the border wall last year in the DACA Deal that Stephen Miller kiboshed when Dumb Donald got back to the White House.
Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter spoke out against it.

What's the point of staying in Washington to negotiate with someone who reniggs on his deal because his staff said "No" or Ann Coulter doesn't like it?

Weak, lazy and stupid. That's how Trump looks.

LOL...............and Shcumer promised him another 15 Billion down the road............LOL

Cheap prick Schumer is..............he'd not approve the funds he promised later...........because he's a Lying ass.

LOL

That shit is funny.

When Chuck and Nancy agreed to this funding, the tax cut hadn't been passed, nor had the budget with the biggest decifit in history passed.

You cannot continue to run your country on a Chinese credit card. Income must rise, or things are going to get much much worse for your country.

While Americans are busy playing politics, the disastrous results of Trump's stupid tax cuts are about to come home to roost. If Trump had set out to destroy the US economy, he could not have done a better job of it, and quite frankly, since he appears to take his marching orders from Vladimir Putin, it would not surprise me in the least if that was the plan all along.

Putins ordering more champagne as we speak his little bitch is performing as he wills him to

Lose the argument...........change the subject.............Obama and Bush have fucked us 10 ways sideways.......new alliances are now forming............With the probable loss of Turkey in NATO...........and Qatar in the Gulf............what a wonderful fucking policy we have had over there.............A sunni nation is now siding with Shia Iran........because we used the Kurds to kill ISIS.............Greece is now in collusion with Qatar and Iran and are allowing the oil into Greece via the Black Sea...........with our NATO allies like France buying it................

What an amazing clusterfuck the middle east is now..........hmmm

wasn't obama that pulled the plug on Iran Wasn't Obama starting a war with Iraq

 

[sartre play]

Trump had to cancel his vacation because he shut down the government, what could Nancy have done if she canceled her vacation?

 

[eagle1462010]

Trump threw a HUGE tantrum and looked like a total loser doing it. He had his $5 billion for the border wall last year in the DACA Deal that Stephen Miller kiboshed when Dumb Donald got back to the White House.
Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter spoke out against it.

What's the point of staying in Washington to negotiate with someone who reniggs on his deal because his staff said "No" or Ann Coulter doesn't like it?

Weak, lazy and stupid. That's how Trump looks.

LOL...............and Shcumer promised him another 15 Billion down the road............LOL

Cheap prick Schumer is..............he'd not approve the funds he promised later...........because he's a Lying ass.

LOL

That shit is funny.

When Chuck and Nancy agreed to this funding, the tax cut hadn't been passed, nor had the budget with the biggest decifit in history passed.

You cannot continue to run your country on a Chinese credit card. Income must rise, or things are going to get much much worse for your country.

While Americans are busy playing politics, the disastrous results of Trump's stupid tax cuts are about to come home to roost. If Trump had set out to destroy the US economy, he could not have done a better job of it, and quite frankly, since he appears to take his marching orders from Vladimir Putin, it would not surprise me in the least if that was the plan all along.

Putins ordering more champagne as we speak his little bitch is performing as he wills him to

Lose the argument...........change the subject.............Obama and Bush have fucked us 10 ways sideways.......new alliances are now forming............With the probable loss of Turkey in NATO...........and Qatar in the Gulf............what a wonderful fucking policy we have had over there.............A sunni nation is now siding with Shia Iran........because we used the Kurds to kill ISIS.............Greece is now in collusion with Qatar and Iran and are allowing the oil into Greece via the Black Sea...........with our NATO allies like France buying it................

What an amazing clusterfuck the middle east is now..........hmmm

wasn't obama that pulled the plug on Iran Wasn't Obama starting a war with Iraq

The deal with Iran without demanding they stop their proxy Wars and support of terrorism is and was a complete joke.......You cut a deal with a country who provided advanced IED's to our enemies and took American lives.

Your BS policies and tingling sensations for Obama don't change that............He gave money to the enemy that had killed Americans.

 

[eagle1462010]

Trump had to cancel his vacation because he shut down the government, what could Nancy have done if she canceled her vacation?

Washington left for the holidays.........well ..............not a damned thing.......unless she would agree to 3.4 Billion over the CR and it's over.

 

[rightwinger]

Yup yup...

President Donald Trump didn’t go to Mar-a-Lago for his Christmas vacation. In fact, he didn’t have a Christmas vacation. Since the partial government shutdown over the funding for the border wall, it’s every Congressman’s job to say put in Washington, D.C. until it can be resolved. And it can’t be resolved without Nancy Pelosi. Now, the California Congresswoman has just been caught red-handed on a tropical island ditching her duty to the American people. However, Trump is making her pay.

Nancy Pelosi is one of three politicians who are needed to resolve the government shutdown. President Trump and Senator Chuck Schumer are the other two. Before any voting can happen in Congress, Trump, Pelosi, and Schumer must be available to work out the details.

And it’s the Democrats who are screaming and yelling that this government shutdown is such a catastrophe. So where in the hell is Pelosi?


Well, the eagle-eyed reporters at the Free Beacon just busted the California Congresswoman. “Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi is spending the government shutdown at a luxury resort in Hawaii, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.”

Four Season Resort where Nancy Pelosi is currently vacationing. (Photo Credit: FOUR SEASONS HAWAII)
“Pelosi, who has put blame squarely on President Donald Trump for the current government shutdown, was spotted Thursday vacationing in Hawaii at the Fairmont Orchid resort, where room accommodations range from $899-a-night for a standard room to $4,899-a-night for the presidential suite,” the Free Beacon reported.


Oh, and Nancy is working out her stress with expensive massages while the Democrats blame Trump. The oceanfront resort boasts six restaurants, a golf course and a “Spa Without Walls” where a couple’s massage runs as high as $569, reported the Daily Caller.

The House passed a stopgap funding bill on Dec. 20 that included $5.7 billion to construct a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, however, with a 51-seat majority, Republicans fell short of the necessary 60 votes needed to send it to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature.

But then Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to kill the legislation on arrival in the Senate, and consequently, a government shutdown has been in effect since funding expired December 21. Trump Learns Pelosi Is In Hawaii During Gov’t Shutdown, Makes Her Pay


Pelosi thought she could stealthily sneak away from D.C. after she and Chucky issued a joint statement on Christmas Eve accusing Trump of “plunging the country into chaos.” They are holding the president solely responsible for the shutdown.

“Trump canceled his Christmas trip to Florida and remained in the White House, saying on Christmas Eve that he was “waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal.” The president left the White House on Christmas to travel to Iraq and meet with American troops stationed overseas,” added the Free Beacon.​

Way to go Nancy!

Pelosi will come back refreshed ad ready to kick some Trump ass

Crooked Donnie will be his grumpy old self

/----/ That's pathetic even by your low standards.

Don’t know

Crooked Donnie is looking pretty bad right now
Don’t think 2019 will be a good year for him

I mean.....how many times can he play the......I will shut down Government if I don’t get my way card?

 

[edward37]

Trump had to cancel his vacation because he shut down the government, what could Nancy have done if she canceled her vacation?

bet my life some one told trump it wouldn't look good for him going on vacation while 1000's out of jobs and pay

LOL...............and Shcumer promised him another 15 Billion down the road............LOL

Cheap prick Schumer is..............he'd not approve the funds he promised later...........because he's a Lying ass.

LOL

That shit is funny.

When Chuck and Nancy agreed to this funding, the tax cut hadn't been passed, nor had the budget with the biggest decifit in history passed.

You cannot continue to run your country on a Chinese credit card. Income must rise, or things are going to get much much worse for your country.

While Americans are busy playing politics, the disastrous results of Trump's stupid tax cuts are about to come home to roost. If Trump had set out to destroy the US economy, he could not have done a better job of it, and quite frankly, since he appears to take his marching orders from Vladimir Putin, it would not surprise me in the least if that was the plan all along.

Putins ordering more champagne as we speak his little bitch is performing as he wills him to

Lose the argument...........change the subject.............Obama and Bush have fucked us 10 ways sideways.......new alliances are now forming............With the probable loss of Turkey in NATO...........and Qatar in the Gulf............what a wonderful fucking policy we have had over there.............A sunni nation is now siding with Shia Iran........because we used the Kurds to kill ISIS.............Greece is now in collusion with Qatar and Iran and are allowing the oil into Greece via the Black Sea...........with our NATO allies like France buying it................

What an amazing clusterfuck the middle east is now..........hmmm

wasn't obama that pulled the plug on Iran Wasn't Obama starting a war with Iraq

The deal with Iran without demanding they stop their proxy Wars and support of terrorism is and was a complete joke.......You cut a deal with a country who provided advanced IED's to our enemies and took American lives.

Your BS policies and tingling sensations for Obama don't change that............He gave money to the enemy that had killed Americans.

There are many on much higher limbs of the tree than I that disagree with you and what trump did Perhaps you're wiser than them?

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

Notice throughout this thread one consistency among the Left haters?

They ALL act like immature teens.

Nearly everyone of them has nothing but some goofy, 13 year old level remark that has no content and is nothing but a childish attempt at taunting. EXACTLY what you'd expect to hear in a gathering of 12 - 13 year olds.

What a pathetic group of aged and mentally held-back children these Left Nitwits are.

it perfectly explains why they'd rather see the nation destroyed than give an inch.

 

[edward37]

Notice throughout this thread one consistency among the Left haters?

They ALL act like immature teens.

Nearly everyone of them has nothing but some goofy, 13 year old level remark that has no content and is nothing but a childish attempt at taunting. EXACTLY what you'd expect to hear in a gathering of 12 - 13 year olds.

What a pathetic group of aged and mentally held-back children these Left Nitwits are.

it perfectly explains why they'd rather see the nation destroyed than give an inch.

when in Rome do as the Romans do

 

[rightwinger]

Remember eagle It's not a lie if you believe it


President Donald Trump's surprise trip to Iraq to visit US troops, his first combat-zone visit as president, fell short among some political commentators, including one of the most highly decorated officers in the US Army.

Former four-star Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who was awarded three Purple Heart medals, two Distinguished Service Crosses, and two Silver Stars, described Trump's visit as "embarrassing" and "entirely inappropriate" in a Thursday interview with MSNBC.

McCaffrey told MSNBC that it was "a good thing that the president went to Iraq and visited the troops" but suggested that what was supposed to be a morale-boosting visit between troops and the commander in chief instead became a political affair.

During his trip, Trump signed pieces of campaign memorabilia for the troops, including hats emblazoned with the "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan. McCaffrey suggested the hats may have been distributed by Trump's campaign; however, the US Air Force and White House disputed that assertion on Thursday, calling the materials "personal items" that service members chose to bring on their own.

Read more: People have a lot to say about Trump signing MAGA hats for US troops in Iraq

But Trump's speech to the troops particularly struck a nerve with McCaffrey. Last week, Trump announced he would withdraw the roughly 2,000 US troops from Syria, citing the highly disputed claim that the Islamic State group had been "defeated." Following the backlash from many national-security experts, Trump suggested he was open to using Iraq as a staging point for another intervention in Syria, "if we wanted to do something."

McCaffrey also criticized Trump, who did not meet with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi during the trip, for snubbing the leader of Iraq.

"The whole notion of going into Iraq and not genuflecting … the Iraqis is simply outrageous," McCaffrey said. "And announcing we're going to use it as the site from which we'll conduct combat operations in other nations, I mean, it's just inciting Iraqi sovereignty concerns.

He also criticized one of Trump's falsehoods about the military: the claim that US troops received their first pay raise "in more than 10 years" under his administration.

"It's not a lie if you believe it," McCaffrey said, quoting "Seinfeld" character George Costanza. "The troops all should have known it was complete nonsense, but they were sort of excited the commander in chief was there, and they were willing to blow by it."

I stated that was a lie on another thread and posted all the factual data on the military pay and pay increases.........

But I guess you didn't see that now did you.

So many threads so many lies ,so little time

We are not talking about Mueller here........get back on topic.

So now Mueller is a dirty dem liar too not a servant of the people ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,like trump is???lol

Mueller is an establishment LIAR............there.........fixed it for you.

Seems Trump is doing all the lying

 

[edward37]

Good for her. Can't do anything until Trump stops his tantrum anyways.

Trump didn't throw a tantrum.
He just put his foot down.
You A holes were talking about him caving in and now you're crying that he's throwing a tantrum.
Make up your minds!!!!

Trump threw a HUGE tantrum and looked like a total loser doing it. He had his $5 billion for the border wall last year in the DACA Deal that Stephen Miller kiboshed when Dumb Donald got back to the White House.
Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter spoke out against it.

What's the point of staying in Washington to negotiate with someone who reniggs on his deal because his staff said "No" or Ann Coulter doesn't like it?

Weak, lazy and stupid. That's how Trump looks.

LOL...............and Shcumer promised him another 15 Billion down the road............LOL

Cheap prick Schumer is..............he'd not approve the funds he promised later...........because he's a Lying ass.

LOL

That shit is funny.

When Chuck and Nancy agreed to this funding, the tax cut hadn't been passed, nor had the budget with the biggest decifit in history passed.

You cannot continue to run your country on a Chinese credit card. Income must rise, or things are going to get much much worse for your country.

While Americans are busy playing politics, the disastrous results of Trump's stupid tax cuts are about to come home to roost. If Trump had set out to destroy the US economy, he could not have done a better job of it, and quite frankly, since he appears to take his marching orders from Vladimir Putin, it would not surprise me in the least if that was the plan all along.

Get worse for "your" country? Yea, just love it when idiot foreigners attempt to tell us what's best.

Foreigner perhaps but smarter than all republican idiots here Too bad you can't tell the difference

 

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Notice throughout this thread one consistency among the Left haters?

They ALL act like immature teens.

Nearly everyone of them has nothing but some goofy, 13 year old level remark that has no content and is nothing but a childish attempt at taunting. EXACTLY what you'd expect to hear in a gathering of 12 - 13 year olds.

What a pathetic group of aged and mentally held-back children these Left Nitwits are.

it perfectly explains why they'd rather see the nation destroyed than give an inch.

If Dems fold, and give the Republican Trump Regime one dime... they will NEVER be seen as serious again... by Republicans or by voters. STAND OUR GROUND. The Only Wall That should be built is the Wall we nail Trump to - along with everyone that’s been complicit!

 

[BS Filter]

Trump didn't throw a tantrum.
He just put his foot down.
You A holes were talking about him caving in and now you're crying that he's throwing a tantrum.
Make up your minds!!!!

Hey, MORON.......Pelosi is not YET speaker........You know who currently is speaker??

Yeah, the guy who is spending his last few days down at the capitol gym doing absolutely ZERO to reopen the government......ZERO !!!

The government is doing okay. What's not working?

There is BS and eagle
there is some resemblance to the Russian reality — the idiot is sitting on top of you, spouting orders and tweets, and you have to tolerate his presence and even call the moron your president.”

Trump is also your President, just like Obungo was also my President. You're not living in reality.