Trump Undersecretary of Defense Resigns a la Photo- Op

[OldLady]

Why are people more upset about trump taking a photo there with a bible then they are of the historical church being burned down....

No one I've heard cares that he had a photo op. What they are upset about is how LE cleared the park so Trump could take that stroll. To me, it wasn't just a photo op; it was a territorial display. Yannow, like your dog does when you take him for a walk? Peeing on every post and bush? Leaving his "message." That's what Trump was trying to accomplish. Not that there's anything wrong with that. What was wrong was the show of force to move the protesters for no other reason.

And btw, I was totally FREAKED that the church was on fire. All that history going up in smoke? Thank God it received as little damage as it did. But if the Reverend of the church could be out among the protesters the very next day, passing out refreshment and offering prayers, I guess I too can remember that it was one asshole that set that fire, not the thousands across the country crying out for justice.

 

[OldLady]

Trump is going to be so sorry for that little walk. In his little cocoon he plays it like he's still directing a reality tv show. Get those extras off the set. But this ain't Hollywood.

No, it’s YOU and your fellow idiots who will be sorry come November. Your complete ignorance of reality is appalling. Keep cheering your rioters. REAL Americans are done with your blatant bullshit.

No one is "cheering" rioters.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

It's campaign season. Are libs going to complain if Biden does a photo-op?

If he has to shoot law-abiding citizens with pepper spray and rubber bullets to enable such a photo-op, hell yeah.

So Trump is a Park Policeman now?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Trump is going to be so sorry for that little walk. In his little cocoon he plays it like he's still directing a reality tv show. Get those extras off the set. But this ain't Hollywood.

Why are people more upset about trump taking a photo there with a bible then they are of the historical church being burned down....Sandy hit, Obama visited, and it was one big photo shoot with him and Christie holding hands on the beach while millions were without power. The fucking lemmings here. Photo ops happen all the time. Now you’re surprised a president was in one? I could cite 50 other trump photo ops, but he goes to a historical church that was set on fire, and y’all care more about the fact trump took a picture there?

Who was gassed or shot for Obama to visit with Christie?

Was there a riot going on at the time?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Trump is going to be so sorry for that little walk. In his little cocoon he plays it like he's still directing a reality tv show. Get those extras off the set. But this ain't Hollywood.

I see you still have not learned to read. Trump had NOTHING to do with the force displayed PRIOR to his walk to the church.

Maybe one day you can find a child who will read for you!

Bullshit. They wouldn't have cleared a path to the church had Impeached Trump not been planning on that ridiculous photo-op.

The decision to use force was not Trump's, dumbass!

Doesn't matter. Force was used to clear a path for his photo-op, ordered by his direct subordinate. That's on Impeached Trump.

Bullshit! Is that all you ever post is bullshit?

Did you mean Acquitted Trump? Your pathetic statement avoids all fact and reason.

No, I mean Impeached Trump.

Triggered much?

Are you stupid much? Yes, a great deal!

 

[sakinago]

Why are people more upset about trump taking a photo there with a bible then they are of the historical church being burned down....

No one I've heard cares that he had a photo op. What they are upset about is how LE cleared the park so Trump could take that stroll. To me, it wasn't just a photo op; it was a territorial display. Yannow, like your dog does when you take him for a walk? Peeing on every post and bush? Leaving his "message." That's what Trump was trying to accomplish. Not that there's anything wrong with that. What was wrong was the show of force to move the protesters for no other reason.

And btw, I was totally FREAKED that the church was on fire. All that history going up in smoke? Thank God it received as little damage as it did. But if the Reverend of the church could be out among the protesters the very next day, passing out refreshment and offering prayers, I guess I too can remember that it was one asshole that set that fire, not the thousands across the country crying out for justice.

The “protestors” that got cleared out were throwing rocks and frozen water bottles at the police. It was 20 mins before the curfew, and they were asked to move out multiple times. The decision to extend the safety zone an extra block was made that morning. They let the protestors continue anyway up until it was time to disperse. It’s not just one asshole either, and not just one church. Virtually every monument in the national mall, including the Lincoln memorial, has been defaced. 1000s of business across the country have been burned down. Tens of thousands have been looted. 100 of innocents have been senselessly been beaten. I cop executed. At least 4 more shot. A dozen or so run over by vehicles, and hundreds have been hospitalized.

9 unarmed black men were killed by police in 2019. It’s funny how you characterize the church burning as just one asshole, yet don’t do the same for police. Get your fucking priorities straight. I’ve been harping against police brutality and the fact they’ve been militarizing long before Micheal Brown. My stomach sank when I watched that cop have his knee on floyds neck for 9 minutes. You know what made it sink even more. When I saw an innocent lady getting beat with a 2x4. When I saw a 77 year old black former police chief trying to protect his store, getting shot to death, and being left to die in the streets. When I saw antifa burning the only possessions of a homeless man with mental issues begging them to stop, and then just laughing and cheering.

 

[The VOR]

It's campaign season. Are libs going to complain if Biden does a photo-op?

If he has to shoot law-abiding citizens with pepper spray and rubber bullets to enable such a photo-op, hell yeah.

So Trump is a Park Policeman now?

No, he's still just an incompetent idiot.

 

[joaquinmiller]

It's campaign season. Are libs going to complain if Biden does a photo-op?

If he has to shoot law-abiding citizens with pepper spray and rubber bullets to enable such a photo-op, hell yeah.

So Trump is a Park Policeman now?

Couldn't pass the background check.

 

[Dragonlady]

Now Esper has gone on camera against Trump. Hopefully he's fired by the end of the day. He has a right to disagree but not to disagree with the Commander-in-Chief in public. That undermines our military and teaches our military and our enemies that our military need not follow the Commander-in-Chief. This is a very dangerous precedent that has been set.

This is where you draw the line in the sand? Here. Trump has done everything possible to undermine military command, including lauding a Navy Seal who disgraced the uniform.

 

[Coyote]

Now Esper has gone on camera against Trump. Hopefully he's fired by the end of the day. He has a right to disagree but not to disagree with the Commander-in-Chief in public. That undermines our military and teaches our military and our enemies that our military need not follow the Commander-in-Chief. This is a very dangerous precedent that has been set.

What happens if the president orders the military to do something that is illegal, against their code, blatantly bad judgement...?

 

[Mac-7]

Trump is going to be so sorry for that little walk. In his little cocoon he plays it like he's still directing a reality tv show. Get those extras off the set. But this ain't Hollywood.

Every time you post here I feel like walking all over canada

But I dont think you are typical of most canadians

 

[Mac-7]

Now Esper has gone on camera against Trump. Hopefully he's fired by the end of the day. He has a right to disagree but not to disagree with the Commander-in-Chief in public. That undermines our military and teaches our military and our enemies that our military need not follow the Commander-in-Chief. This is a very dangerous precedent that has been set.

What happens if the president orders the military to do something that is illegal, against their code, blatantly bad judgement...?

Such as?

 

[lantern2814]

Trump is going to be so sorry for that little walk. In his little cocoon he plays it like he's still directing a reality tv show. Get those extras off the set. But this ain't Hollywood.

No, it’s YOU and your fellow idiots who will be sorry come November. Your complete ignorance of reality is appalling. Keep cheering your rioters. REAL Americans are done with your blatant bullshit.

No one is "cheering" rioters.

Stop lying. Guess you ignore CNN, MSNBC and the idiots there calling these thugs "peaceful protestors". It is nice to see reap Americans not putting up with Dim bullahit anymore and just rolling through these street blocking idiots. And not one driver charged. But keep crying about Trump as he buries Biden.

 

[Levant]

What happens if the president orders the military to do something that is illegal, against their code, blatantly bad judgement...?

They disobey quietly, not on a podium challenging their superiors on cable TV. And they prepare to accept the consequences for their refusal. Like any civil disobedience, it only serves as a protest if the one disobeying is risking consequences. Without risk of consequences, it's just whining.

 

[Crepitus]

It's campaign season. Are libs going to complain if Biden does a photo-op?

If he uses fascist third world dictator tactics to clear the way you bet I will.

But Joe is not that guy, so it won't happen.

 

[Levant]

Now Esper has gone on camera against Trump. Hopefully he's fired by the end of the day. He has a right to disagree but not to disagree with the Commander-in-Chief in public. That undermines our military and teaches our military and our enemies that our military need not follow the Commander-in-Chief. This is a very dangerous precedent that has been set.

This is where you draw the line in the sand? Here. Trump has done everything possible to undermine military command, including lauding a Navy Seal who disgraced the uniform.

Trump is the Commander-in-Chief. It's in the Constitution. The Constitution, in case you haven't figured it out yet, is where I draw the line. He lauded a Navy Seal who had honored his uniform and service for 20 years who may have made a mistake by taking a picture of a dead prisoner but who was acquitted of unjustly killing that prisoner.

Trump cannot undermine military command - he commands the military. Deep-state, political, Lieutenant Colonels and Generals who think they run the military and the President's job is to be the public face of their decisions are the ones who undermine the military. Service secretaries who go on national TV to criticize the Commander-in-Chief set an example for those generals and officers that it is OK to speak out publicly against their chain of command when they disagree.

Esper is a traitor to his country, to his service, to the military, and to the President. He's a despicable human being and needs to be as far away from the defense of the United States as humanly possible. For him to tell our enemies that the President doesn't rule our military but, instead, the military does what it wants, regardless of the President, puts us and the world at grave risk.

 

[protectionist]

What was wrong with it?

That's what I, and about 200 million Americans. are wondering, but Democrats just keep blabbering their "insights" to us. Aren't we lucky ?

 

[Norman]

James Miller resigns for what happened with the church photo- op. That didn't take long. I expect things will be changing a lot in the next 5 months.

"I wish you the best': US military adviser resigns after Trump's controversial photo op at church"

"You may not have been able to stop President Trump from directing this appalling use of force, but you could have chosen to oppose it," Miller wrote to Esper in his resignation letter, which was obtained by The Washington Post. "Instead, you visibly supported it."

'I wish you the best': US military adviser resigns after Trump's controversial photo op at church

"You may not have been able to stop President Trump from directing this appalling use of force, but you could have chosen to oppose it," he wrote.

www.businessinsider.com

WASHINGTON — “Where will you draw the line, and when will you draw it?”

"In an extraordinary resignation letter, provided to The Washington Post, James Miller resigned from his post at the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board.
Miller, a former undersecretary of defense for policy, cited Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s participation in President Donald Trump’s Monday night photo op in front of St. John’s Church. "

Defense official resigns from Pentagon post, slams Esper for role in Trump photo op

In an extraordinary resignation letter, provided to The Washington Post, a Pentagon official resigned citing Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's role in President Donald Trump's photo op.

www.cnbc.com

It was nice of Trump to check on the Church. Certainly no one quit because leftists got triggered after media lied to them.

 

[ColtMadeMenEqual]

It's campaign season. Are libs going to complain if Biden does a photo-op?

If he clears a park of legal protesters for no reason to do it, YES..

Except that isn't what Trump did either.

It was nearing curfew time and the crowd was getting larger, not smaller, and they were throwing rocks and bottles at police.

Nothing was thrown at police until after they tried to clear the crowd that had the right to be there.

The same people who are telling you that the "peaceful protesters" weren't throwing things at police are the same people that are telling you that mean old Trump ordered the crowd to be tear gassed, which we now know did not happen.

Just something to think about.

There's a ton of videos online. I've seen nothing thrown at police prior to them clearing out the protesters -- which they had no right to do.

Ridiculous on so many fronts.

Starting with "there's video online" we KNOW for absolute fact that there is dishonest media coverage going on where people post content (including videos) that show what they want people to see and nothing else. That you choose to ignore all the riots around the country in the last week and believe that the Parks Service is lying when they say their officers were being assaulted with rocks and bottles doesn't make it factual.

As for the right to break up protests, I wasn't here a month ago, but I've a feeling that if I did a search I'd find posts from you encouraging the police to break up protests against the Corona related lockdowns, no don't bother denying it, we both know it is almost certainly true.

 

[Faun]

Trump is going to be so sorry for that little walk. In his little cocoon he plays it like he's still directing a reality tv show. Get those extras off the set. But this ain't Hollywood.

Why are people more upset about trump taking a photo there with a bible then they are of the historical church being burned down....Sandy hit, Obama visited, and it was one big photo shoot with him and Christie holding hands on the beach while millions were without power. The fucking lemmings here. Photo ops happen all the time. Now you’re surprised a president was in one? I could cite 50 other trump photo ops, but he goes to a historical church that was set on fire, and y’all care more about the fact trump took a picture there?

Who was gassed or shot for Obama to visit with Christie?

Was there a riot going on at the time?

Idiot, there was no riot until police moved out people who had every right to be there and started shooting them with pepper spray and rubber bullets.