Trump attacks retired general who spoke forcefully against him at the Democratic National Convention

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Washington Post

Trump attacks retired general who spoke forcefully against him at the Democratic National Convention

By Jose A. DelReal
July 29 at 11:55 PM

DENVER — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday called retired Marine Gen. John Allen a “failed general” after the highly respected military veteran delivered a forceful endorsement of his opponent, Hillary Clinton, earlier this week.

“They had a general named John Allen, and he — I never met him," Trump said during a campaign rally. "And he got up and he started talking about Trump, Trump, Trump. Never met him. And you know who he is? He's a failed general."

Allen is a retired four-star general who served as commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. He was President Obama’s top choice to oversee U.S. and NATO operations in Europe, but instead retired to assist his wife with chronic health issues. He came out of retirement in 2014 when the president named him Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State in 2014, a position he held for a year.

“He was the general fighting ISIS. I would say he hasn't done so well, right? Not so well,” Trump added, referring to the Islamic State terrorist group.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/29/trump-attacks-retired-general-who-spoke-forcefully-against-him-at-the-democratic-national-convention/

[63splitwindow]

1. Vulgar, juvenile sociopath.

[vlyons]

28. Vulgar yes, but wose than vulgar

Trump is depraved, with depravity defined as moral corruption. This man has so many mental problems. Narcissism, sociopathy, ADD.

[bluestateguy]

2. Disgusting

nt

[MADem]

3. Jeez, I'd love the pension of that "failure!" LOL! nt

[63splitwindow]

4. Him and Gen Allen in a room, alone, 5 minutes to discuss it man to man. For America!

[orwell]

5. +1000

Two go in...one comes out.

UFC2000...This time...it's personal!

[CentralMass]

9. I would pay to watch that.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Nice idea, but Trump barely has 5 minutes patience & is so ignorant he'd need 5 days. . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. I see your general and raise you one parade ground martinette

Trump at military school with father Fred and mother.

[BlueStater]

19. Numbnuts looks like he belongs on a box of Rice Krispies.

[Judi Lynn]

20. OMG. That photo should come with a warning!

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[Island Blue]

29. I think his mother is wearing

Donald's hair on her head for safe keeping.

[Plucketeer]

35. Toy soldier

Ready to do battle with STDs.

[paleotn]

32. Yes!....

....and let me tell you, that's some serious "fruit salad" for a supposed "failed general." I think the general could handle the orange umpa lumpa with ease.

[Plucketeer]

34. Most war veterans

with a limb or two missing, could knock the crap out of Donald.

[awoke_in_2003]

40. He wouldn't last 30 seconds

of a verbal ass chewing from a Marine without wetting his pants.

[SunSeeker]

6. LOL All Trump's doing is bringing more attention to what General Allen said.

Trump can't let any personal slight go. He's pathological.

[Lochloosa]

7. Lol. I told my brother last night.

If I were in a bar fight I know who I would want to have my back.

[63splitwindow]

8. Don would befoul himself before, during and after crying.

[ffr]

10. And Repukes are outraged, calling him a traitor and calling for him to drop out?

No, of course not, because brainwashed idiots only know what RW TV & radio tells them to think and Faux Entertainment holds that a GOP candidate can do no wrong.

Well, this is wrong. Faux is wrong or will be...AGAIN! The idiots are brainwashed. And Drumpf is completely out of line.

[Doodley]

11. Draft-dodging Traitor Trump praises Putin, but again denigrates our vets.

[hipcat051]

12. Trump continues to run a campaign based on fear

He "knows more than the generals" according to himself. Also, the military is horrible based upon his own assessment. I think we may look back and say the the Democratic ticket has never had such an easy election. The republican numbers surged after their convention and then the democratic numbers surged after their convention. When will Trump's emails and tax filings be released to even the score? We live in a new age of politics.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Yup. Welcome to DU. Hammer Trump on tax returns. Hillary optimism beats Trump dumpster fire. nt

[central scrutinizer]

26. Trumpster Fire!!

A new portmanteau word!

[Dworkin]

13. Sickening

Hi,

This whole Trump thing is just sickening. Every aspect of it. (Where is the vomit smiley?)

D.

[grubbs]

30. The vomit smiley is currently out of stock

Due to extraordinarily high demand. Please use the beer drinking smiley ten times in rapid succession to lndicate your need to vomit. Thank you.

[awoke_in_2003]

38. welcome to DU

it is the word puke with a colon before and after it

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Allen's a successful general. Actually, ISIS is on the run, greatly reduced in Iraq & Syria

It is burning its own oil fields in a scorched earth policy as it gets beaten back in town after town.

This didn't happen overnight and people like Allen in his position made it possible, working together. Trump thinks he is the only one that can beat ISIS because he learned more at his tinpot high school military academy than officers do at West Point. He is on record saying that escaping sexual diseases in the 70s was better battle experience than Vietnam.

ISIS is lashing out, trying to trigger as many attacks in Europe as it can, in a desperate attempt to be seen as relevant.

Only Trump is taking the bait because of two things: 1) It fits with his dark-times, believe me it's awful, I can tell you, dark narrative about how he is the "law and order" candidate. 2) Trump is door knob stupid and can't see more than skin deep on any issue.

[truthisfreedom]

16. Because the real way to win is deferments. Because bone spurs and football anyway.

See, Trump didn't serve even though he should have because he claimed he had bone spurs even though he was playing football at the time. Because bone spurs can tell the difference between military and sports field activities. The moment you're carrying a gun for your country your heels experience way more stress than running for a touchdown. Totally different activities. The difference is HUGE.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/questions-linger-about-trumps-draft-deferments-during-vietnam-war/2015/07/21/257677bc-2fdd-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html

[AllyCat]

21. This man is a thin-skinned, nasty little harpy

He knows nothing, he can tolerate nothing, and he means nothing.

[Vinca]

22. Says the military prep school alum.

[C_U_L8R]

23. Good luck with that, Donnie

You gonna hit him so hard with your little hands?

[molova]

24. Trump is a loose cannon

Not fit to be president.

[mdbl]

25. I would say he's more of a barf bag

with a hole in the bottom.

[awoke_in_2003]

39. a very small, loose cannon.

Welcome to DU

[bucolic_frolic]

27. Is Trump ever going to do anything except bloviate?

HIS opinions, HIS ideas, EVERYTHING in the SUPERLATIVE sense

The greatest, the worst, the best, totally failed, failure

SICK IN THE HEAD. SICKEST!

[chelsea0011]

31. "I never met him" or any of his other comments about people like "who is he/she" or "I don't know

who they are" shows someone who can't believe people exist outside his own space. He has some disturbing psychological tendencies.

[Stonepounder]

33. Well, Trump should know.

Remember, he wasn't ever in the military, but he went to a military prep school and he "got more training militarily than a lot of guys that go into the military". So, obviously, since Trump has such a yuuuuuuuge IQ he can immediately judge the military effectiveness of someone based on the reports of a speech he made. That's why we need Trump in the White House, right?

(do I need this?)

[riversedge]

36. Trump is a vindictive SOB

[vkkv]

37. wow.. just wow....