Shouldn't Trump have asked about possible death toll earlier than 10 minutes before the strike?

[kpete]

Shouldn't the president have asked about the possible death toll earlier than 10 minutes before the strike?

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Trump Confirms He Stopped Attack on Iran
June 21, 2019 at 9:21 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 35 Comments

President Trump confirmed that his administration had readied a series of strikes against Iran in response for shooting down an unmanned drone, but that he stopped it at the last moment.

Tweeted Trump: “We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights [sic] when I asked, how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from a General. 10 minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone.”

https://politicalwire.com/2019/06/21/trump-confirms-he-stopped-attack-on-iran/

"It was unclear why Mr. Trump would have been getting information about possible casualties so late in the process of launching military action. Such information is typically discussed early in the deliberations..."

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. THousands would have been a better answer......

The death of any civilian would have been too much. A war with Iran is folly. For Russia is a major ally with Iran in so many ways. Putie would not like that.

[CrispyQ]

11. Pooty advised him to back down.

https://www.apnews.com/2c1d6e923a7349e29daf0e00a956f2d8

Looks like Pooty wins over Cult45. For now, anyway.

[Polly Hennessey]

2. Desperately trying to seem human.

How many votes will he gain?? None. Won’t work, Skippy.

[customerserviceguy]

28. Yes, this story was probably phony

Or, some high-ranking Pentagon muckety-muck refused to carry out the orders, and Trump is trying to save face by making it look like it was his decision to avoid the embarrassment of having to fire a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or all of them, for that matter.

[samnsara]

3. he wanted more deaths..would play longer on the news!

[underpants]

4. A. Who wouldn't know there would be casualties? B. Sounds like BS

They had to come up with a cover and that’s the best they could do. He’s all loving and caring now.

[dumbcat]

5. Putin had to call and remind him

Mango Man was too busy playing on his iPhone.

[GusBob]

6. He is lying as usual, or he wasnt paying attention to the briefing

its all backwards. The military would have told him right up front in the briefing the anticipated death toll

[C_U_L8R]

7. Cocked, loaded and completely clueless

Acting like an international idiot has consequences

[FakeNoose]

25. Even Kim Jong-un is smarter than this

And that's saying a lot! Just ask Dennis Rodman.

[bigbrother05]

8. Casualty estimate must have been on page 2 of the plan.

Every strike plan includes a projected death toll, he or his briefer just didn't pay attention.

[procon]

12. Who would believe anything Trump says?

The odds are that he's lying. Look at his past history regarding Muslims and people from the ME; he hates the lot of 'em.

Whatever the real reason for Trump's last minute cancellation of his first war, it must be something so terrible he's trying to keep it hidden. The best excuse he could come up with on the spur of the moment was this totally out of character, sudden bout of humanitarian benevolence.

No one is buying it.

[UTUSN]

13. K&R for, just an ass covering attempt. SHITLER is crapping his pants.

[spanone]

14. One would think that the military would give him collateral damage figures...?

[Claritie Pixie]

15. It's a lie - he used that excuse for changing his mind.

[spanone]

16. I think this is the most rational answer. He lies about everything.

[subterranean]

18. With Trump, it's best to assume everything he tweets or says is a lie

until proven otherwise.

[MFGsunny]

17. Humpty Trumpty says :: Cocked and Loaded? I got a translation for him.

Cocked = More like cock-handled by Putin.

Loaded = uptick on adderall dosage

Amiright or amiright?

[elias7]

19. Republicans must be total dumbf*cks if they can't see through him by now

[jpak]

20. "sights" (sic)? What a moran

yup

[Arazi]

21. Who believes this sociopath cares about 150 dead Iranians?

Nobody.

He was told the casualty rate first thing. This is just a lie like the thousands of others

[NewJeffCT]

22. oh please - that's just the excuse they're using for the media

the real story is that Putin told him not to do it

[Eyeball_Kid]

27. Yes. n/t

[Vinca]

24. CNN interviewed a person familiar with the kind of briefing a POTUS would get

and he said the very first slide in the presentation would include the estimated number of fatalities. Don probably wasn't paying attention since it wasn't in Little Golden Book-style pictures.

[Eyeball_Kid]

26. Remember: Trumpy lies about everything.

There's a strong likelihood that he made the 150 number up, and that Putin told him to stop the shit.

[struggle4progress]

29. "I really just make this stuff up as we go along"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. I'm sure the military people would have told him when they briefed him

about the strike - they'd have told him what the likely outcome would have been, including human casualties. No way Trump gives a damn about killing 150 Iranians. He does give a damn about Putin's warning.