Trump rattles seaborne saber at North Korea, but his fleet was in WRONG OCEAN headed the WRONG WAY!

[kpete]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/asia/aircraft-carrier-north-korea-carl-vinson.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65177131&pgtype=Homepage&_r=0

THIS!!!



https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/asia/aircraft-carrier-north-korea-carl-vinson.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65177131&pgtype=Homepage&_r=0

[LakeVermilion]

1. This would be bad fiction and rejected by a publisher/producer.

Trumpers continue to find ways to amaze/threaten the World.

[MineralMan]

2. WTF? That is not what was announced at all.

How very strange!

[Angry Dragon]

3. the last sentences amuse me

Now Spicer has a spokesman??

[gratuitous]

12. Will anyone ask Sean Spicer about this?

After all, it looks like Spicer either told a bald-faced lie, or he was totally ignorant of reality when someone sent him out there to rattle the sabers. Either way, everyone should laugh at Spicer's might sword.

After being caught in such a lie or being purposefully misinformed, a person of integrity would resign; let's all watch what Spicer does.

[riversedge]

4. OHG!!

[underpants]

5. Uhh....Trump himself said "We're sending an armada!"

Was that not clear?

I don't know, maybe they just said it to say it but it looks really embarrassing.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

6. "Ar-mahda! AR-MAHDA! That I can tell you. That I can tell you..." nt

[Blue_Tires]

14. And the media lapped it up as a "presidential moment"

[underpants]

15. The Washington Post has some good analysis here

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/despite-talk-of-a-military-strike-trumps-armada-was-a-long-way-from-korea/2017/04/18/e8ef4237-e26a-4cfc-b5e9-526c3a17bd41_story.html?utm_term=.976648b14336

[awesomerwb]

7. So nobody can really tell where --

a carrier group is unless the information is coming from the Pentagon, DoD etc?

So hypothetically, a news organization couldn't hire someone to fly to the supposed area within the allowed (?) distance to find the groups whereabouts? Honest question.

[cwydro]

8. Lmao!

And that pic is apparently from a Facebook page!

Oh this is too funny. Good thing we have such tight security on ship whereabouts.

[briv1016]

9. It wasn't a lie.

It was an alternative fact.

[nolabear]

10. Oh I just can't. I'm damned lost myself.

Is nothing real? It's like a bad dream.

[underpants]

11. Between this and calling Un a "gentleman" sounds like he's backing off on NK

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028945487

[OldHippieChick]

13. It remains to be seen if he really even knows where

Korea is, let alone North or South.

[underpants]

16. You're right

Well he did mostly good with the Egg Roll. Mostly.

[sdfernando]

17. Yeah...this really makes the US look competent! Lil' Kim is ROFLAO /NT

[Permanut]

18. Okay, people,

let's get this straight. If the Gropenfuhrer says the Vinson is in the Sea of Japan, then GOD DAMMIT, the Vinson is in the Sea of Japan. I'm using my cousin's logic here.

[cwydro]

21. Not to mention all the DUers who KNEW the Vinson was getting closer and closer to NK.

Too funny.

[Achilleaze]

19. You mean the republicans lied to America again?

Did the russians put the republicans up to this lie? Or did the republicans cook the lie up all by their own little selvies?

No matter. republican lies still suck bigly.

[lostnfound]

20. Maybe Mattis and the military are dragging their feet on purpose

Not too eager to let the blustering fool start WW3?