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highplainsdem

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Tue Aug 8, 2017, 05:01 PM Aug 2017

USA Today's Steve Reilly points out April NYT column saying Tomahawk fire & fury drowns out scandal




President Trump's "fire and fury" comments echo language of April @nytimes column on the missile strike in Syria. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/opinion/the-riddle-of-trumps-syria-attack.html?smid=tw-share



From that column by Frank Bruni, "The Riddle of Trump’s Syria Attack":

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/opinion/the-riddle-of-trumps-syria-attack.html?smid=tw-share

And so two questions, loud and urgent: Why did he do this now? And, beyond that, who exactly is he?

The readiest answers unsettle me. It’s impossible to ignore the degree to which the military strike pushes a slew of unflattering stories about the Trump administration — its failed attempt to undo Obamacare, the feuding within its ranks and, above all, the probes into possible collusion between Trump’s associates and the Russian government — to the side of the page. Nothing drowns out scandal like the fire and fury of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles.
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USA Today's Steve Reilly points out April NYT column saying Tomahawk fire & fury drowns out scandal (Original Post) highplainsdem Aug 2017 OP
This is an awesome catch cyclonefence Aug 2017 #1

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
1. This is an awesome catch
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 05:03 PM
Aug 2017

by Steve Reilly and somehow (for me, anyway) totally undercuts the orange one's pose as a tough guy.

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