Trump dismisses criticism from Navy SEAL who led Osama bin Laden mission

[Julian Englis]

Source: The Hill

President Trump in an interview broadcast Sunday dismissed criticism from the retired admiral and Navy SEAL who led the operation to assassinate Osama bin Laden.

"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace noted during a discussion with the president that Bill McRaven has said Trump's attacks on the media are the "greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime."

Trump in response called McRaven a "Hillary Clinton fan" and "Obama-backer."

"Wouldn’t it have been nice if we got Osama Bin Laden a lot sooner than that, wouldn’t it have been nice?" Trump asked. "You know, living – think of this – living in Pakistan, beautifully in Pakistan in what I guess they considered a nice mansion, I don’t know, I’ve seen nicer. But living in Pakistan right next to the military academy, everybody in Pakistan knew he was there."

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/417330-trump-dismisses-criticism-of-navy-seal

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tRump has no respect for anyone.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. "Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything better than you,"

the song goes. And anything Obama did, Tiny could have done better. In his mind only, of course. "Captured Osama Bin Laden? Meh, should have done it sooner. I'd have done it sooner."

I can hardly wait until that mofo is GONE. Every morning I get up and check the news, hoping desperately that he's not in the WH any more. I don't care how he goes, just so he goes.

[Control-Z]

13. I do the same every morning.

When I wake up I turn on MSNBC and start skimimg through DU OPs hoping I'll find that he's out - for any reason. I don't even care how anymore.

Ideally, his presidency would be found invalid and Hillary would be installed as the rightful POTUS. (That's my dream.) But really, he could be gone for any reason and I'd be good with it.

[OMGWTF]

20. Recall, Trunp said he would have attacked the school shooter head-on.

I think he would first soil himself and then faint if ever in a live shooter situation.

[dae]

30. Only his acolytes actually believe he would do anything courageous.

[JerryLS]

39. The Three Degrees of Trumpian "Bravery."

First, he'd barricade himself behind a classroom of kindergartners.

Secondly, he'd send Melania out to barter sex for a free pass for Chickenhawk Bonespur.

Thirdly, he'd shit enough bricks to build a little brown bunker behind the White House.

[meow2u3]

40. Welcome to DU!

Great first post!

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. If a democrat said that about the Seals or our military their career would be over

and possibly worse.

Lets also note no bigger coward has ever walked this earth than this traitor.

[Autumn]

3. Trump prefers terrorists who don't get caught or killed.

[RKP5637]

4. ... because tRump is a domestic terrorist! n/t

[Achilleaze]

5. republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief lamely attempts to cover up his

glaring shortcomings by attacking others. He really does hate America's military. What a republican lowlife coward.

[mobeau69]

6. Screw you donnie con

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Wouldn't it have been nice if we got Osama bin Laden sooner?

You mean, like during Bush II's term?

[lastlib]

23. GWB: "I don't know where he is. I don't worry about him."

Obama: "We will kill Osama bin Laden." And he did.

So, Krazy Kommander Komb-over, how's the hunt for Zawahiri going?

[3catwoman3]

29. Kommander Komb-over!

That's a damn good one -

[lastlib]

31. KRAZY Kommander Komb-over.....initials "KKK"......

That's important.

[3catwoman3]

32. Point taken.

[hughee99]

41. A lot of people here were saying the same thing

While Bush was President.

[Yosemito]

8. Trumps skipped the Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington

You would think he would want to redeem himself after that. He just made it worse.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

17. He also said he went to last year's ceremonies at Arlington. He didn't.

He was in Japan on Veterans Day, so Mike Pence attended.

On his tombstone, Trump's epitaph is going to be: "I'm not dead, you're dead and you're stupid!"

He reminds me of Sheldon on "The Big Bang Theory" explaining why he lied about his spectacular (and non-existent) sex life with his long-suffering girlfriend, Amy Farrah Fowler: "Telling a lie made me look good, while telling the truth made me look bad."

[RKP5637]

9. Why do so many veterans still support this guy. He could give a F about veterans and all

of the incredible sacrifices they have made. I frankly think he hates the US.

[Progressive Jones]

11. Being a veteran doesn't make someone immune from chronic stupidity. nt

[trusty elf]

10. He is vile, foul and despicable.

I still can't believe this imbecile is the *pResident. It's preposterous and grotesque.

[karin_sj]

14. You said it!

He is a disgusting and stupid excuse for a human being.

[lunatica]

21. Love the KKK touch

[BobsYourUncle]

25. Despicable. nt

[moose65]

34. I'm right there with you!

Two years later, sometimes I still wake up in the morning and can’t believe it. He is the most vile, repulsive human I have ever seen. And I will never, ever understand his “appeal” to his legions of cultists. I just do NOT get it

[Rocky888]

12. Trump is proof " you can't fix stupid"

[Zorro]

15. Dissing William McRaven strikes me as not a winning strategy with the military

Trump is also messing with Texas with that insult to one of its highly respected citizens.

[Maxheader]

16. So why doesn't the orange stump get

all bent out of shape at chris for asking embarrassing questions like
it did against the cnn reporter?....

[YOHABLO]

18. Oh just let him keep on talking. The more he says stupid things the more we win.

[Major Nikon]

19. Nobody but people who never criticize Trump are allowed to criticize Trump

[NewJeffCT]

22. Remember - Bush basically stopped looking for bin Laden

a few years after 9/11 and the special CIA unit put together to hunt bin Laden was disbanded in 2006.

So, there was no searching for bin Laden basically from 2005 through 2008.

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/04/washington/04intel.html

[robbob]

36. Not only quit looking, but publicly announced it

Was it in an interview? Actually said (of Bin Laden) that he didn’t think about him much. Anyone got the exact quote/clip? Again, yet another example of a reThug proudly announcing something that would get any Democratic politician crucified.

[DallasNE]

24. This Illustrates Just How Depraved

Trump really is. With ignorance as the other bookend.

[RHMerriman]

26. Adm. McRaven had a distinguished career of almost four decades in the USN, and saw active combat

Adm. McRaven had a distinguished career of almost four decades in the USN, and saw active combat service in multiple conflicts over that period; he is a recipient of the DSM (twice), Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, etc.

As an example of the type of leader he is, here's his commencement speech at UT:

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Adm. McRaven is a man of demonstrated courage, dignity, integrity, daring, audacity, intelligence, and professionalism; he is a true patriot and and an exemplar of an officer, a leader, and a sailor.

Mr. Trump is a coward, a criminal, and a traitor.

[John Fante]

27. Apparently it's the SEAL's fault they didn't waltz into Pakistan

and assassinate OBL without a go-ahead from the executive branch. JFC.

Trump's repulsiveness is surpassed only by a his stupidity.

[Qutzupalotl]

28. Everyone knows the most important thing that happened that night

was not the raid that killed bin Laden, but that Obama made fun of Trump at a fancy dinner.

Trump’s whole run for the presidency was some twisted act of vengeance.

[Scurrilous]

33. ...

[iluvtennis]

35. Joe Scarborough tweet on this subject

rump is now lying about and attacking the Navy SEAL who led the attack on Osama bin Laden.
Pro-Military? Not even close. He’s using American troops as political props on the border and keeping them from their families during the holidays.

Link to tweet

[BigDemVoter]

37. Oh Fuck that Nasty HOG. . .

How can it be that he is given ANY attention? EVERYTHING he says is total bullshit. . .

I just got back from France and had to listen to my French friends just rip Pussy Grabber a spanking new rectum along with a general criticism of Americans for voting for that fucking piece of shit. Of course I didn't mind listening to ANYBODY talk about Pussy Grabber, but I had to take issue with the business of Americans voting for Pussy Grabber. I had to remind my friends (more than once) that a DISTINCT majority of Americans voted for HRC.

[red dog 1]

38. HE needs to be "dismissed"

once and for all!