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[yardwork]

1. What?! He's starting a war NOW?

[PatSeg]

22. He needs a big distraction

He's getting desperate and probably will do or say anything.

[ashredux]

2. Virus going badly, why not start a shooting war.....

Makes sense in Trump-World

[pwb]

3. The navy will not do that.

Adults are in charge there.

[True Blue American]

5. Crazy as a bedbug!

No telling what he and Barr will do next. He is a cornered rat.

[SummerSnow]

4. He needs a distraction from the thousands of Americans dying daily from Covid19...

so he wags the dog.

[Newest Reality]

6. +1

[McKim]

9. Yes, a Distraction and Outrageous

Yes, this is an outrageous distraction. Under cover of the Fog of Coronavirus the Far Right is relentlessly moving toward their goals of amassing all the money and assets, destroying public goods and institutions and taking care of their own! Government has been drowned in the bathtub and can’t help us!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Appeals to his hardcore base. Won't win him new fans. . . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Meanwhile, tRump has FAILED to DEFEND USA against the virus. Inaction, blockages, countermeasures

The key undeniable fact to keep in front of voters: Trump FAILED TO DEFEND America

It does not matter how the virus originated.
It does not matter where it originated.
Trump failed at his primary duty.

He swore to defend the US Constitution. You can't do that if you fail to defend the country of that Constitution. How do you keep a nation free by failing to defend it?

The Vice President, each Member of Congress, all officers in federal service (military and civilian as well as every enlisted service member explicitly swears to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic …", except the President. But as Commander in Chief, it is implicit, as well as being implicit in the President's Oath:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Trump failed to defend the US.
He destroyed some of the warning systems (2018, 2019).
He "trusted" the WHO though he now says they are untrustworthy.
He disbelieved the USA Intelligence Community.
So many other markers of inaction and wrong actions.

Political advocacy is most effective when it clear, simple, and undeniably true.

Keep this key fact front and foremost through Nov 3 in the minds of voters.

[padah513]

15. He sent out the protesters during the weekend and tried immigration yesterday

Even has Barr threatening to sue states now. None of these issues are big enough to cover up his coronavirus debacle so he'll keep trying. Watch the media though. They'll follow his tweet. They do every time.

[Recursion]

7. Nuclear powers really should not leave other countries wondering

if publicly stated orders will in fact be followed.

[logosoco]

8. His poll numbers are falling and being the ignorant idiot

that he is, he thinks this will bring them up.

[Grokenstein]

10. Guess he's tired of the whole coronavirus thing.

Get stuff blowin' up, that'll get the redhats all excitable!!

Navy: "Yeahhhhh, we actually already have protocols for engagement. He can authorize action, but he can't actually order us to open fire."

[SummerSnow]

11. He starts a war with this.....

It’s been over a month since the Defense Department instituted a travel ban and issued new policy requiring social distancing wherever possible throughout the force, but the spread of coronavirus among troops continues unabated.

Since late March, the services have averaged between 100 and 200 new cases daily among service members. The most recent count, according to DoD’s data, shows 3,438 cases, up from 2,986 on Friday.

The infection rate among service members stands at 1,637-per-million as of Monday, compared with the overall U.S. rate of 2,283-per-million. With 22 deaths so far, DoD’s death rate is at 0.4 percent versus the overall U.S. rate of 5 percent.

Senior Defense officials have acknowledged that asymptomatic carriers could mean hundreds or thousands of unknown COVID-19 cases among the ranks, prompting a new push for more thorough testing.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/04/20/the-military-continues-to-diagnose-more-than-100-new-covid-19-cases-a-day/

[turbinetree]

13. What a jerk.................he has no clue what he is doing, and now he thinks

that boats on the water are like a plane...............shoot it down..............all he is trying to do is show that he can defecate and create a false situation..................hes like this emoji..........

What a fucking idiot................

[marble falls]

14. Nothing like a little deflection to change the headlines. This is truly pathetic and dangerous.

[Firestorm49]

16. I did not know that Iranian gunboats could fly. Wow. Another thing to worry about.

[Mendocino]

21. Shoot down..?

Thats what I thought of first. The term generally used for naval operations is fired upon, attacked or sunk.

Of course he's the water hazard golf course admiral.

[IronLionZion]

28. He wants helicopters to shoot at boats

and is too stupid to word it correctly

[dbonds]

19. Can't lie your way out of a pandemic, so distract, distract, distract.

[bucolic_frolic]

20. LOL, it just gets more dementia every week

'shoot down' gun boats. Like they cruise the waves and become airborne, like ... whales, or ....

His world is not ordered together very well in his head.

[TomVilmer]

23. Trump is probably confusing gunboats with gunship...

... since a gunship is a military aircraft, which could be shot down.

[Chainfire]

27. You have to forgive him

Trump has a very limited vocabulary. He has to have multiple meanings for the few phrases he uses.

[Chainfire]

24. The boats I saw in the news film

were civilian pleasure boats. They are as much danger to American warships as a gnat is to an elephant. Of course, they could load up with TNT and damage or sink a frigate or a destroyer. The Iranians know that just out of sight, over the horizon, stands the full power of a nuclear navy.

The truth is is that we don't have a clue if the American ships are in Iranian waters, unless, of course, that you believe everything the Trump government tells you. Trump has demonstrated that he is perfectly willing to sacrifice American lives to bolster his political position. Trump would be willing to sacrifice sailors and a ship or two to reduce the heat in his kitchen. A shooting war would be a win-win for Trump with his faithful. Nothing shows leadership, power and authority like films of "enemy" positions being blown up by smart bombs. Yea-Yea- Go Team!

Trump is losing the popularity struggle. To him, it would make perfect sense to start a shooting war with Iran. Anything to alter the unrelenting virus news. The man is a clear and present danger to the entire world. Back him into a corner and there is no limit to what Trump is capable of doing. There are few practical stops on his ability to exercise of power of the Commander In Chief of US military forces.

We put a madman in our White House, we can expect him to do crazy things.

[OAITW r.2.0]

25. Wait till he starts torpedoing the missles.

Nothing like a shooting war in the Gulf of Arabia to reduce the oil supply-side.

[bluevoter4life]

26. $20 says this tweet caught the Navy off-guard

This is the first they are hearing about this and hopefully, like most Twitter orders, they ignore this one as well.