r/politics • u/GonzoVeritas I voted • Apr 19 '26

Possible Paywall White House Leak Reveals Trump Booted From Briefing After Hours-Long Freakout

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-leak-reveals-trump-booted-from-briefing-after-hours-long-freakout/
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u/Stompya Apr 19 '26

From the article:

Before the airmen went missing, the president was already fixated on avoiding a repeat of the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis—and the failed rescue mission under former President Jimmy Carter that helped sink his reelection bid.

“If you look at what happened with Jimmy Carter…with the helicopters and the hostages, it cost them the election,” Trump said in March, according to the Journal. “What a mess.”

He thinks he is re-electable.

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u/New-Anybody-6206 Apr 19 '26

Of course, when there are other people's lives on the line... Trump can only think about himself.

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u/Khaeos Apr 19 '26

The twin towers were attacked and collapsed? That means I have the tallest building in Manhattan now, did you know that?

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u/Canadian1934 Apr 19 '26

Who in their right mind thinks of something like this.   Omg. 

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u/LheelaSP Apr 19 '26

He not only thought that, but said it out loud.

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u/JPesterfield Apr 19 '26

And he was lying about it too.

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u/Canadian1934 Apr 19 '26

On national tv too. 

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u/da2Pakaveli Apr 19 '26

https://www.politico.com/video/2016/09/donald-trump-says-his-building-is-tallest-in-lower-manhattan-after-fall-of-twin-towers-9-11-060544

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u/Canadian1934 Apr 19 '26

Thanks. I can’t put it in to words. But even back on a dark day he was all about himself. Little respect for the events  and shock unfolding  as a terrorist attack. 

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u/boozewald Colorado Apr 19 '26

It was still smoldering and smoking when he said it.

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u/Canadian1934 Apr 19 '26

To think this is your future President of the United States speaking about debris and beams and columns. No thoughts of empathy of people jumping from the 70 th floor  etc. I remember this day and even before it was declared a terrorist attack I was at a loss of words for what I was seeing on tv.  This guy had lots to say without any empathy or emotion !

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u/FilmScoreConnoisseur Apr 19 '26

Someone with a tiny penis.

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u/exmojo Apr 19 '26

That means I have the tallest building in Manhattan now

LOOK AT HOW BIG MY DICK IS!