That must have been a fun conversation when they found out they were on the sacrificial lamb plane
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Karoline Leavitt, WH spokesperson, resigned yesterday. She had a baby in May and had already returned from maternity leave, but has now suddenly decided she wants to spend more time with family.
She was one of the staffers he left on the decoy.
We're all calling the old custom 747 -- the one with all the gov-spec classified countermeasures, the one that's cost us $2 billion, the one that's full of real human civilians -- we're calling that the "decoy plane" now.
The fake president is on his fake plane going to fake meetings. He's not in charge.
Hey good point actually, at least the sacrificial plane was a real "Air Force One" in its capabilities and defenses. Unlike the gold tchotchke plane. And I like thinking how uncomfortable the military plane probably was. The fact no attack happened suggests someone knew he wasn't on the sacrificial plane. Hegseth probably texted a friend about it. Loser Bone Spurs showing his true cowardice.
The fact no attack happened suggests someone knew he wasn't on the sacrificial plane.
If you are the Iranian military, would you want your enemy to be led by Mr Trump or someone else?
Maybe someone else wouldn't bomb elementary schools. Sure it's a maybe, but maybe that's a worthy dice roll.
Have you seen the republicans, the would bomb and rape elementary schools
Haha, you thinking maybe there was no threat and someone just made a bet they could get him to cower in a lunch carrier?
I saw a take that was just “he has no attention span, the only way to get him to care is to make it feel engaging and exciting”
And thus the idea of the attack was crafted to get him re-invested in the war. To make him see it as important and not just an annoying thing he wants to go away. And… given that kegseth went with him… yah… feels like a stunt.
The C32A, the plane Trump actually went on, pretty much has all of the same stuff as the VC25A. It's just based on Boeing 757, which is a single aisle airliner.
is he the most shot at president of all time by now? he's winning so big lol
Only because his alleged assassins are so incompetent.
Trump the only president that has ever scurried away in fear in a food truck while probably boasting about how great he is to the DoW chief that has only lost wars, because they are losing a war to a country that they considered inferior.
Cowards
He's got a lot of records. Sleeping on camera, most corrupt, shitting his pants, lowest intelligence, orangest, and he's working on presiding over the most American deaths, and several more.
"Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make."
Of course those two cowards cowered together
Kegsbreath was already in the catering cart eating carbs and drinking Jack
Presidents used to shake off bullet wounds to give speeches. Wtf happened?
You wonder if they even knew they were on the plane along with the expendables.
Heh, Hegseth is Trump's version of "the cool guy". Just when you thought the child rapist couldn't go any lower. Which one was I talking about. both
I don't understand the security logic....
- We think this plane will be attacked
- fill it with people, plus senior officials, and send it on its merry way.
Trump only cares about Trump. At least it was a real Air Force One - worthy plane, so it's harder to shoot down than your average 747
He doesn't give a shit if they die. He's got a line of scumbags waiting to jump in.
Damn it, they need to stop splitting up. We need to get them, the Republicans in Congress, AIPAC Democrats, and at least half of the Supreme Court together. Hopefully some billionaires and tech industry leaders too.
Maybe a cruise? We could advertise some new giant boat as being unsinkable... oh, shit, the icebergs all melted.
Talk to bill burr and get it done.
Stop teasing us with what might have been! My heart cannot take it!
So somebody told kegsbreath as a prank to see how far he'd take it? I mean, that's now my head canon regardless of what actually happened.
Is Real?
Ah Expendable Rubio. Catchy name.
LOL. Even they know they can lose a few with no real consequences.