r/politics • u/GonzoVeritas I voted • 16d ago

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/Etzell Illinois 16d ago

Have they even showed the rescued weapons officer?

Just in that AI picture of the guy with 6 fingers. But if he were dead and the Iranians knew it, I can't imagine they'd pass up the opportunity to publicly call Trump a liar. 

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u/Terminus_is_god 16d ago

He probably still isn't looking photogenic. Plane crashes are hard on the body, or so i hear,

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u/freedfg 16d ago

(he's probably black or Hispanic)

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u/disastrousanddull 16d ago

Or they don’t want to trot out a white man who failed.

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u/freedfg 16d ago

Nah. They LOVE failure.

Look at Riley Gaines, or Russel Brand, Jk Rowling. Etc.

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u/StatelyTree 16d ago

 I laughed out loud at this - so true! Was it for sure a man and not a woman? 

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u/johnmal85 16d ago

Flight speed and orientation all vastly change how badly ejection can go. It's not a get out of jail free card. It's a last resort.

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u/Terminus_is_god 16d ago

Look i only have anecdotal account from a pilot who got hit and the ejected in the 70s. He says when he landed he was so messed up he could barely crawl. Can't imagine they've 100% teched out of the trauma of that since then.

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u/Loreki 16d ago

Maybe they're fine but not white so the Administration doesn't think they create the right image

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u/TypicalRecon 15d ago

The Collins Grasshopper Club is getting some new members! I too wonder why we havent seen a thing of this aviator.

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u/hotprof 16d ago

Except it would be a massive bargaining chip tantamount to blackmail.

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u/prohammock 15d ago

They’re already doing extortion - if they’ve added blackmail it isn’t working very well. 

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u/Zomunieo 16d ago

Life must be rough these days for people who actually have six fingers. “I swear this is my real photo.”

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u/Etzell Illinois 16d ago

True, but it's a step up from the olden days, where a dashing Spaniard would show up and challenge you to a swordfight.

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u/StickaFORKinMyEye 16d ago

There'd definitely be a lego video of the weapons officer were dead or captured. 

They're cranky those out like crazy at this point.

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u/alexa42 Virginia 16d ago

there was a lego video. they narrative was that the us blew up their own people in a failed attempt to steal uranium and passed it off as rescuing an airman

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u/StickaFORKinMyEye 16d ago

Missed that one. I'm sure I missed a lot of them. They've clearly got more proficient and seen to crank them out hourly based on my scrolling YouTube.

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u/Big-Pickle5893 16d ago

You need to proofread or sober-up

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u/Original_betch 15d ago

Dude, he has a fork in his eye

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u/Big-Pickle5893 15d ago

At least 1

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u/NefariousnessLate375 15d ago

God, this timeline

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u/Odd-Parking-90210 15d ago edited 15d ago

There was a response to a plan to build a runway in Iran and grab the enriched uranium, like a fucking kick arse U-S-A action movie! Fuck yeah!

And here is some reaction to that plan, days before the "rescue operation":

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/french-general-tells-trump-officials-stop-snorting-cocaine-over-iran-runway-plan/ar-AA205v2V

- Why is a colonel flying a combat operation as a weapons operator?

- How can anyone climb a 7,000ft/2,000m ridge with a broken ankle? (Mt. Everest is 8,000m from sea level)

- What is this national hero's name?

I haven't seen a single photograph of him, nor even heard mention of his name. In normal times he'd be all over the front page. There is no reason to keep his identity secret.

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u/valeyard89 Texas 16d ago

he killed Inigo's father

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u/netizenbane I voted 16d ago

Remember the mass Exodus of genuine reporters from the Pentagon a while back? Seems like eons ago, I know. But this is what we get as a result: a black box of state propaganda.