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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReuters: Trump visiting troops today at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq
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Dylan Stableford
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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump greet military personnel at the dining facility during an unannounced visit to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 26, 2018. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
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Reuters: Trump visiting troops today at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq (Original Post)
Mrs. Overall
Dec 2018
OP
Good thing journalists are there to confirm this or I would assume it was a lie.
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2018
#1
Desparate to distract from the NYT story filed yesterday confirming he truly was "Cadet Bone Spurs"
stuffmatters
Dec 2018
#13
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)1. Good thing journalists are there to confirm this or I would assume it was a lie.
He is a filthy pile of human shit.
MFM008
(19,808 posts)2. I knew a distraction was needed
I knew he would pull some shit.
matt819
(10,749 posts)3. And if Pete Souza hadn't posted about the idiot
Not visitingvtroops st Christmas, he wouldnt have gone.
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)4. Exactly
If he had intended on going there, he'd have left much earlier than they did. He's trying to save face doing this now.
Ohiogal
(31,992 posts)5. They sure look like a couple of clowns in that photo
Smiles absolutely fake and forced. No warmth behind them at all.
sprinkleeninow
(20,246 posts)7. Even 'more' orange.... eom
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)8. Looks photoshopped to me
onenote
(42,700 posts)9. Are the reporters that accompanied him also imaginary?
He went. Big f'ing deal. Tin foil nonsense about it being a fake trip isn't helpful
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)10. Always with that typical "shark grin" on his ugly mug!
Roland99
(53,342 posts)11. Pandering prick
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)12. Trump literally doesn't know how to smile.
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)13. Desparate to distract from the NYT story filed yesterday confirming he truly was "Cadet Bone Spurs"
Certainly he was given a head's up yesterday that this story would hit today at sunrise.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)14. It goes without saying he was shamed into doing it.
Are we entirely sure that isn't a stunt double?? LOL.
kacekwl
(7,016 posts)15. Sorry but what kind of soldier
wants a selfie with this fake bone spur president. I would not piss on him if he was was on fire