For the Record: Here's the Email Telling the Navy to Hide the USS John McCain

[G_j]

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/05/for-the-record-heres-the-email-telling-the-navy-to-hide-the-uss-john-mccain/

Here’s the fabled email instructing the Navy to keep the USS McCain out of sight during President Trump’s visit to Japan:

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/05/for-the-record-heres-the-email-telling-the-navy-to-hide-the-uss-john-mccain/

President Trump says he knew nothing about this. The secretary of defense says he knew nothing about it either. I believe them. This was cooked up by Trump aides in the White House who were worried that Trump might have a meltdown if saw the McCain in port.

Just think about that. Trump’s staff lives in such terror of their man-child that they were afraid he might explode during a military review if he happened to catch sight of the words “USS John McCain” on the side of a naval vessel. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your commander-in-chief.

[Arkansas Granny]

1. What a sad state of affairs.

[notdarkyet]

2. What about the sailors refused to board and hear rump because they w re from the McCain?

[Leghorn21]

3. Well, LOSER45 *is* a scary badass, y'know

[yankeepants]

12. Or it could be "G.I. Dough"

[smb]

27. He's A Real GI-Joe Type!

[Blue Owl]

4. Sad

that anyone feels the need to tiptoe around that overgrown, underdeveloped turd...

[IcyPeas]

5. I hope to gawd

that there will never be a USS donald trump.. could this happen?

[get the red out]

7. If we ever need a ship to haul shit across the ocean

Trump would make a good name for it.

[klook]

8. There's a Ronald Fucking Reagan Airport.

So, yeah.

Then again, i can't think of anything named after Nixon. Well, almost nothing.

[erronis]

19. I've long lobbied for moving the Ronnie emblem to the Blue Plains plant across the river.

Washington National could regain its rightful honor in the airspace of the US and the world without being tainted by that B-string senile-at-birth actor/wannabe.

Blue Plains is a wonderful waste water treatment plant that constantly filters the shit that emanates from DC - Congress, WH, lobbyists, etc. I think Ronnie would be totally pleased to have it called "The Ronnie Waste Place". In a pinch we could through in the donald: "The Ronnie/Donnie Shit Shack."

[klook]

25. Perfect. (nt)

[smb]

28. Not Even A Garbage Scow

After all, a ship named USS Donald Trump should not be hauling garbage....

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. Human filth

[meadowlander]

9. Assuming he could read it is giving him too much credit.

[peggysue2]

10. I'm not convinced the Trumpster knew nothing about this

I can easily imagine him being told the USS John McCain would be there and him throwing a stupid baby fit, then the aides running around in a panic to avoid another public blowout.

The man has but a single channel: The Liars' Club.

[marble falls]

11. According to later news, he got to see the ship anyways. When the Dept of the Navy found ...

out the tarp was removed and the barge sent elsewhere.

Supposedly McCain sailors were given liberty for the day so Trump wouldn't have to see ship patches.

[UTUSN]

13. So, who sent the e-mail? Odd that the article makes a point without the punch line.

[underpants]

16. I read it as a summary email

[Roland99]

29. Doesn't look like any email from 2019

That font? No headers? Even redacted.

[UTUSN]

30. Yip, but it *does* look like a military memo with military jargon, relaying "discussions between

WHMO and C7F" - so C7F is the sender, relaying to the Commands below? C7F is the Pentagon?

[MyOwnPeace]

14. ANYBODY

that thinks this is sane and rational behavior on the part of ANYBODY in this mis-administration is someone that is seriously lacking in basic adult thinking - not safe for being in public - and CERTAINLY not VOTING!!

[Kurt V.]

26. +1 and not safe to govern. That's you, republicans in congress

[watoos]

15. If Trump says he knew nothing about it,

Odds are that he knew all about it.

[question everything]

17. Same as Christie did not know about closing the bridge

Autocratic, erratic men in power train their minions to guess their moods and to act accordingly to please them.

[MyOwnPeace]

32. Ha! You got THAT right!!!!

And another thing they have in common - the both send their flunkies off to jail to serve time for the crimes that they orchestrated - while they continue to waddle free.............

[flotsam]

18. Jeepers...

...good thing the junior staffer didn't kid around and type in "4. Launch tomahawk missile strike on Tehran."

[Honeycombe8]

20. Heard on The View that the McCain ship did NOT cover his name. They ignored the request.nt

[Scarsdale]

24. On ABC news, there was a photo

of the tarp covering the name. tRump was in the foreground. Asinine, repulsive, lard-assed, low I.Q., man child.

[B Stieg]

21. "Well-oiled machine," NOT nt

[Kurt V.]

22. trump approval among rank and file military in steady decline. this won't help.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2018/10/15/support-for-trump-is-fading-among-active-duty-troops-new-poll-shows/

[jpak]

23. Should have sent that email to David Copperfield

He coulda done it

[winetourdriver01]

31. Well yes

This is your commander in chief ON Drugs!