CNN/MSNBC DESPERATELY Trying to Explain Trump's Incompetence Re: North Korea

[KittyWampus]

He just made a one sentence, generic statement after Abe made a full, strong statement.

TRUMP DID NOT EVEN MENTION NK. Just said we stand behind Japan.

Commentators are desperate to try and cover for Trump's inability to make a lucid statement.

Trying words like "measured, careful"

It is so obvious Trump is ignorant and unable to respond intelligently.

[yallerdawg]

1. It's reassuring to know...

Prime Minister Abe has it all under control.

[KittyWampus]

2. If you can, turn on either channel and watch them try desperately to pretend everything's normal.

[yallerdawg]

8. We have no idea what this psycho might be thinking.

We are going to have to rely on our military, South Korea, Japan and China to make measured, diplomatic responses.

ON EDIT: The psycho I am referring to is not from North Korea.

[eleny]

3. He's never been measured and careful - So, what the what the?!

[KittyWampus]

5. Exactly. He made a one sentence statement that didn't even mention NK

[eleny]

9. This must be a "tell"

Remember when he was just asked about the Flynn allegations and he barely said a word? Anyone else's hair would be on fire upon hearing that his closest nat'l security advisor committed criminal acts. And what did The Conald say? Something about how he hadn't heard about it and would look into it. Baloney. He just didn't know how to deal with it so he said very little.

When he shuts himself down like this he's shitting a brickload in his Armani.

[dchill]

4. He can only really fully engage his mind...

Such as it is - when it involves some kind of "deal" that he personally benefits from.

[Beaverhausen]

6. Restrained. Diplomatic.

Words we always associate with Drumpf.

[ProudLib72]

7. CNN/MSNBC continue to normalize stupidity

Why? Why do they try to find a reason when there is none? Why can't they just say, "Our president is big, fat, idiot who is about to get us all killed"? Until they say that, I have no respect for them.

[randome]

23. After all, that would just be reporting the facts. No editorializing needed.

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Muslim ban = failed. Yemen raid = failed. Approval ratings = failed.
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[yallerdawg]

10. I miss the old HLN format.

It would repeat the news every half hour, 24 hours a day, updated with breaking news.

I guess the internet broke that model.

I miss the old internet, when it was known honorably as "the information superhighway" and truth was valued.

I guess Fox News broke that model.

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. Fox News debuted in 1996, the same year the web became available to most Americans

The internet didn't break things so much as the rise of social media and smartphones did. Before things like Facebook and Twitter you had to find things yourself and seek out discussion forums and newsgroups to talk to other people.

[Backwoodsrider]

11. fantasy meet floor

Trump is just a reality TV show actor nothing else and the truth is now out.

Many people on the right have based much of their belief system on what Trump has been saying. Now evidence is mounting that much of what Trump said was just a fantasy and victory has been snatched away from the poor one more time. This is happening all up and down the GOP. Many Trump voters found they had a way to right some wrongs and improve their life based on what Trump was saying. But there is no easier softer way, change is an inside job.

So in this time of change and I harbor no resentments against my friends family and neighbors who voted for Trump and I look forward to what America is going to become now that we are assembling in mass. To everyone who has picketed or call your congressperson or anything to signal you want to be heard GOOD JOB

[Staph]

12. Why should he care about North Korea?

They aren't Muslin!







(Yes, I know I misspelled Muslim!)

[elmac]

13. He's just waiting for his conference call with his president Putin

may take the FBI a few hours to patch him through securely.

[tenorly]

14. Very reminiscent of Bush's mishandling of the dispute with North Korea, predictably enough.

Bush, famously, harassed Kim Jon Il (the current dictator's father/predecessor) so much that in 2002 he tore up the agreement Jimmy Carter had worked so hard to get in 1994 and promptly removed all IAEA monitoring staff and equipment.

Luckily things didn't escalate, though I'm sure Dubya and Cheney wished they had - preferably just before the next elections.

[Skittles]

15. TRUMP IS A FUCKING MORON

he makes even DUBYA look smart

[JI7]

17. remember the debates and how they kept going on about how he did well the first 15 minutes

or some shit like that ?

it wasn't even that he did well but he wasn't as horrible as he ended up being.

[Corey_Baker08]

18. I Think His VP Interview Of John Kasich Is Most Telling

I believe the quote was "how would you like to be the most powerful vp in history?"

He's out of his league and up to something...

[briv1016]

19. Trust me, Donald saying next to nothing is the best case scenario.

This could have gone a lot worse. Unfortunately if he thinks he's being viewed as weak, it still way.

[UCmeNdc]

20. It is ironic how when President Obama was in charge how many critics he had.

They all screamed how weak President Obama was now that the GOP is completely in charge....... crickets!

[OldHippieChick]

21. Their corporate owners are so worried

that the people might panic if they knew how truly incompetent he is.

[Vinca]

22. We're talking about an orange no nothing. He first has to be tutored and shown a world map to even

grasp a hint of what the problem is. This is the point where I hope there are sane people in the military who will convince him it is not a good idea to prove his manhood by killing thousands of innocent people.