Pentagon Officials Forced to Make Fewer Public Appearances to Avoid Provoking Trump

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



Newly unearthed documents show senior U.S. Army officers have been ordered to make fewer public appearances, in an effort to avoid triggering showdowns with President Donald Trump. The Pentagon rules, which have been in existence for about nine months, specify that only one senior military leader and one civilian leader are allowed to appear at each “outside” non-government event each day. Online publication Defense One established the existence of the rule after asking the Office of the Secretary of Defense to explain why two of four senior DOD officials scheduled to speak at their event had suddenly canceled. “You and I both know what this is: an attempt to minimize the department’s profile to the president. Fewer speakers means fewer headlines means fewer angry tweets from the Lincoln Bedroom,” one former senior military official told Defense One.

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[PatSeg]

1. Oh, that is pathetic

Everyone is catering to his childish whims and tantrums.

[ck4829]

2. Indeed

[PatSeg]

5. It is a really bad look for our military

[flakey_foont]

3. Don't want to upset Baby Donnie

He'll lie on the floor and tantrum

[pazzyanne]

4. Baby donnie needs his behind paddled.

SORRY! I forgot that he actually likes that.

[trusty elf]

9. ....

[LakeSuperiorView]

6. Can't have anyone getting more press than him....

[noneof_theabove]

7. Add #16

to Bill Maher's list of "A slow moving coup".

16 stifle military so they appear loyal only to you.

I have
17) claps for himself walking out to podium [Kim style]
18) talk...Like...HITLER... [really watch the documentaries and new reels of Adolf and Don "the failed Con" @ rallies]

1 a narcist like his name and face on buildings
2 he appoints family members to positions of power
3 hold rallies when not running and they are scary
4 talks about jailing the press and political opponents
5 wants to hold military parades and muse openly about being president for life
6 uses his office for personal financial gain
7 loves other dictators
8 lies so freely that your supports don't even know what the truth is anymore and don't care
9 for a coup to work it is necessary for truth itself to be destroyed as well as the people who report it so the dictator is free to say anything and his followers believe it
10 state tv in this country and an actual propaganda channel where reporters openly endorse the leader
11 people who oversee the elections they are running in the election
12 truth isn't truth - R Gulliani Aug 2018
13 press is the enemy of the people
14 install personal protector to chief law enforcement
15 installed personal protector on highest court SCOTUS

[duforsure]

8. Grumpythinskin

IS being laughed at around the world today, so anything now upsets him after his pitiful performance in Paris, Mueller's got the goods on him, and his marriage is probably in shambles now. Add his policies and tariffs are causing the markets to collapse, and he may be having personal financial issues again. And his son may be indicted today. No wonder he's hiding and tweeting. He was like that in France too, to cowardly to say stuff to Macron's face and had to come back and hide behind his tweets because of being scared and afraid, and depressed. The pentagon needs to keep the codes away from this guy, he's dangerous, and desperate.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Headline writer missed an opportunity to say "triggering".

It's not really "provoking".