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LessAspin

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24. Plausible Deniability

Reply to marble falls (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 09:31 AM

Mar 25

I was about to post the same thing but as I think about it Trump probably doesn't know what Plausible Deniability means.

The more likely explanation might be Trump isn't smart enough to understand and doesnt really care about the details.

So he just leaves all that to his team of Useful Idiots.

Just another reason Putin plays Trump like a fiddle 🎻 in their little chats.

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Why wasn't Trump on the signal chat list? [View all] Irish_Dem Mar 25 OP

Was wondering the same thing. Blue_Roses Mar 25 #1

His Chief snowybirdie Mar 25 #2

Oh by the way we just bombed a foreign country. Irish_Dem Mar 25 #22

It gets in the way of his golf to actually govern Maeve Mar 25 #3

Trump wasn't on the chat but Putin was. Irish_Dem Mar 25 #23

They were not that incompetent. Turbineguy Mar 25 #4

"Plausible deniability". Al Capone, Adolf Hitler never got their hands dirty ... marble falls Mar 25 #5

It's the same story every time, the Sargent Schultz defense "I know nothing". Then he attacks the doc03 Mar 25 #9

The truth being, of course, Schultz really was never ever in the loop. The only exception to ... marble falls Mar 25 #11

Plausible Deniability LessAspin Mar 25 #24

His version of plausible deniabilty is "and keep my name out of it." ... marble falls Mar 25 #31

POTUS is not typically involved in operational details Abnredleg Mar 25 #6

Really? ... marble falls Mar 25 #13

He's watching the implementation of a plan Abnredleg Mar 25 #15

Nobody on that call has the military expertise to do anything. yardwork Mar 25 #18

War is politics by other means Abnredleg Mar 25 #20

This! Blue_Roses Mar 25 #27

This wasn't just operational details - they were decided whether to do it Prairie Gates Mar 25 #14

They are part of the NSC /nt Abnredleg Mar 25 #16

Are you saying this was a meeting of the National Security Council? Prairie Gates Mar 25 #19

Did I say that? No Abnredleg Mar 25 #21

Ha ha sure Irish_Dem Mar 25 #25

Yes, for sure Abnredleg Mar 25 #30

Mob bosses look like they're not involved... MiHale Mar 25 #7

It was in the morning. He's busy watching television in bed. Vinca Mar 25 #8

Four letters C_U_L8R Mar 25 #10

Hogs mistyped Don's phone number. Chipper Chat Mar 25 #12

There is probably also anTwitter DM chain Johonny Mar 25 #17

Yellow stickies on his Diet Coke can. Irish_Dem Mar 25 #26

He doesn't know how to log on. milestogo Mar 25 #28

He probably had another important meeting Emile Mar 25 #29

He doesn't give a shit. lark Mar 25 #32

They know TSF is a Security Risk Kid Berwyn Mar 25 #33

One of Trump's most sickening pictures. Irish_Dem Mar 25 #34