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Originally posted by stoic-one:
Steve is right, be like Steve.

Steve is right!

Women love Trump because he places women in position of authority.

Men like Trump because when the women FAIL at their jobs he fires them and hires men that get the job done.

Bada Boom. Everyone's happy.

Todd Blanche is temporarily the A.G., I wonder if his tenure will be until the end of next month. May 26th is the Republican runoff between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton. If incumbent Cornyn wins, maybe Paxton could have a new job...

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Originally posted by 12131:
Tulsi Gabbard is in the crosshairs next, according to this Guardian article, which will not be a surprise to me. Her refusal to rebuke Joe Kent and insistence that only the President can determine “imminent threat” are the last nails in her DNI coffin. You’re DNI, you’re presenting the President with all intelligence reports and that’s it? You have no opinion or recommendations regarding what’s on the table? “Oh no, Mr. President, you determine imminent threat. I’m not touching this with a ten-foot pole”.

I actually think she did the ethical thing. I think she did not believe that Iran was an imminent threat. Rather than come right out and state that she disagreed with Trump, she gave an answer that allowed her to not lie about what she believed while also not publicly going against Trump. I actually tend to agree with her on this issue and don’t really believe that Iran was an “imminent” threat. I’m not expressing an opinion on whether or not the current actions against Iran are warranted or not, but I definitely don’t believe that Iran was an imminent threat that needed an immediate response to prevent something severe from happening to the US.

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Originally posted by Lt CHEG:
I think she did not believe that Iran was an imminent threat.

I disagree that that was her reasoning. Gabbard has always been an avowed peacenik who is against any war for seemingly any reason.

I can’t give an accurate account of how imminent a threat Iran was, but in one way, shape, or form, they have been a threat for the better part of five decades.

Do politicians paint a picture in a light favorable to their view? Do they tell half truths to misdirect or diminish an opposing viewpoint? They sure do. Every one of them. The president in his last address talked about the Obama administration handing 1.7 billion in cash to Iran. He sure did. From 400 million in cash Iran gave us 35+ years ago for an arms deal that went sideways and we held that money captive. 1.7 billion was negotiated in that shit deal Obama made with Iran. Trump didn’t lie, just never fully explained how it all happened. Sure gives a different impression when you don’t know the whole story doesn’t it? Obama still made a shit deal.

That aside, Iran has been responsible for the misery and death of more lives than we will ever know.

Has Trump stretched the truth about Iran? I’m sure he has. Does that diminish the evil the Ayatollah was responsible for? Not at all. I can’t blame Tulsi for taking the position she did. Noem, I’m glad she’s elsewhere. Bondi, tough talking approach, horrible closer. That became more apparent over time. Personally I think that may have been her strategy all along.

I like Hegseth. Very pragmatic fellow and this is long overdue.

https://x.com/SecWar/status/2039803944965185634?s=20

Now there's something that makes sense!

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Originally posted by armored:
Now there's something that makes sense!

Exactly — Good first, half-step. I would have been much happier were the direction to U.S. instillation commanders mandating DoW authorization of open and/or concealed carry for active duty and retirees IAW existing state laws…kinda similar to vehicle access.

Of course, I haven’t been on a military installation since retirement almost 3 years ago…but I don’t walk out my front door without being armed…

Godspeed and Good Hunting, Always

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

I like Hegseth. Very pragmatic fellow and this is long overdue.

I am hearing impaired, and most of these X videos, including this one, do not offer captions.

Can somebody post a brief summary of this?

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Originally posted by Lt CHEG:

I actually think she did the ethical thing. I think she did not believe that Iran was an imminent threat. Rather than come right out and state that she disagreed with Trump, she gave an answer that allowed her to not lie about what she believed while also not publicly going against Trump. I actually tend to agree with her on this issue and don’t really believe that Iran was an “imminent” threat. I’m not expressing an opinion on whether or not the current actions against Iran are warranted or not, but I definitely don’t believe that Iran was an imminent threat that needed an immediate response to prevent something severe from happening to the US.

I tend to agree. I obviously don't have access to the intel, so I can't speak to whether or not there was any credible intelligence that Iran was more of an imminent threat at the start of this than they have been for the past 10 years or so. But I think it's important for the President to have people around him who will give him information that he might not want to hear, and also have the courage to disagree with him on policy decisions. I don't know what's going on behind closed doors, but the rumor is that Tulsi is doing that. At the same time, she's publicly acknowledging that it's her job to provide information but that her boss is the one with the authority and responsibility to make the decision and act on it.

Loyalty doesn't mean being a "yes-man" (or in this case, "yes-woman"). It's important to hear dissenting opinions and information, provided it's delivered in good faith. I've seen no indication to date that Tulsi is doing anything but that.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

I like Hegseth. Very pragmatic fellow and this is long overdue.

I am hearing impaired, and most of these X videos, including this one, do not offer captions.

Can somebody post a brief summary of this?

Everybody has a God given right to self-defense but for too long the men and women who defend our freedom have not had this basic right on base. He gave 3 examples of the threat being inside with highly trained people nearby willing to neutralize quickly, but they were unarmed. The letter he is signing is to direct every base commander the basic presumption that every member of military will be given the right to carry after applying in writing. Specific reasons have to be given in writing if base commander doesn't grant it to an individual.

Check out this more detailed link from the department of war

For all the Dems/leftists crying about the bad Trump economy...suck on this:

Economy U.S. payrolls rose by 178,000 in March, more than expected; unemployment at 4.3%

The pundits were all predicting 59,000 new jobs.

^^^ Huge!

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Originally posted by 6guns:
^^^ Huge!

All the deportations plus reshoring may be having some effect already.

Whoda thunk it?

OK Lets go, I want some butts indicted, prosecuted and jailed....

https://x.com/JesseBWatters/st.../2039871717007311152

If Bondi's actions had been as good as her talk, she would have been the greatest AG ever. Sadly. that was not the case. Nearly everything she did started and ended with talk.
Rod

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Originally posted by PASig:
For all the Dems/leftists crying about the bad Trump economy...suck on this:

Economy U.S. payrolls rose by 178,000 in March, more than expected; unemployment at 4.3%

The pundits were all predicting 59,000 new jobs.

Record low unemployment, monthly budget surpluses, stock market at record highs. He truly has made America Great Again and managed to do it in under a year. The media is oddly silent on just how bad the jobless numbers and markets were under Biden but now the sky is falling everytime Trump blinks. I am curious to know how many of these jobs were created thanks to tarrifs and the revival of American manufacturing.

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The pundits were all predicting 59,000 new jobs.

Everything is either "lower" or "greater" - partially depending on who's in office - than "expected" or "predicted" with these pundits. Can't they get anything right for a change?

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Originally posted by HRK:
OK Lets go, I want some butts indicted, prosecuted and jailed....

https://x.com/JesseBWatters/st.../2039871717007311152

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Majorkas!