# How has Former President Trump pissed you off today?

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**Created:** [January 20, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640 "2017-01-20T17:21:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/2107 "2017-10-19T13:16:08Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> So much for the Comforter-in-Chief.

> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> He likes the soldiers who don’t get killed.

Apparently Trump was given a prepared statement on October 5, and if he had just gone on TV and read it, this whole kerfuffle could have been avoided. But then, of course, the story would have been about the soldiers and not about “How much better Trump is than Obama.”

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> In fact, Politico reports that the National Security Council staff drafted exactly such a statement for release on October 5, the day after the deaths. “The heroic Americans who lost their lives yesterday did so defending our freedom and fighting violent extremism in Niger,” a draft read in part. “Our administration and our entire nation are deeply grateful for their sacrifice, for their service, and for their patriotism.” Yet for reasons that are still not clear, the statement was never released. Putting it out might have dampened any questions about the mission—which it is increasingly appears was ridden with problems—and avoided the press-conference question.

[Cite](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/trump-cant-resist-unforced-errors/543348/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlantic+%28The+Atlantic+-+Master+Feed%29)

This whole article is about “yet another example of how this president inflicts crises on himself.”

:rolleyes:

But that way he gets to turn the cameras on himself and be the Star of the Story and trash his predecessors and everyone else for beating up on him, stealing his milk money, and breaking his toys.

What. A. Loser.

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