"Instead, we got a great deal of verbal incontinence, of two different sorts. President Trump-who initially seemed not to have heard about this planned gathering, but when he did decided to join because it seemed like fun-followed the secretary with over an hour of meandering whines, boasts, and half-hearted attempts at humor. He appeared tired, his voice raspy, his attention span even shorter than usual; he joked feebly about not wanting to trip while walking downstairs."
"There was plenty of nastiness to be sure-unremitting sneers at his predecessor (particularly his autopen), half-hearted rants about "left wing lunatics," and a good many racist dog whistles. President Obama he described as "bopping downstairs," and the places where Americans were sent pointlessly were Kenya and Somalia rather than, say, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, not to mention his invocation of the two n-words ("nuclear" being one of them) that one should not use. And of course, there were the asides about the "animals" in the inner cities."
A planned gathering of about 800 generals and admirals (with their senior enlisted advisers) prompted rumors about changing the commissioning oath, public dismissals, strategic withdrawals, or a new National Defense Strategy, but none of those things happened. Instead, President Trump gave an over-an-hour-long, meandering address marked by whines, boasts, weak humor, tiredness, and a raspy voice. The remarks featured sneers at his predecessor, half-hearted rants about "left wing lunatics," and multiple racist dog whistles, including comments about "bopping downstairs," invoking "n-words" ("nuclear"), and calling people "animals" in inner cities. Post-event coverage focused on rhetoric about an "invasion from within," readiness to fight "foreign and domestic" enemies, and suggestions about using American cities as military training grounds.
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