SUCH A THING ON THE ISSUE OF AFGHANISTAN.
I COVER THE STORY A LITTLE BIT LAST WEEK 2.
I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THEM IN PART AND I THINK THAT HE IS
ASKING LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS.
THERE IT IS, LITTLE BIT OF AGREEMENT.
ALSO ADDRESSES STORY, BUT FIRST LET ME GIVE YOU THE PARTS WHERE
I FEEL HIS PAIN.
GREG JAFFE AND PHILIP RUCKER REPORTING FOR
THE WASHINGTON POST SAYING TRUMPíS OVER THE US MILITARY
WASNíT WINNING IN AFGHANISTAN AND HE ASKED REPEATEDLY WHY AFTER
MORE THAN 16
YEARS OF WAR, THE UNITED STATES WAS STILL STUFF STUCK THERE.
THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS.
HR MCMASTER IS THE GUY HE IS TALKING TO HERE, THE NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISOR HE IS ARRANGING THESE MEETINGS IN BRIEF IN
GENERAL AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE OPTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN.
THEY WANT INCREASING MEN AND TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN BUT
CHAVEZ ASKING A LEGITIMATE QUESTION.
WE HAVE INCREASED HIS REPORT HASN'T WORKED.
WE STILL HAVE THE SITUATION RESOLVED, AFTER 16 YEARS OF WAR.
I TOLD YOU LAST WEEK THAT HE WAS THINKING ABOUT FIRING THE
GENERAL IN CHARGE THERE AND THEY HAD TO TALK THEM DOWN.
I DON'T THINK IT IS A PARTICULAR GENERAL, JUST THINK IT IS
ABOUT CONCEPT BUT NOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED.
THEY EXPLAIN ñ
I ACTUALLY THINK IT IS NOT TO BE A CONTRADICTION.
THERE IS A THING OF POKER CALLED A STRONG FOLD.
YOU CAN SAY HEY, THIS IS MY STRONG OPINION THAT WE ARE
WASTING OUR TIME IN AFGHANISTAN AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY,
WASTING THE LIVES OF OUR SOLDIERS AND THE TRILLIONS OF
DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE SPENT THERE IN THE 16
YEARS OF WAR HAVE BEEN COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
I AM STRONGLY EXITING.
I'M DONE WITH THIS.
GENERALS, ASKED YOU FOR OPTIONS AND YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME ANY
THAT HAD ANY CHANCE OF SUCCESS.
WE ARE LEAVING.
THAT IS NOT A CONTRADICTION AND IT DRIVES ME CRAZY WHEN THE
PRESS SAYS, STRONGEST PERMANENT WAR AND ANYTHING ELSE IS WEAK.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE AT ALL AND IF TRUMP WAS BRIGHT, HE
COULD MAKE THAT CASE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS WHERE THE STORY GETS INTERESTING
BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT THAT BRIGHT.
NOT ONLY CAN HE NOT MAKE THAT DISTINCTION, HE WAVERS
BACK-AND-FORTH.
SHOULD WE BE SENDING MORE TROOPS?
THE NEGATIVE BE MY CHEST AND ON THE OTHER HAND, IT IS A
MESS AND I WAS RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
THE GENERALS ARENíT
WINNING BUT THE GUY REPORTING TO ME AS A FORMER GENERAL AND MY
DEFENSE SECRETARY AND MY CHIEF OF STAFF IS THE FORMER GENERAL.
THE GUY LIVES IN A CONTRADICTION BECAUSE HE IS NOT BRIGHT
ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT THE BIZARRE CONTRADICTIONS.
THE WASHINGTON POST TALKED TO 20 DIFFERENT SOURCES FOR THE STORY.
WHEN THEY GET TO THE PART ABOUT H.R. MCMASTER, THE
CHALLENGES IN TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION OF
AFGHANISTAN TO TRUMP.
THEY EXPLAINED,
YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT, CONCENTRATE.
LET'S GET TO
THE DETAILS.
THAT IS TRUMP DOING THAT.
DEALING WITH A CHILD HERE, RIGHT.
MCMASTER IS LIKE, HEREíS OPTION ONE AND TRUMPíS LIKE, DID YOU
SEE THE RALLY I HAD?
THAT WAS AMAZING.
THEY LOVE ME.
THE CROWD SIZES HAVE BEEN HUGE.
MCMASTER IS LIKE VERY GOOD.
OPTION NUMBER TWO IN AFGHANISTAN AND TRUMP IS LIKE, YOU SHOULD
SEE WHAT FOX AND FRIENDS SAID.
VERY GOOD, HERE'S OPTION 3.
BY THE WAY, THEY DID THE SAME TRICKS AND THEY EXPLAIN
THEM HERE IN THE ARTICLE AS THEY HAVE IN ALL THE OTHER ARTICLES.
YOU MUST SHOW THE PRESIDENT PICTURES OTHERWISE HE CAN
CONCENTRATE ON THE CASE OF AFGHANISTAN THEY WERE
SHOWING A PICTURE SOME 1972 WHEN WOMEN WERE WEARING SKIRTS.
SEE, AFGHANISTAN USED TO BE A DIFFERENT PLACE IN WHICH A
MESSAGE OF THE HISTORY OF AND HE IS LIKE OKAY, THAT IS GOOD,
BUT BACK TO TRUMP AND EVERYTHING THEY DO IS TO KEEP TALKING
ABOUT HIM SO THAT HE WILL PAY ATTENTION.
JESUS CHRIST, THIS GUY IS THE MOST POWERFUL GUY
IN THE WORLD.
TARGETS WORSE.
CONCENTRATE, PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR THE PRESIDENT THAT YOU NEED
TO HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF AFGHANISTAN IF YOU'RE GOING TO
MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT GETS WORSE.
THEY'RE NOT MAKING THIS UP THAT THIS IS SOURCES INSIDE THE
WHITE HOUSE SAYING HE CANNOT PAY ATTENTION TO A SINGLE PAGE
WITH BULLET POINTS.
IS NOT EVEN SOLID TEXT.
SHOW ME MORE PICTURES.
AND THEY WERE THAT THEY WERE SHOWN PICTURES OF 2005
VERSUS 2015.
THERE LIKE IT'S A MARKETPLACE, FOR CREDIT, IS MY PROGRESS
WE GO TO A TRUMP CONFIDANT.
THESE ARE SOME OF HIS FRIENDS.
THAT IS NOT A GOOD TITLE.
I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO BE THE TWO-MINUTE MAN UNDER ANY
CONTEXT, BUT THAT IS A TRUMP CONFIDANT SAYING HE CANNOT
PAY ATTENTION FOR LONGER THAN TWO MINUTES.
GOD HELP US ALL.
AND FINALLY, THAT SAME PERSON SAID, THE PRESIDENT HAS
PATIENCE FOR HALF A PAGE.
THAT IS IT.
WITHOUT WE WERE DOWN TO A PAGE FILLED WITH PICTURES AND
BULLETPROOF POINTS.
TURNS OUT WE'RE DOWN TO HAVE A PAGE.
REMEMBER WHEN REPAIRING THEM TO GO TO EUROPE, THEY WERE
TRYING TO TEACH HIM BASED ON TWEET SIZE MESSAGES.
WE KNOW HE CAN CONCENTRATE FOR A TWEET SO THEY LIKE HERE, HERE IS
140 CHARACTERS.
HOW YOU GOING TO EXPLAIN THE TRADING RELATIONSHIPS WE
HAVE WITH THE G 20
PARTNERS ALL ACROSS THE WORLD IN SWEET SIZED INFORMATION?
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO EXPLAIN AFGHANISTAN'S COMPLEXITIES
AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS ON WHAT TO DO WHEN THE
PRESIDENT CANNOT PAY ATTENTION FOR LONGER THAN HALF A PAGE?
REPUBLICANS, IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE COUNTRY, PICK ANOTHER GUY
WHO HAS ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU LIKE, DOESN'T LIKE
IMMIGRANTS OR MUSLIMS, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU THINK IS GOING
TO GIVE YOU BETTER HEALTHCARE OR YOU ARE INCREDIBLY RICH AND
YOU WANT LOWER TAXES, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT, PICK
ANOTHER GUY BECAUSE THIS GUY IS A CHILD AND HE IS GOING TO CAUSE
GREAT DAMAGE DINED THE CASE OF AFGHANISTAN, LIKE I SAID.
I AM AGAINST HIM ON THE ISSUE.
FOR GODS SAKE, THE ONE
WHERE WE LEAVE.
THAT IS WHAT YOU SAID ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
DO THAT ONE.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ISSUE LIKE NORTH KOREA AND WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO MAKE A MOMENTOUS DECISION AND WE MIGHT GO TO
WAR AND MILLIONS OF LIVES MIGHT BE ON THE LINE.
YOU REALLY WANT THIS GUY MAKING THAT DECISION?
KNOW YOU DON'T.
NOT EVEN IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN YOU DON'T WANT THAT AND NOW,
THERE ARE OTHER STORIES OUT, FAMOUS BACKERS LIKE PETER THIEL,
THE LEGENDARY INVESTOR IN SAN FRANCISCO WHO MADE A BIG SPEECH
AT THE CONVENTION BACKING TRUMP AND GOING BACK AND SAYING
THE ONE WHERE THE DEFENSES OF MINISTRATION SO FAR AS
INCOMPETENCE.
I TOLD YOU.
I TOLD YOU THAT IN THE CAMPAIGN.
I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THAT
SINCE.
THAT THE GUY IS LEGENDARILY INCOMPETENT.
NOW EVEN HIS
BACKERS ARE SEEING IT.
HE IS A DANGER TO THE COUNTRY AND A
DANGER TO THE WORLD.
YOUNG TURKS.