The Sgt Schultz Defense: “I know nothing!”
First of all, it’s laughable to think that this is true. Secondly, if it was true then he’s admitting how out of touch he is with the operation of his own administration.
He’s been golfing and signing executive orders crafted by the Heritage Foundation this whole time. He doesn’t care what’s going on as long as he’s unobstructed.
unobstructedimmune to prosecution
Why would it be laughable to think this is true? And why do you assume that he is telling the truth?Edit: I can’t read
You think the president of the US would first hear of a fuck up of this magnitude from the press?
I’m sure that even before the article was published they were trying to think of a way to silence it in a way that wouldn’t make things even worse in the next 24 hours. That’s why Trump was up there preemptively trying to discredit The Atlantic despite claiming to not know anything about his own administration’s incompetent bullshit.
Oh I think I misunderstood your original comment, I fully agree with you
No worries, but I’m not the one who posted the original comment you replied to.
Double whoops lol
Definitely making the same fast-reading mistakes I do all the time. Game recognises game.
It is laughable to think this is true because Trump follows news about himself and his administration quite closely, and this is all over the news.
It is also characteristic of Trump to say he “knows nothing about” all kinds of things that he wishes he knew nothing about, from George Papadopoulos to Project 2025.
I do not assume he is telling the truth. I assume he is lying. My interpretation is that the commenter you are responding to also thinks that he is lying, because it would be laughable to think this is true.
And the scumbags that sent Obama and his family literal death threats when anyone in his administration did anything that they viewed as wrong or disrespectful, will eat this shit up.
I mean, not really? If I delegate a bunch of people who work for me to go take care of something, I expect them to take care of it and report back, not send me an exhaustive list of everything they did to accomplish it including which apps they used to discuss arrangements. Much as I hate defending Trump about anything, no president has the time or energy to keep track of what his underlings are doing to such a level of detail.
Which is why you saw shit like this in any other administration 🙄
If you delegate a bunch of idiots to do a job and they fuck up, it’s your responsibility.
B-b-but it’s finally Ameritocracy!
Well yeah, he’s clearly responsible for putting idiots in power, I’m just saying he can’t manage their daily shit.
Oh, are you the head Executive of the most powerful (for now at least) nation on the planet? Are you the Commander in Chief of its military?
No? So it doesn’t really compare does it?
Even conservative presidents in the past have stated that “the buck stops with them.” This guy is just incapable of accepting responsibility for his actions.
Right, no human has the capacity to imagine what it must be like to have that many responsibilities and that much shit going on, right? Also, that was Harry Truman from the fucking late 40s - I dunno if you’ve noticed, but the world has gotten considerably more complex in the last 75-odd years.
Yeah, no. This is what presidential candidates sign up for when they run.
Buy the ticket, take the ride.
…this is why competent administrations rigorously implement, enforce, and prosecute information security: the very idea of using a personal device for state communication is anathema to that core competency…
Oh yeah, I know the US government has secure comms specifically for this purpose so not using it is a clusterfuck of pretty epic proportions, no doubt.
I’m not talking about the inciting incident, I’m talking about the reporting on the incident. If there is a meaningful security breach related to US military operations, the president sure needs to be aware of it, especially if it being reported on in public.
Oh, it’s certain he was told, otherwise he wouldn’t be rolling out one of his typical know-nothing denials.
He’s too stupid to understand the importance of secure operations, and he’s following Putin’s directions to weaken US government and military security anyway. What’s an arsonist care about a small nearby fire started by his flunkies?
It’s also worth nothing that what’s happening with the Houthis is directly related to a genocidal war started several years ago by none other than Muhammad Bone Saw, the psychopathic Saudi crown prince and de facto king.
Ah, that’s entirely fair.
If I delegate someone to do something and they fuck up majorly, I expect to be the first to know.
No doubt. I’m just saying he can’t manage their daily shit.
So he’s just straight up admitting he has no idea what’s happening in his administration, and for some weird reason MAGAts won’t be even slightly bothered by it.
He’s just there to sign whatever is put in front of him. He doesn’t even know what is written in the Executive Orders he’s signed, or anything else he’s signed, guaranteed. Plausible deniability is a helluva drug 💊🏛
Professor: Mr Trump, did you plagiarize this paper?
Young Donald: I didn’t write that paper, I know nothing about it
Professor: so you admit to plagiarism then?
Young Donald: no, that’s not what I meant
The Narcissist’s Prayer
That didn’t happen.
And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.
And if it was, that’s not a big deal.
And if it is, that’s not my fault.
And if it was, I didn’t mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.Just like he “knew nothing” about project 2025 during the elections.
He ain’t reading that shit lol
He knows nothing about everything.
That’s why conservatives relate to him.
He knows nothing better than anybody.
Trump has never heard of someone and then it’s proven that he knows them personally, that’s always how things go with him, so he for sure knew about the article, probably before it was released as they probably asked the White House for comments before publishing.
priced
Proven?
Yep!
The Sgt Schultz Defense: “I know NOTHING!”
At my university, people used to use code words to give RAs plausible deniability about underage drinking and other shenanigans
I love it when he says “this is the first time you’re telling me this” or whatever.
Like…yeah…as it’s just happened.
Big oopsie
He knows nothing about a lot of things… that is part of the problem.
Truncated for accuracy: Trump Says He Knows Nothing
About Bombshell Article In The AtlanticThat makes it worse.
Someone should give him a portrait where his hair looks accurate like this. Weirdly flat. And his face orange, of course.
Trump says he knows nothing
