{"id":42945,"date":"2019-10-07T13:52:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T20:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42945"},"modified":"2019-10-07T20:43:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T03:43:34","slug":"unbelievable-is-trump-kidding-about-syria-like-he-was-about-china-and-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42945","title":{"rendered":"UNBELIEVABLE: Is Trump Kidding About Syria Like He Was About China and Biden?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there is one thing that Donald Trump has demonstrated that he excels at, it’s betraying his friends, associates, and even his family, when it suits his purpose. Anyone doing business with him, personal or otherwise, knows that he is likely to turn on them with bitter aggression should they fail to show sufficient adoration and unqualified loyalty. In short, he simply cannot be trusted.<\/p>\n

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On Monday Trump provided a horrifying example of his shameless disloyalty. He announced<\/a><\/strong> that he will be abandoning America’s Kurdish allies in Syria after they bravely sacrificed their lives on our behalf in the war against ISIS. It’s a decision so impulsive and reckless that it immediately drew rebukes from some of Trump’s staunchest supporters, including Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Nikki Haley, Mike Huckabee, Liz Cheney, even Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell. Even Fox News was torn apart (video below)<\/em> as Brian Kilmeade argued with his Fox and Friends<\/em> co-hosts about Trump’s abhorrent betrayal.<\/p>\n

Trump’s stated reasoning for throwing our friends under the tank mainly rests on wanting to end a protracted fight on foreign land and handing off that responsibility to Turkey and Europe. It’s a shockingly shallow analysis that completely ignores the security and national interests of the United States. But Trump still foolishly regards himself<\/a><\/strong> as a “stable genius”<\/em> and only heeds his own “great and unmatched wisdom.”<\/em><\/p>\n

However, Trump’s actual reasons are more likely to involve issues he hasn’t mentioned. For one, there is his personal financial affairs in Turkey. And then there is his affection for and allegiance to authoritarian dictators like Erdogan. And of course he may just be attempting to divert attention from the breaking news related to his impending impeachment. That includes the revelation that there are now multiple new whistleblowers lining up to tell the truth about him. And there was a court ruling that requires him to produce eight years of his tax returns.<\/p>\n

Another major problem with Trump’s announcement on abandoning the Kurds is that there is very little reason to believe him. He is a notoriously pathological liar (more than 12,000 lies documented<\/a><\/strong>) who often contradicts himself in the space of a single sentence. What’s more, even his supporters are lately excusing his most ridiculous comments as “jokes.”<\/em> That was the case when he appeared before a media scrum and asked Ukraine and China to investigate Joe Biden. That is literally the crime that is fueling Congress’ impeachment inquiry.<\/p>\n

So it didn’t take long for suck-ups like Rubio, Rep. Jim jordan, Sen. Ron Johnson, and a frantic flurry of Fox Newsers to insist that it was just a joke. But if that was just a joke, despite being said without a hint of a smile and reiterating similar prior statements, then which of Trump’s comments are we supposed to take seriously? It seems that every time he says something that is offensive, dangerous, contrary to U.S. policy, or just objectively stupid, he or his defenders say he was only kidding. Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n