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Be careful what you ask for...it's common knowledge Trump blew off his morning security briefings. Was probably covered there. Dereliction of duty!
Wow will they not like the answer to that question. >

But the answer is going to be “the deep state hid it from him” >

Even if the answer is "It was in the PDB for 10AUG18, 20APR19 and 11JUN20 which were read to him by Ivanka herself" the answer will be "The deep state hid it from him" >

They probably "hid" it by calling it a potential surveillance apparatus of unknown foreign origin instead of the Trump friendly term of Chinese Spy Balloon. >

Chinese spy "blimp" as trump put it.  He doesnt even have the word balloon in is very limited vocabulary. >

A blimp is bigger than a balloon. Thus a Chinese spy blimp is even more scary and dangerous that just a spy balloon. >

It has been referred to as an airship and it appears to have had some ability to produce thrust, not just changing altitude for directional control as a hot air balloon would.  As it probably did not have a rigid structure, “blimp” would be accurate.  “Zeppelin” is a brand name.  “Dirigible” implies a rigid airframe like the USS Akron or USS Macon. >

Thrust?  You mean some small propellers?  Against jet stream level winds?  Sure. >

It’s standard classification and taxonomy. The Goodyear Blimp has propellers.  A barrage balloon does not. >

I know ... because it wasn't on Fox & Friends! >

It was going to be in his daily briefing, but they had problems with the balloon pop-up book page and had to leave it out. >

"Pop... Pop... Pop-Up News Briefing" doesn't sound as fun as the music video version. >

Trump was unaware of a lot of things to which he should have paid more attention. >

We're probably better off that he didn't know and couldn't be bothered to attempt understand. He already foisted a lot of bad ideas with bad outcomes on us.
What would he have done about the balloons. Nothing. He counted Xi as a friend until about mid-2020. >

There's still a non zero chance he would have tried to nuke it, even over American soil. >

Wow...dude slept until 11 and then tweeted through every briefing. Mystery solved. >

I was gonna say, he probably got the classified memo but just didn’t read it. Too much work. >

He was too busy with his crayons. >

Imagine needing to be the guy whose job it is to praise trump for how well he did in staying within the lines, even though it actually looked like he was making a carbon copy of the next page. >

I could’ve made so much money >

Actually, yes, we would love to hear why trump had no idea. >

prediction: trump will truth out that he totally knew about the balloons the entire time but didn't want to alarm the public. Then claim that he would have shot down this latest balloon ... if he was still president, which he totes should be cuz the election was RIGGED tremendously. >

Naw, he wanted to shoot down the balloons, but the deep state democrats and Hillary's emails prevented him from doing so. 
He would have shot down those balloons like you wouldn't believe. A tremendous shooty downy. >

It was hunter bidens laptop. Not Hillary. >

Nice try my guy, but it’s obvious that Hillary kept her emails ON hunter bidens laptop. And they’re secretly married. Everyone knows this. >

Sssh not EVERYONE knows!!! >

The intelligence community openly admitted they withheld some top secret data from Trump because they were terrified he’d sell it/blurt it out in public. >

Also: 'Intelligence officials say Trump displays what one called “willful ignorance” when presented with analyses generated by America’s $81 billion-a-year intelligence services. The officials, who include analysts who prepare Trump’s briefs and the briefers themselves, describe futile attempts to keep his attention by using visual aids, confining some briefing points to two or three sentences, and repeating his name and title as frequently as possible.' >


Three other officials worry about what one of them calls “precipitous troop withdrawals” from Syria and Afghanistan and a peace deal with the Taliban that in time would leave the extremist Islamic group back in charge and wipe out the gains made in education, women’s rights and governance since the U.S. invaded the country more than 17 years ago

Time published that 4 years ago. >

And then Trump negotiated the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners in early 2020. >

Ummm, because Trump wouldn't bother to read his briefing? Maybe? >

MTG launches probe into who farted on the crowded elevator in the Capitol Building. >

"The deep state farted in my pants!" >

Does this mean Hunter Biden laptop made her cheat on her husband??! >

Every time? >

Nice. >

For once I'm in agreement with MTG. I wanna see the Trump Administration's top intelligence officials standing under oath, testifying that they did indeed try to brief Trump several times, but he couldn't understand the briefings. >

Canceling daily intel briefs and informing staff that you trust Putin more than the US Intel community maaayyy have something to do with that.   #justsayin’ >

She just wants to know why we didn't use the jewish space lasers to shoot it down >

Jew here, I can field this one. JSL has a three month wait list right now; I can't remember a time it was less than a month or so, and I check the listings regularly. Even if Jared signed up as soon as the CSB was first sighted, he probably couldn't have gotten any time before it had passed over US territory. And no one wants to use the JSL over the Atlantic--the Atlantans have make their deterrence capabilities quite clear. (See the Rand Corporation's 2019 report on that issue.) >

Too busy getting ready to cause earthquakes in Turkiye? >

That's the mole people. Totally different. I don't fuck with mole people.
(edit: ugh, I made this joke yesterday, before I realized how awful the situation there is. It's really bad, guys.) >

Jesus, I never thought I would ever agree with MTG...
A probe into why Trump was unaware during his whole presidency is exactly what we need!
It would take about 45min and conclude that he was clueless, but hell, it would be a great 45 min!
The dude has his security brief reduced to bullet points for God's sake! >

A stopped clock is right twice a day. >

She wants to be his VP, no way she doesn’t have some fucked up angle here. >

I think she's trying to paint the whole intelligence community as pro-democrat. "POTUS is commander -in-chief and if there was a break in the chain of command, we need to understand why" (paraphrasing MTG from the article) >

Because either A: They didn’t trust him with that knowledge. Or B: They put it in a report that he didn’t read. Do you REALLY want to investigate which it is? >

So basically she is asking the question to the answer she has already decided on. Something, something DEEP STATE! >

This is likely aimed at intelligence agencies, not the former president. >

Oh it most certainly is. Damn Intelligence Community, keeping valuable information from MY President.
Honey if they did that, it was to keep him from wiping his ass with it. >

Be careful what you wish for. >

Perhaps she can also unravel the mystery of why Trump was unaware when his diapers became full and very stinky. Did the Department of Health and Human Services fail to "brief" him? >

$50 says it was in his daily briefing >

That he never read, because it had more than 9 words??? >

It also didn't mention his name enough times, so of course he didn't listen >

Answer: he’s a self-absorbed moron. >

They probably told him and he was like I love balloons. Birthday balloons, big balloons, balloon animals.. etc. >


“If it’s true the Pentagon purposely did NOT tell President Trump of Chinese Spy Balloons during his administration then we had a serious breach in command during the Trump admin,” Greene said on Twitter.

They're going to launch this investigation and find out 1 of 2 things.
Either the Pentagon told the Trump admin and the Trump admin brushed it off...
or the Pentagon didn't know about it until after Biden's term started (which is what they've already said)
Either way it makes the Trump admin look incompetent. >

/3  They will find something wrong the Trump admin did and cover it up and still try to blame Biden. >

It's because the briefing didn't have a picture of Winnie the Pooh holding a balloon on page 1. >

Idiot wonders why an idiot doesn't know something. Christ we're doomed. >

I don’t think you’re gonna like where this would go, Marge. >

Hmmm, perhaps because there was an unprecedented amount of disfunction and distrust in the executive branch for 4 years, all stemming from the top. >

They were afraid he'd stare at the sun again and go blind. >

Oh PLEASE let this happen.  I would love to see the look on her dumb face when they pull out the security briefings he didn't read and add to his dumb ass legacy. >

It would also involve General Milley. And he'd eat her for lunch. >

Simple answer,he  is a fucking moron! >

Because he literally never read intelligence reports? Because he has the reading skills of a toddler? >

He was too busy eating McDonald’s, while playing golf and shitting in his adult diapers. >

Don't interrupt my golf/Tv time!
Is probably the answer... >

Because he’s a fucking moron that doesn’t understand anything not drawn in crayon >

Probe??? The Fuckin’ IDIOT never went to Briefings,,,,, stick the probe up your ASS!! >

Because he was a lazy idiot, Marge.  Glad to of service to the country.  Call me if you need anything else. >

Because he’s a moron >

He was too busy golfing and tweeting >

Umm, because he's a dope? >

Ok, who’s gonna be the one to tell her? >

Let’s see how long it takes her to figure it out on her own. >

She is grasping at straws to appear sane at this point. She and Trump are jokes. >

I think I know why he couldn’t spot it… >

That’s when he was looking for it. >

She isn't asking for accountability of Trump. She's looking for a scapegoat to (1) protect Trump and (2) drive the conspiracy that there is a deep state conspiracy against trump) >

It's been hilarious watching my conservative dad spin in circles and move the goal posts about these fucking balloons.
"Trump would NEVER have let balloons into our airspace!"
"He let in three..."
"All top officials said that didn’t happen!"
"The Pentagon website itself said it happened..."
"Yeah! An "anonymous" official!"
literal gives the name of the Pentagon press secretary in an article
"Oh the military knew but they didn't tell Trump!"
I'm just WAITING for new info to come out that Trump knew and how he tries to spin it. Dumb shit Republicans think the balloon should have been shot down over Montana. IT'S 200 FEET TALL!! >

Because he burned his retina looking at the sun during an eclipse >

It’s hard to fit everything on the 1 post-it note he’d read per day. >

Because his own people didn’t trust him to act responsibly with that information >

drumpf was too busy thinking about whether we should nuke hurricanes to worry about a few measly balloons. >

Who said "Trump was unaware?"  Pretty sure he not only knew, but was paid accordingly.
Just curious, but is there an officially recognize mental disease that causes oneself to publicly embarrass oneself daily?  If so, could someone please recommend a therapist to MTG? >

Because Trump hired a bunch of assholes >

Sure let's go down that path you fucking donkey >

We all know the answer.  He was briefed in the PDB, probably multiple times, ignored it or dismissed it, and thus nothing was done about because the country was coasting along on auto-pilot while an imbecile ran the country. >

Didn't the intelligence agencies just tell Trump things if he 100 percent needed to know, because they knew he was incompetent and potentially compromised? >

MTG: “Why didn’t China Biden tell us about the 3 spy balloons from China?”
Person getting interviewed: “because he wasn’t president. It was under President Trump that these balloons flew across America.”
MTG: yells at the clouds >

Nice lol >

They probably were afraid he’d order some large scale military strike on China and end up ending the world >

He was unaware - because that’s his natural state. Trump is a colossal idiot >

She's looking to make a decapitation strike on the Pentagon. If they can spin it to make it look like the Pentagon withheld that info from Trump she might try to hold up the (I don't know what they call it) annual bill that commissions more officers until any general they don't like is forced to retire. >

Because he is a walking national security risk? Maybe because he has the intellect of a dim child? >

Are you fucking serious? Why waste valuable time and money when literally anyone can tell you it’s because he didn’t/couldn’t/refused to pay attention to literally any briefing that was given to him. He’s a fucking idiot. >

Yes, I'd love to hear a bunch military brass UNDER OATH testify that Trump was widely known to be too incompetent, too much of a security threat, or possibly compromised to share classified information with him.
This won't go the way Republicans think it will, I love how newbs like MGT are outing them just cause they they don't know the inner workings of their corrupt little world.