One month after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the Middle Eastern conflict continues to spiral with no clear end in sight. James C. Reynolds reports on the mounting costs
He’s also being fed 2 min highlight reels of bombings for his daily briefings and enters Mar a Lago to a clapping crowd each time he goes back so he has no clue what’s happening outside his little bubble.
This comment puts me in a nuclear disaster state of mind.
I’ve seen two world leaders giving interviews about nuclear disasters, Gorbachev about Chernobyl, and Naoto Kan about Fukushima. Both of them talked about how they couldn’t get decent information to base decisions on because people kept blowing sunshine up their asses. That it doesn’t really matter how much or little top leadership wants to or can help, layers of functionaries afraid of losing their cushions will delay and downplay until it’s too late.
That’s…not what’s happening in the executive branch.
He’s also being fed 2 min highlight reels of bombings for his daily briefings and enters Mar a Lago to a clapping crowd each time he goes back so he has no clue what’s happening outside his little bubble.
This comment puts me in a nuclear disaster state of mind.
I’ve seen two world leaders giving interviews about nuclear disasters, Gorbachev about Chernobyl, and Naoto Kan about Fukushima. Both of them talked about how they couldn’t get decent information to base decisions on because people kept blowing sunshine up their asses. That it doesn’t really matter how much or little top leadership wants to or can help, layers of functionaries afraid of losing their cushions will delay and downplay until it’s too late.
That’s…not what’s happening in the executive branch.