Cenk Uygur
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Trump Can't Tell You His Genius Plan To Win Afghanistan War. It's A Secret!
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August 23, 2017
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After years talking about what a stupid waste of money the Afghanistan war is, Trump flipflops. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"In his televised speech last night, the president flip-flopped his position on the war in Afghanistan. We know this because, to his credit, Trump explicitly copped to it:
My original instinct was to pull out, and historically I like following my instincts. But all my life, I have heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the Oval Office. In other words, when you are president of the United States. So I studied Afghanistan in great detail and from every conceivable angle. After many meetings over many months, we held our final meeting last Friday at Camp David with my Cabinet and generals to complete our strategy.
There’s a lot to unpack in that paragraph. Watching it live, when he said “I studied Afghanistan in great detail and from every conceivable angle,” I literally laughed out loud. Let’s be blunt: The only printed material that Trump has studied in great detail from every conceivable angle are periodicals that contain glossy centerfolds.”*
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