Maddow connects the dots in Niger.
...so no wonder Trump doesn't want to talk about Niger. https://t.co/2TALH1fEKH
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) October 20, 2017
- #1 Chad has been protecting American interests by fighting Boko Haram insurgents in neighboring Niger, and along the border.
- #2 Donald Trump inexplicably imposed a travel ban on immigrants from Chad. The State Department, gutted under Tillerson's leadership, did not oppose this move.
- #3 The leadership of Chad took offense. They removed all of their fighters from Niger, and from engaging Boko Haram terrorists.
- #4 Almost immediately, four American Green Beret soldiers were attacked by ISIS / AQIM affiliated fighters. . Outnumbered, on a routine mission, the American soldiers died on October 4. McCain and the Pentagon are investigating.
- #5 Donald Trump stayed silent on the deaths of the 4 Americans for almost 2 weeks, as he was silent and not reaching out to families of other war dead. When he did call the families of the dead soldiers, he was crass and callous. Far from consoling their loss, the President's call deepened their pain.
So a stupid knee-jerk racist travel ban against citizens of an allied country results in four American dead, and our national embarrassment of a President lying about it.
Benghazi, anyone?
- crossposted as a comment at Coloradopols.com