By now you’ve probably heard that Donald Trump was not in the situation room when his very first ever counter-terrorism went down in Yemen late last month. You’ve probably heard he decided to do it over dinner. You’ve probably heard it was a raid that should never have gone down. You’ve probably heard that Navy Seal William “Ryan” Owens lost his life in that raid and that four other US military people were wounded and 30 or more other folks, including children, were killed.
Have you heard anything about what they lost their lives for? Anything? Why is Ryan Owens dead?
Donald Trump was not in the situation room. In fact, at the very time the raid was going down, Trump’s twitter account got a new post from himself. It was later deleted, but yes, at the time the raid went down, Donald was tweeting!
Or was he?
It seems that the phone used to make the tweet was an iPhone, which indicates it was a staff phone. Donny’s an Android guy through and through. So now, that begs a couple of questions.
Question #1 — Where was Mr. Trump when Ryan Owens died serving his country under orders from his president?
Question #2 — That deleted tweet, if Confide or some similar app was used to delete it, isn’t that a violation of the Presidential Records Act? What’s next, presidenting by Snapchat?
But the biggest question is this.
Why should any service person in this country sleep well with you, Mr. Trump, at the helm? Why is Ryan Owens dead?
Ryan’s father wants to know. So do a lot of the rest of us.
Sunday, Feb 26, 2017 · 7:55:48 PM +00:00 · nancyjones
Dang, that was fast! Got an answer to question #2 already thanks to this Politico article which reports on a meeting Spicer had with his staff about leaks:
There, he explicitly warned staffers that using texting apps like Confide — an encrypted and screenshot-protected messaging app that automatically deletes texts after they are sent — and Signal, another encrypted messaging system, was a violation of the Presidential Records Act, according to multiple sources in the room.
Still waiting on the leaked information that tells us why Ryan Owens is dead because, Lord knows, the only reliable White House information these days is leaked information. SAD.