The false alarm in Hawaii revealed an abdication of leadership by Trump (Washington Post)

Washington Post ^ | 01/14/2018 | By Philip Bump

[sten]

Nothing Happened.
The President didn’t respond.
He’s uncaring and must be impeached!
- every democrat

[Billthedrill]

The marching orders are apparently out at the Post for a full-on assault against Trump. Call me if any real news pops up.

[digger48]

Good grief.

Bezos is an ass.

[Avalon Memories]

So some total idiot twit in a Hawaii state government agency pushes the wrong button and that Trump’s fault according to WaPo. That parallel universe of theirs must be an interesting place.

[BenLurkin]

Their target demographic is the mentally deficient.

[dila813]

It’s Bush’s Fault, no wait, It’s Trump’s fault

[Kriggerel]

Please, WaPo... Please tell us just how Madame President would have handled it. We’re just dying to hear!

[Wolfie]

IMHO, the false alarm was DELIBERATELY sent just for this kind of narrative against Trump.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Oh good God.

Contradictions again.

Is Trump an ultra-dictator, or a careless figurehead ruler?

Mostly we’re told he’s the former; then 1 thing happens, and he’s hands-off careless.

This is like the Bush thing. Bush was stupid; yet somehow brilliant enough to pull off 9/11 within 8 months of his ascension.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Geez absolutely NOTHING happened..there was NO North Korea threat, there was NO missile launched..it was all because some dumb ass pressed a button and somehow this is Trump’s fault??? I dont get the mentality of these loons I really don’t

[the OlLine Rebel]

If he did something, he’d be labeled (as usual) a ruthless tyrant!

[FreedomPoster]

Why should Trump be tweeting or otherwise commenting on a screwup by the State of Hawaii Emergency Management Agency? A screw up that was known to be a screwup within 5 minutes, and for which notifications were sent out within 30 minutes? What is Trump supposed to say or do? Tweet a picture of the All is Well! guy from Animal House?

[dfwgator]

Unfortunately the majority of this country is mentally deficient.

Trump understood one thing that Republicans didn’t. To win a national election these days, you’ve got to get a good chunk of the “Stupid Vote”.

[DoughtyOne]

For one thing, this wasn’t an alert to the while United States.

It was a colossal f’up by the Hawaiian state leadership, heavily a Democrat centrist government.

The Hawaiian authorities made announcements regarding the screw up. That was all that was required from any authorities.

Now the investigation and setting up a process that makes it almost impossible to repeat, is the heavily Democrat Hawaiian state leadership’s duty.

As for Trump being to blame in any way here, that’s preposterous.

[dfwgator]

If Trump walked on water the headline would be “Trump Can’t Swim”.

[DoughtyOne]

Well, when she woke up from her coma, she would have gotten her minions right on it.

[blueunicorn6]

The Washington Post is written with crayons.

[Redwood71]

Believe me when I say the US has enough warning systems world wide, a lot of them centered on North Korea and the Pacific, that they know where every mosquito is in the region. They ought to find out who triggered this and toss their little pāʻū covered behind in the slammer for a long time. rwood

[neverevergiveup]

What if he would have responded and stated that this was an unacceptable mistake - putting blame on the Democrat-run government of Hawaii? There is nothing he can do that will stop them from criticizing him. They hate him. It's that simple. Take away political coverage, and media influence on national politics, and the media become what they're supposed to be - reporters of the news. Political coverage is what feeds the egos of the news media. Trump has accurately pointed out that they are not doing this job accurately or well.