Trump advisers hesitated to give military options and warned adversaries over fears he might start a war

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The President's unpredictable behavior led advisers to hesitate to give him military options because they feared he could start a war

Washington Amid escalating tensions with both North Korea and Iran, President Donald Trump's advisers hesitated to give him military options fearing the President might accidentally take the US to war and deliberately informed their counterparts in both countries that they did not know what the President would do next, multiple former administration officials tell me.

These accounts are contained in my upcoming book, "The Madman Theory: Trump Takes on the World," which will be published August 11 by Harper Collins.

 

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And this surprises no one! Sadly the GOP doesn’t have the courage to spread up when he is out of control!

Oh that's a for sure thing and u are just noticed that now

Treason

Stop it 👎🏽

We are at war with his Corona Trump Virus

I'm glad people think he's unpredictable. The world has pushed us around too long. Trump is changing that. My problem is that advisers reached out to both Iran and NK to warm them? Wtf? Traitors

STORMISHEREBUCKLEUP

.........hey cnn

Odd, since he is the only one who hasn't started one and got rid of Isis

Name your source or it’s a lie.

Lol 😂 yea sure they did. It’s August 7th and your network still hasn’t posted even 3 accomplishments by the Trump administration that have helped millions of Americans. No balance = No credibility FakeNewsMedia EnemyOfThePeople

Best President ever

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Please don’t

Hey The White House Staff... change the password on his (unsecured) phone while he's asleep in an oblivious drugged stupor, please.

Fake news 🤷🏾

Dumb

Just more fake news - no one believes you guys anymore - you have become an embarrassment to news reporting

Just get rid of him problem solved

Not the role of advisors! Collect the pertinent information and deliver it to the person in charge! He was elected to make the tough decisions not the advisors!

More anonymous sources? Who said this? Names?

FakeNews

Unfortunately some ppl don’t do their own research. They just believe whatever they are being fed.

Scary

Trump golfs while Americans are dying on his watch.realDonaldTrump

TrueFactsStated Feels very 25th Amendment worthy. He is an incompetent menace. The narcissistic sociopath in full bloom!

It's like he lost it a year ago

fakest news.. CNN is the enemy of the people!!

Which is why Trump said Fake news media are the enemies of the people. This article has no proof or evidence to suggest that the military advisors are excluding Trump from getting options. One of CNN low class deceit.

FraudAlert

Fake news as usual but it is good that other hostile countries think he is unpredictable. Fear (just as we fear North Korea) is a potent weapon. Trump is clearly an anti-war President. Economic sanctions is his most potent weapon.

Any names of those “supposed” advisers? Didn’t think so

CNN should not have press credentials

Liars!

This is bs cnn but that is no surprise to me. CNNFakeNews CNNLies ButtHurtCNN

Fake as usual FakeNews

Yet the Truth is, realDonaldTrump has gotten us OUT of wars! LiberalMedia is truly the EnemyOfThePeople

iran__________

Nobody should ever be predictable. That gives your enemies immeasurable advantage. 48 Laws of power.

HE IS A WAR WITHIN HIMSELF

Everybody opposed the president bc he wants to get out of our wars & int'l involvements as much as possible & sees wars as last resort but, ya, now the advisers didn't show him military options bc they didn't want a war. And,(sarcasm), our military leaders are known to hate wars.

There is something seriously wrong with him what I'm.not sure but it's getting worse fast

THE_OG_G_MA I for one believe that will be His last ditch effort for re-election. He's already started picking fights with other Country's Leaders. The guy is unhinged. Who knows when He's going to blow?! This is our reality show and it's going to get cancelled. 😳🤯 25thAmendmentNow

... less than Lyndon B.Johnson, Carte in the Iranian desert, Bill Clinton or the Bush 's ... Trump brought back the GI's to the US and ended wars in Irak, Afghanistan, Syria ... How many GI's died under Obama and under Trump ?

So playing him off crazy was both a deterrent and fodder for an upcoming book.

You people are so fucking gullible.

Ahahahaha of course, the most anti-war president is trying to start a war, only on 🤡NN

Kim Jung Un called it first...when he called Donald Trump a “Dotard”.

Can wearing too much orange makeup, screw up your thought process?

Propaganda

SunDvl12 With who? He is in bed with everyone.

Pleaseeeeee

are you trying to out perform the Onion?

Great, they gave him a country with bumpers and he still managed to screw it up. TrumpIsALaughingStock

More opinion, distortion of facts and out right Bull Shit. Twitter when are you going to fact check CNN?

So fake.

why would you have this information? lies all lies

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CNN You are transparent. We see your hate. I pray for your collective souls, that we can all start treating each other like we would treat a next door neighbor! We all need to step back and think. Is this “news” helping our country or hurting our country.

Fake news

This is disingenuous. Trump has stayed away from using the military probably more than any other modern POTUS. He literally has gotten us out of more stupid wars than those before him that started a bunch of useless ones. This is just simple BS.

That is what happens when Russia puts a psychopath in the WH. Republicans should have thought of that.

Wtf ?Just tell him its Momma Burger Monday,and he will change his priorities real quick .We used to use a phrase that describes Spanky’s demeanor ;’He doesn’t know weather to shit or go blind.’ The debates will be classic Trump.He could blow a fuse and be hauled off the stage.

There needs to be more checks and balances. You just can’t let a complete moron govern a great nation. This is unprecedented. The first time we’ve ever had a complete idiot as a president. TIME Newsweek SenateGOP HouseGOP TheView jaketapper

I am still hoping they gave him fake codes and the only thing in the President's football his picture books.

Good!

FAKENEWS

Respectfully that is the last thing this president would do. He even laid his life just to stop all the war being pushed by the cabal. War from russi, chyna, nkorea, middleeast. The oligarchs want war, he ended it. U know why they want it? Follow the money...

And magically there is PEACE. Corrupt News Network still at it and still losing credibility. DRAIN THE SWAMP

“Stable Genius”

What a load of BS written by a known faker!

What

He could! He has already started this bloody economic war against the whole bloody planet. He did this with the old age friends, he interfered in UK elections, they never complained openly m but if you know Britishers, they won’t forget a German disrespecting Churchill or queen.

he has the nuclear code, he can press it anytime he want, most likely at the election night. Can Pence will stop him?

Another untruth from the untruth network. President Trump has done more to bring our troops back to the USA than the last four Presidents. Dems love war.

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Bullshit.

Deep state saves US again

DONT GIVE A CRAZY FOOL REASON TO MELT OUR WORLD!!!

Great. Yay. Still can. Yikes. 👀🤬💥

Unlike his predecessors, Trump has started 0 wars. Suck it CNN

“News flash”

What war?

Anonymous Officials Feared Trump It has to be a real person telling their own story for me to fully connect emotionally Inter view

Unpredictable behavior = Imbecile

WHAT ABOUT BIDEN LOL

I cannot believe all the Spineless people who work for trump

donwinslow And their fears are well founded

Book-selling click-bait.

Crazy as hell. America truly held hostage by this insane person.

45 is in the negotiations for the property of Prora. This is a long time goal for his reign. All you 45 supporters drank his koolaid, but the rest of the world will be sent to this place Prora to complete indoctrination.

We’ve heard this fake story before...from you! FakeNews

OK. Forget sleep...

10,000th reason to invoke the 25th amendment.

He is batshit crazy and I heard him once say, “ I like war, I like wars”. He is nuts! Dump Trump! Likes war.... come off it, we are moving to not having war, but having peaceful negotiations instead! Starting within these USA and the BLM movement!!

He's obviously insane.

I would believe it if it came from a credible news source

Bull crap

The war already exists. Unfortunately we are fighting it amongst our own people.

Lol. The last thing Trump wants is war.

Lol

It's just more proof of how dangerous and unpredictable Trump is as if we needed any more proof.

Yes but joebidenisaracist or joebidenisapedo

donwinslow Too dangerous to be Commander and Chief!

Fake news

Defund the media

Same old shit, different day with CNN.

Trump is mentallly ill

They know he'll forget what the button is for and just press it because he's bored. fucktrump

donwinslow Then get him the hell out of there. These “advisers” will be held accountable for allowing a mentally unfit person to have access to any significant decisions. Your honor, he said he wanted to nuke the country and deny all these deaths, but that’s just how he talks.

So he actually is Kanye

Obviously CNN you find gullible people out there, but the majority believes you’re full of shit

Hahaha. !!! Flipping hilarious! Go back to school and give back your degree in 'mindless indoctrination'.! Because you are indoctrinated. See how you like your quality of life if you get your way. DON'T! make a difference. Report facts for a change.

Fake news

Good try, , good try. Keep pushing that fake narrative.

Fake news

He's the only President in the last 20 years to keep us out of war, when Iran shot down our drone. A lot of people wanted him to go to war, he resisted and said it wouldn't be worthbthe loss of life for a piece of equipment

For the record, he's the first President in over 4 decades (since Ford) to NOT engage us in any new armed conflicts. How bout an 'attaboy' for that?

Four more years?

Kinda what you said in 2016...

This is the first President not to have started a conflict since 1979 give him a break. Obama studies the issues but what did he do? He left Libya in a mess! CNN is the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party

Now there’s a beauty if i ever heard one! Ok. ! CNN has won the award for the dumbest statement of 2020!! Its just passed Pelosi’s on the washington post when she said that , and i quote. We need to come together ! Unless she was talking about sex , that was a beaut!!!

This article was a plug for a book. With zero information. Sad.

BREAKING: MSM elusive source finally spotted!

Why say this is the past tense? Is it beyond Trump to take military action to help him get re-elected? He is trying voter suppression,voter fraud,”Biden hates God”,giving Kanye legal support He will do anything including starting a war Ask sarahkendzior VoteBlueToSaveAmerica

Who advises you to make up this shit? fakeassnews

donwinslow GOP Its time to get him into a padded room and out of the WhiteHouse .

I would hope so!

NO. SHIT!!

What the fuck ever. hacks! Who was the last president to not take us into new wars? That’s right bitches....

Oh bullshit 😂🤣😂

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Remember when almost starting WWIII was the worst thing he did this year?

Idiots at CNN

disagree... President's behavior is predictable. He will screw everything he has in front of him so he can fix it later on and take the credit... you don't give 'military' anything to Trump or to small children

Lol

donwinslow Ever present.

donwinslow Somebody please inform 50% of white voters who still support him.

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Maybe he shouldn't be president. Just a thought.

For fucks sakes! 😂😂🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Trump2020LetsSaveAmerica 🇺🇸

Like Biden starting a race war with his own base? Like that behavior?

We told you in 2015 war would be a real threat if he was president. We're one tantrum away from disaster with him in charge.

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Bullshit

CNN = Clown 🤡 Network News

Oh, he's gonna try. Make no mistake.

Lies

4 years of not pushing “the button” and still the narrative is you can’t trust him with his finger on it.....smh.

But gee, Biden has dementia. W.T.F.

Over & over. You're credibility is 0.

Oh My God ! Thank You! Please do not give him anything like that!please!

So advisor don’t have a clue on advising, he doesn’t make the plans....

FakeNews

he actually gets us OUT of wars --- but you won't hear that on TDS Crap News Network.

He hasn't started any wars in 4 yrs. Take a break & just admit, the USA FINALLY has an AMERICAN POTUS that isn't beholden to anyone but the AMERICAN PEOPLE. Your lives would be so much easier if you wouldn't work so hard to sensationalize & lie about him every day.

Bullshit. He stood down on Iran when everything was ready to go. You people wouldn't know the truth if you saw it. I pity you.

Hes the duly elected President. Its not up to them to filter. In fact it is dereliction of their duty if they withhold information that should be given to POTUS.

Everybody is saying that trump has Schizophrenia. It is a mental illness characterized by continuous or relapsing episodes of psychosis. Major symptoms include hallucinations (often hearing voices), delusions (having beliefs not shared by others), and disorganized thinking.

Or assassinate a foreign general on another sovereign nation's soil... Whoops!

How many wars or conflicts has Trump started compared to the last three presidents?

Fiction News

I find that hard to believe. People like Navarro and Pompeo are actively pushing for war, specifically with China. Something's going to kick off before November.

Love our President

The same ones that said if trump get elected he would start the Third world of war? And here we are without Wars.

And the Trump attacks continue. Seems like years since they covered the news. GroceryStoreRag

His idiot supporters would still vote for him.

The guy who squashed beef with Korea from nuking each other is suspected to start a war? Alright.

FakeNewsCNN

This is coming from the Commie News Network. Take it with a grain a salt.

More hogwash to sell books.

Nice try. Did you conjure up a headline from 2016 election year?

your sweetheart bolton was pushing for war you hacks

The only People who watch CNN believe that crazytown

And you are abusing the mentally declining JoeBiden ... YOUR ARE COMMITTING FRAUD AND ITS CRIMINAL..you have no intentions of allowing this poor man to serve

Propaganda for the democrats

good job .... you voted for him? you get what you get .. because we all knew before we voted who he was

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