• Libra00
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    -515 days ago

    I mean, not really? If I delegate a bunch of people who work for me to go take care of something, I expect them to take care of it and report back, not send me an exhaustive list of everything they did to accomplish it including which apps they used to discuss arrangements. Much as I hate defending Trump about anything, no president has the time or energy to keep track of what his underlings are doing to such a level of detail.

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        014 days ago

        Well yeah, he’s clearly responsible for putting idiots in power, I’m just saying he can’t manage their daily shit.

    • @xenomor@lemmy.world
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      715 days ago

      I’m not talking about the inciting incident, I’m talking about the reporting on the incident. If there is a meaningful security breach related to US military operations, the president sure needs to be aware of it, especially if it being reported on in public.

      • @futatorius@lemm.ee
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        414 days ago

        Oh, it’s certain he was told, otherwise he wouldn’t be rolling out one of his typical know-nothing denials.

        He’s too stupid to understand the importance of secure operations, and he’s following Putin’s directions to weaken US government and military security anyway. What’s an arsonist care about a small nearby fire started by his flunkies?

        It’s also worth nothing that what’s happening with the Houthis is directly related to a genocidal war started several years ago by none other than Muhammad Bone Saw, the psychopathic Saudi crown prince and de facto king.

    • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      14 days ago

      Oh, are you the head Executive of the most powerful (for now at least) nation on the planet? Are you the Commander in Chief of its military?

      No? So it doesn’t really compare does it?

      Even conservative presidents in the past have stated that “the buck stops with them.” This guy is just incapable of accepting responsibility for his actions.

      • Libra00
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        114 days ago

        Right, no human has the capacity to imagine what it must be like to have that many responsibilities and that much shit going on, right? Also, that was Harry Truman from the fucking late 40s - I dunno if you’ve noticed, but the world has gotten considerably more complex in the last 75-odd years.

    • ...m...
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      414 days ago

      …this is why competent administrations rigorously implement, enforce, and prosecute information security: the very idea of using a personal device for state communication is anathema to that core competency…

      • Libra00
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        114 days ago

        Oh yeah, I know the US government has secure comms specifically for this purpose so not using it is a clusterfuck of pretty epic proportions, no doubt.

      • Libra00
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        114 days ago

        No doubt. I’m just saying he can’t manage their daily shit.