An Ex-NSA Analyst Just Shredded Trump For Exploiting The Widow Of SEAL He Got Killed
Former National Security Association (NSA) analyst and current security consultant John Schindler tore into Donald Trump last night for exploiting the widow of the Navy SEAL who died in Trump’s disastrous Yemen raid. Senior Chief Petty Office Ryan Owens was killed during a raid that left civilians dead while failing to kill any militants or collect any intelligence.
Owens’s wife, Carryn, was asked to stand during Trump’s Joint Session Address and was used as a symbol of military might and resilience. Trump falsely claimed that the mission had been successful and that her husband had not died in vain. Tragically, he did – as a direct result of Trump’s incompetence and ignorance.
Schindler drew attention to looks of rage on the Joint Chiefs of Staff (top military officials) during this portion of Trump’s address.
Anybody who saw the faces of the Joint Chiefs tonight when the cam hit them knows exactly what the US military thinks of Trump.
— John Schindler (@20committee) March 1, 2017
He retweeted a picture of the faces he was referring to, along with an excellent caption.
I like to call it resting military coup face pic.twitter.com/z92PQ0yVxC
— Jason in the Wild (@JasonInTheWild) March 1, 2017
Then Schindler continued on to denounce Trump’s exploitation of Carryn Owens in no uncertain terms.
Bad decisions happen. War is war. Right until POTUS publicly exploits a widow whose husband's body is still warm. Fuck that. Fuck all that.
— John Schindler (@20committee) March 1, 2017
.@mdfsmith1 @Christi64297529 she was trapped. Literally. Terrible abuse of a grieving widow. She didn't want to stand up. We know why.
— John Schindler (@20committee) March 1, 2017
If watching POTUS publicly exploit S/Chief Owens' grieving widow didn't make your skin crawl, I worry about you — as an American & a human.
— John Schindler (@20committee) March 1, 2017
So "the generals" got S/Chief Owens killed, but let's spotlight his widow on live TV.
Has Stockholm Syndrome overtaken the whole country?
— John Schindler (@20committee) March 1, 2017
The only good thing to come out of this horrific abuse committed by Trump is the forceful words of those, like Schindler, who see through the charade and expose the truth. Trump is a self-centered, ignorant, disgusting man who uses decent people to create a public image for himself. A man with that amount of disrespect for military families has no place in the White House.
This is a staff report from former Occupy Democrats Editor in Chief Colin Taylor or contributor Rob Haffney.