Trump passes blame for Yemen raid to his generals: ‘They lost Ryan’

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(03-01-2017, 03:57 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Hell; personally I would have done all I could to go with them, but I'm just not willing to say he is trying to deflect blame because he used "I OK'd a mission and they lost someone". Given, I usually disagree with the popular opinion here.

Yeah. I can agree that it doesn't necessarily mean he is trying to intentionally deflect. In fact, I think that it is more his background. He is a business-guy, CEO, top down type. In that context, there isn't much need for him to use a "we" type approach (although some CEO types can make that work for them). He is used to a "me" or "my way" approach. I don't fault him for that. Heck, many people voted for him specifically because of that.

I view my criticism of his wording here as constructive, something that if heard could help. Something that his advisors ought to be telling him.