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BumRushDaShow

(165,828 posts)
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 06:24 AM Mar 2025

Trump Says He Hasn't Been Briefed on U.S. Soldiers Missing in Europe, Quickly Takes Another Question

Source: MEDIAite

Mar 26th, 2025, 7:24 pm


President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has not been briefed on the four U.S. Army soldiers missing in Lithuania after their vehicle was reportedly found submerged in water.

A vehicle carrying the four service members went missing on Wednesday during a training exercise in Pabradė, about 10 miles from Belarus, a Russian client state. In a statement, the U.S. Army revealed that the vehicle had been discovered submerged in water, but said the search for the soldiers was underway.

According to an earlier report, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told reporters that the soldiers had been killed, but did not offer details. A NATO spokesperson later clarified to say Rutte was reacting to reports of the submerged vehicle and stated that “the details remained unconfirmed.”

A search for missing soldiers is ongoing as of Wednesday evening.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-says-he-hasnt-been-briefed-on-u-s-soldiers-missing-in-europe-quickly-takes-another-question/

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Trump Says He Hasn't Been Briefed on U.S. Soldiers Missing in Europe, Quickly Takes Another Question (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 OP
Oh for fuck sake's.............. Lovie777 Mar 2025 #1
If he's "the smartest man in world". RazorbackExpat Mar 2025 #7
Where's Elon..surely he's got the latest info.. BattleRow Mar 2025 #23
Too busy GusBob Mar 2025 #2
"Trump Says..." littlemissmartypants Mar 2025 #3
Well ... this seems like a story where there's a lot more than meets the eye. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #4
I'm reading it differently. Shipwack Mar 2025 #6
"but said the search for the soldiers was underway." That indicates the soldiers weren't with the vehicle, Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #8
It's a goofy cover story Prairie Gates Mar 2025 #14
Maybe we could find out if we were Dr. Shepper Mar 2025 #5
He skipped the briefing MissMillie Mar 2025 #9
Like he gives a damn about a bunch of "Losers" and "Suckers" Ray Bruns Mar 2025 #10
Of course not. Trump isn't running the country. His minions are. Trump is the distraction Raven123 Mar 2025 #11
Sounds like his new 'go to' phrase for something he wants to ignore mdbl Mar 2025 #12
"Sounds like his new 'go to' phrase for something he wants to ignore" BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #15
So, their vehicle sunk in a peet bog, but their bodies weren't in the vehicle??? Prairie Gates Mar 2025 #13
Wi-Fi Ojerly Mar 2025 #16
The M-88 Hercules is one vehicle you definitely don't want to crew through marshy terrain. Aristus Mar 2025 #17
So disgustingly true. 🤬 mountain grammy Mar 2025 #19
Whoa! Seriously? ananda Mar 2025 #18
Apparently Putin LPBBEAR Mar 2025 #20
Why would he have been briefed on something so trivial? AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #21
Guess either he's stopped 'Daily Briefings' or his Cabinet is too incompetent to produce them. sinkingfeeling Mar 2025 #22
Wimpy takes question about dead missing troops he doesn't care about ffr Mar 2025 #24

Lovie777

(21,780 posts)
1. Oh for fuck sake's..............
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 06:28 AM
Mar 2025

does he know anything?

He suppose to be the smartest man in world. Ugh.

BattleRow

(2,090 posts)
23. Where's Elon..surely he's got the latest info..
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 06:47 PM
Mar 2025

Is it just me ,or is Elon either MIA or playing coy these days?

littlemissmartypants

(31,675 posts)
3. "Trump Says..."
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 06:54 AM
Mar 2025

Lie incoming.

Who thinks Putin’s already briefed him and he knows exactly what happened?

Because we can't trust our Intelligence Community ever again, so why bother?

❤️

Scrivener7

(58,361 posts)
4. Well ... this seems like a story where there's a lot more than meets the eye.
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 07:10 AM
Mar 2025

They found the vehicle, but not the soldiers? 10 miles from Belarus?

Shipwack

(3,001 posts)
6. I'm reading it differently.
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 07:34 AM
Mar 2025

I think they are proceeding carefully and deliberately to avoid putting out inaccurate information.

They might have found a vehicle with 4 bodies in it. If I were to make the guess, I'd say that the four bodies were the missing soldiers, and I'd probably be correct.

Correctly and positively identifying bodies (especially ones that have been submerged for three days) takes time. So they are being prudent and only putting out information that they are 100% certain of (or at least as certain as possible). That probably won't happen until after autopsies and dental record examinations.

There's also a possibility that there are discrepencies, and they want to investigate further before publically committing to a statement. I highly doubt that is the case, but I'm including that for completeness sake.

Scrivener7

(58,361 posts)
8. "but said the search for the soldiers was underway." That indicates the soldiers weren't with the vehicle,
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 07:38 AM
Mar 2025

and a search for them is underway. So they're missing.

Raven123

(7,556 posts)
11. Of course not. Trump isn't running the country. His minions are. Trump is the distraction
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 08:35 AM
Mar 2025

This is not to suggest his orders and decrees aren’t harmful, but I believe they aren’t his. They are coming from Project 2025 and he is the front man. He is just too cognitively incompetent to know it. They are working around him.

mdbl

(8,125 posts)
12. Sounds like his new 'go to' phrase for something he wants to ignore
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 08:51 AM
Mar 2025

either that or he just doesn't care.

BumRushDaShow

(165,828 posts)
15. "Sounds like his new 'go to' phrase for something he wants to ignore"
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:10 AM
Mar 2025

Not "new". He did that way back during his first term by throwing Cohen under the bus regarding the Stormy Daniels "hush money" payment back in 2018 -



It's his normal "go-to".

Prairie Gates

(7,209 posts)
13. So, their vehicle sunk in a peet bog, but their bodies weren't in the vehicle???
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 08:59 AM
Mar 2025

And the President is all like, "I know nuzzink," AGAIN?

This is a bullshit cover story. They were likely in a forward position doing advising and were killed by Russian artillery or drone strike. Now, don't get me wrong: nothing is more believable than Trump knowing nothing about it, but in this case, it's plausible deniability for when this goofy cover story goes sideways.

Aristus

(71,658 posts)
17. The M-88 Hercules is one vehicle you definitely don't want to crew through marshy terrain.
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 11:28 AM
Mar 2025

It's supposed to be a tank recovery vehicle. But I saw one get stuck in the mud once, and it had to be rescued by a pair of tanks working as a team.

Those poor guys.

Having a Commander-in-Chief who is indifferent. at best, to the welfare of the soldiers is bad. Having a C-in-C who is actively hostile to service members is orders of magnitude worse.

LPBBEAR

(639 posts)
20. Apparently Putin
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 01:17 PM
Mar 2025

hasn't gotten around to calling him and briefing him on what Russia did to our soldiers.

 

AmericaUnderSiege

(777 posts)
21. Why would he have been briefed on something so trivial?
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 01:20 PM
Mar 2025

In other news, he spent four hours reviewing whether or not the MLK memorial should be demolished.

ffr

(23,325 posts)
24. Wimpy takes question about dead missing troops he doesn't care about
Thu Mar 27, 2025, 06:49 PM
Mar 2025

should be the headline.

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