
So, Trump smeared Retired, 4-Star Admiral William McRaven, the guy who lead SEAL Team 6 in taking out Osama Bin Laden, for being too slow in taking out the infamous terrorist. This has, pretty naturally, led to a lot of repercussions. Ripples in the pond. There is a lot to unpack in this. The general blowback has been predictably crazy, because Trump, the guy who is supposed to be “the President who is the best for the troops” keeps insulting them. Beyond that, his general assertion of McRaven being in any way responsible for actually locating Bin Laden is totally wrong. Also, Trump suggested, weirdly, that he would have had Bin Laden captured before 2001 if he were President, highlighting a passage in his book where he mentions Bin Laden as proof of his concern of the guy (the passage in question, actually asks the question if Bin Laden is actually a credible threat, or if he’s just a CIA false flag to distract people…so…yeah…that’s a thing). The whole thing is just a big, distracting mess, folks. Big. And distracting. The fact is that in a history where Trump’s racist revolution arrived a decade ahead of time, Bin Laden would likely be a much a different kind of talking point.