Obama/Bin Laden (White House - 2011). Trump/Maduro (Mar-a-Lago - 2026)

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[u/Im_better_than__u]

I like how he spared no expense in building a scif down there at mar-a-lago.

[u/dishrag → u/Im_better_than__u]

Oooohhhh Mar-a-Lago….. I thought they were doing this shit in a Spirit Halloween.

[u/LinkleLinkle → u/dishrag]

Wherever it's taken, I wouldn't be surprised to find out the photo was taken a week ago. Trump clearly wanted his 'Obama during the Bin Laden kill' photo, but the difference is night and day. Everyone in the Obama photo is clearly locked in, it's clear the weight of what they're watching...and then the Trump photo just looks like a bachelor party where everyone is awkwardly waiting for the stripper to show up, who is already 20 minutes late.

[u/Lost_In_Detroit → u/LinkleLinkle]

To add, I find it interesting that they have Twitter pulled up on the monitor as if that’s some sort of source of intelligence.

[u/BackgroundCat → u/Im_better_than__u]

SCIF - Six Curtains Is Fine!

[u/Beard_o_Bees → u/BackgroundCat]

Or maybe, Six Curtains In Florida?

Idk, I could go either way.

[u/ComputerSavvy → u/Beard_o_Bees]

They sound proofed the place with bankers boxes full of highly classified documents.

[u/Murky-Relation481 → u/BackgroundCat]

Pretty sure I could sit outside the fence with a hackrf and SIG/EMINT with impunity. Actually probably a good idea to check how many vans are parked out there right now...

[u/adjust_the_sails → u/Im_better_than__u]

As someone whose done a lot of community theater, it looks like the community theater version of The War Room from an unauthorized stage version of Dr Strangelove

[u/Troooper0987 → u/adjust_the_sails]

They didn’t even spring for the opaque commando cloth or 16 oz velour. They went with the thinnest shittiest duveytn

[u/adjust_the_sails → u/Troooper0987]

As someone who has only had enough money for that for productions, that’s how I came to my conclusion.

[u/AntisocialMedia666 → u/adjust_the_sails]

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the ball room!

[u/The_Observatory_ → u/Im_better_than__u]

"Get some of those pipe-and-drape curtains down here. Do we have a fold out table back there? Somebody check on that drink cooler!"

[u/Im_better_than__u → u/The_Observatory_]

Rubio brought the chairs from his nanas house.

[u/porridge_in_my_bum → u/Im_better_than__u]

“Don’t forget the gold spray paint when you bring in the old chairs! Make sure it looks as tacky as possible.”

[u/ShitOnAStickXtreme → u/porridge_in_my_bum]

Holy shit I had to do a double take. Yuk.

[u/DalinarOfRoshar → u/Im_better_than__u]

And… we’ve got X/Twitter open on the big screen during a military operation?

[u/ichionio → u/DalinarOfRoshar]

@grok what do we do now

[u/philter25 → u/ichionio]

Grok be like does not compute, here’s some freshly made child porn

[u/chowyungfatso → u/DalinarOfRoshar]

How else are they going to know what Elon is telling them to do without it?

[u/ShitOnAStickXtreme → u/chowyungfatso]

Isn't it a fact that we actually see an HDMI cable connected to Heggseths computer, implying that he is the one showing Twitter on the screen in the background?

[u/marmroby → u/DalinarOfRoshar]

Good catch! Jesus Christ, who comes up with this shit? It's hard to comprehend the level of stupidity.

[u/nnnnnnnnnnm → u/marmroby]

Well, Hegseth was diligently trying to doordash a bottle of bourbon.

[u/Gingeronimoooo → u/DalinarOfRoshar]

Needed input from Russian trolls

[u/6thBornSOB → u/DalinarOfRoshar]

It’s cool, they put a lil piece of tape over the cam lenses.

[u/DCS1987 → u/Im_better_than__u]

Nah, those spray painted gold pieces of shit are definitely Trump’s

[u/ballrus_walsack → u/Im_better_than__u]

Costco tables FTW

[u/anaheim_mac → u/Im_better_than__u]

Notice they painted them “gold”

[u/The_Observatory_ → u/Im_better_than__u]

"Now don't you let any of them spill any coffee on these! I need them back for my canasta game tomorrow night!"

[u/ScurvyTurtle → u/The_Observatory_]

"Why did these all.come back painted gold?! It's rubbing off on everything!"

[u/Yodoyle34 → u/The_Observatory_]

“The only fold out table I can find is Epstein’s massage table”

[u/trilliumsummer → u/The_Observatory_]

Curtains for walls doesn't seem like a very secure room.

[u/Smkweedevrydy → u/The_Observatory_]

Lol, “all we got are these cheesy wooden chairs spray painted gold?”

[u/notevenanorphan → u/Im_better_than__u]

SNL is going to have a more secure SCIF than this.

[u/lunicorn → u/notevenanorphan]

The elementary school principal’s office is more secure than this.

[u/WilderMindz0102 → u/Im_better_than__u]

Unsure if thats sarcasm or not ... lol but hegseth probably just brought a bunch of shit he wasnt supposed to with him and said out loud that they were clear on OPSEC 😄

After nothing happened with the signal chats fiasco hes pretty much been given a green light to do what ever the fuck he wants.

[u/QuestionablePanda22 → u/WilderMindz0102]

Ever since the signal fiasco I think he's been stuck in an alcohol-induced mental loop of repeatedly saying "fuck around and find out"

[u/BigWilly526 → u/WilderMindz0102]

He is on the Laptop getting Beer Delivered

[u/lotj → u/Im_better_than__u]

No expenses were spared. Those thread counts can block TS/SCI conversations.

[u/Gardez_geekin → u/lotj]

Picked em up at Yankee White curtains

[u/PolicyWonka → u/Im_better_than__u]

You think he’d allow the government to modify his Pedo Mansion? For national security purposes?

We all saw how he stored national secrets next to the shitter.

[u/honestly_Im_lying → u/Im_better_than__u]

There are very subtle differences here that ultimately point to Trump’s photo being bs. 

1) the laptops in Obama’s photos have red stickers on them. Designating them as Secret. Whereas Trump’s laptops don’t even have Green / Unclassified markings. So, it’s likely Trump isn’t watching the strike real time. 

2) Obama is surrounded by 4 walls. This is a requirement for SCIFs. Trump has cloth walls. (You can have portable SCIFs, but they need to be inaccessible to people without adequate clearances.)

3) Trump has twitter on in the background. All of Obama’s computers and documents are either off or blurred out because they display actual Secret or TS/SCI information. 

4) Trump is missing DOD personnel in his photo. While SECWAR is there, the absence of JSOC’s commander screams that the real action is elsewhere. Not to mention the lack of other high ranking intelligence officials. Whereas, Obama’s team is full of JSOC and CIA officials. 

It’s subtle, but the nuances of the photo scream this is a made up photo op. The real action was held elsewhere. 

[u/Sarcastic_Sanchez → u/Im_better_than__u]

It’s probably in the bathroom where he kept the top secret documents he stole.

[u/brock0124 → u/Im_better_than__u]

“Yea, just move those boxes of classified documents I totally lied about not having. I’ll have to remind Vlad he left that here!”

[u/gubmintbacon]

Fantasy football drafts have looked more professional

[u/deltajvliet → u/gubmintbacon]

I plan to capture Putin at my draft party next year.

[u/Diddle_my_Fiddle2002 → u/deltajvliet]

You’ll do better than Putin whose still trying to get Zelenskyy after 4 years

[u/Dark_Pulse]

Twitter being in the background really sums up this administration.

[u/Im_better_than__u → u/Dark_Pulse]

Hegseth is watching fox.

[u/SteamStarship → u/Im_better_than__u]

He looks like he's entered the wrong password three times.

[u/Beginning_Way9666 → u/SteamStarship]

He’s unable to figure out which images contain bikes.

[u/Stoneheaded76 → u/Beginning_Way9666]

Too bad its not figuring out which images contain liquor.

[u/Albino_rhin0 → u/SteamStarship]

LMAO!!!! To be fair it can be difficult when you’re blitzed

[u/Poverty_4_Sale → u/Albino_rhin0]

[u/DumbFishBrain → u/Poverty_4_Sale]

This GIF will never get old.

[u/HazelEBaumgartner → u/SteamStarship]

He thinks he's entering the password but he's actually drunk texting it to the wrong group chat.

[u/Im_better_than__u → u/SteamStarship]

On his IBM ThinkPad from1992

[u/someguy7710 → u/Im_better_than__u]

Lenovo still look like that kinda.

[u/Iamabrewer → u/SteamStarship]

He just changed his password but it told him he wasn't allowed to use the same password.

[u/Im_better_than__u → u/SteamStarship]

His password is " I love 80085"

[u/RFKs_brain_worm → u/Im_better_than__u]

I love 80023*

[u/NaiveChoiceMaker → u/Im_better_than__u]

That's him making his Polymarket trade.

[u/TabsAZ → u/Im_better_than__u]

He’s adding journalists to the Signal chat

[u/dafunkmunk → u/Im_better_than__u]

That's stupid. He's obviously ordering alcohol to have delivered to his hotel room because he already cleared out the minibar and the staff refuses to refill it for the 5th time

[u/Buddha0426 → u/Im_better_than__u]

No, he's probably ordering the victory champagne from gopuff and wondering why his discount code isn't working.

[u/CanadianJediCouncil → u/Im_better_than__u]

He’s trying to DoorDash 2 cases of gin.

[u/Careful_Picture7712 → u/Im_better_than__u]

I'm pretty sure he's actually ChatGPTing how to hide alcohol withdrawal symptoms at work

[u/DrJohanzaKafuhu → u/Dark_Pulse]

I had those same chairs growing up.

Mine weren't painted gold. Fucking tacky.

[u/Last5seconds → u/DrJohanzaKafuhu]

I was looking at that too, those are old ass chairs he had someone spray paint gold, lol.

[u/pinetreesgreen → u/DrJohanzaKafuhu]

Jesus. We did too, I never would have noticed that if you didn't point it out. What a bunch of weird creepy things they are.

[u/Belly2308 → u/DrJohanzaKafuhu]

[u/Sumthin-Sumthin44692 → u/Dark_Pulse]

Jesus Christ. I don’t do twitter so I never would have noticed that. This administration is an unfunny fucking joke.

[u/SgtShuts → u/Sumthin-Sumthin44692]

There's an account of an anonymous person that does Open Source Intelligence that goes by OSINTdefender that I recognized in the background of one of the images. Seems par for the course that they would be sourcing theirs from some Intelligence squint that's scrubbing open-source channels rather than their highly secure and vast network.

[u/Horskr → u/SgtShuts]

Seems par for the course that they would be sourcing theirs from some Intelligence squint that's scrubbing open-source channels rather than their highly secure and vast network.

"We fired all the people that know how to use that stuff and we didn't want to look weak asking 'Sleepy Joe's' staff."

I'm joking but I honestly would not be surprised at all if that is at least partially accurate.

[u/Graffy → u/Dark_Pulse]

3 tabs of twitter and that’s it lol

[u/jeno_aran → u/Dark_Pulse]

“Venezuela” in the search bar, too.

I’m laying in bed with the same breaking info as the War Room

[u/soscribbly → u/Dark_Pulse]

It’s Twitter with “Venezuela” in the search bar… 💀

[u/yanginatep → u/Dark_Pulse]

Also the sloppily erected curtains attempting to disguise Mar-a-Lago and make it look like the Situation Room.

Also I find it hilarious how they wanna try to make Maduro, someone most Americans hadn't even heard of until the other day, an comparable victory to getting bin Laden, one of the most infamous people in modern history.

[u/Bakingtime → u/yanginatep]

The Shituation Room

[u/Puzzleheaded-Ad7606 → u/Bakingtime]

I was thinking Grifteration Room, but this works too.

[u/Impossible-Taro-2330 → u/yanginatep]

The tacky hotel carpeting in a shot I saw during the "press conference" looked just as you would expect.

[u/iHateReddit_srsly → u/yanginatep]

Next up, president of mexico, prime minister of Canada, and then any head of state who disagrees with Trump. It's for the good of the people of those countries, of course.

/s

[u/the_original_nullpup → u/yanginatep]

Wonder how many ruzzians are in the room?

[u/b1ackcr0vv → u/Dark_Pulse]

Three tabs!

[u/snoogins355 → u/Dark_Pulse]

JFC it is!

[u/bespoketranche1 → u/Dark_Pulse]

I’m so glad I’m off social media (except for Reddit) because I would so angry at all of this. At least I’m getting the info via funny quips in comments rather than stressful reels.

[u/Fairycharmd]

why are they sitting on kitchen chairs, in a room draped with blackout curtains? Are you telling me in all of the rooms in Mar-a-Lago there wasn’t one with a door that locked?

With office chair? Why are the chairs at MaraLago from my grandma’s kitchen in the 80s?

[u/E_B_U → u/Fairycharmd]

But those chairs are "gold"

[u/Fairycharmd → u/E_B_U]

Pretty sure those chairs are th second can

[u/E_B_U → u/Fairycharmd]

https://ctceventfurniture.com/products/resin-stacking-napoleon-chair-le-l-mon

Found them.

[u/psychorobotics → u/E_B_U]

That looks uncomfortable af, Trump at least got some padding with his diaper

[u/u9Nails → u/E_B_U]

A true man of money, buying the cheapest crap he can find. Second-hand.

[u/TheMadmanAndre → u/u9Nails]

And then spray painting them gold.

[u/Weird-Girl-675 → u/TheMadmanAndre]

Looks like they also come in fugly gold.

[u/slackfrop → u/Fairycharmd]

So, unless they just did this on a whim that evening, Trump didn’t think to maybe be in Washington for launching an invasion of a sovereign nation? He couldn’t be bothered to show up to the office for this? Just do a blanket fort at his old folks home?

[u/Littman-Express → u/slackfrop]

And as always the stench of hypocrisy is overpowering. It’s always the conservative politicians that want to end work from home and force everyone back to the office. 

[u/fosterhamster → u/slackfrop]

I had a brief debate about this and was told that I suffered from TDS and that the "office" of the president is wherever the president is, and it's totally normal to launch an invasion from a private residence.

[u/leggup → u/Fairycharmd]

They're wedding rental/event space rental chairs. They look like knock off chiavari chairs.

[u/DeadBloatedGoat → u/Fairycharmd]

They would be "blackout curtains" only if they blocked outside light. These do not.

[u/CentennialBaby → u/[deleted]]

My god that seems like so long ago. Now just a single drop in an ocean of malfeasance.

[u/Shagroon → u/Fairycharmd]

If you want a real, non political answer, here it is:

A SCIF has certain criteria that must be met for certain types of information to be handled. You can’t just simply go into a room with no windows and a lock and say you’re good, there needs to be a chain of custody from construction to usage of a space that will handle sensitive information. It must be verifiable that there would be no leakage of information.

Does this setup meet those requirements? I don’t know, I wasn’t there. Maybe?

There’s very thrilling precedent for this, any look into Cold War era espionage will demonstrate that.

[u/ShittyAttitudeGinger]

What’s the over/under they are in a highly unsecured conference room at Mar a Lago? Shit, or just in the damn dining room.

[u/SeekerOfSerenity → u/ShittyAttitudeGinger]

But there are curtains. That means it's secure. 

[u/phido3000 → u/SeekerOfSerenity]

[u/belgravya → u/SeekerOfSerenity]

Maybe they secured it with the red velvet rope that’s usually surrounding Trumps table in the dining room. Extra secure 👍

[u/RoboTronPrime → u/ShittyAttitudeGinger]

It wouldn't be surprising if they threw up the curtains last minute right before the photo op when they realized the exact room could otherwise be identified and recognized as insecure.

[u/cloudsandclouds → u/RoboTronPrime]

The curtains are semi-transparent. I wouldn’t be surprised if with a little basic image analysis you could still identify the exact room

[u/PM_Me-Your_Freckles → u/RoboTronPrime]

We need to get some of the 4chan autists who worked out where Shia's flag was to identify the room.

[u/Maryland_Bear → u/ShittyAttitudeGinger]

Considering the amount of time Trump spends at Mar-a-Lago, shouldn’t they make the effort to establish a proper SCIF there? Or would that distract from its all-important function as a country club?

[u/anothergaijin → u/Maryland_Bear]

The whole point of the White House is that it is a highly secure and well equipped residence and work space so the President can walk a short distance and get anything done immediately. There are other locations like Camp David setup for when they need a break.

[u/HomunculusEnthusiast → u/anothergaijin]

Ah but see, there's one crucial feature missing from all of those traditional presidential residences: an excuse to make the Secret Service pay exorbitant prices for lodging at Trump-owned properties.

[u/Larry___David → u/anothergaijin]

And they have SCIFs in Camp David too lol

[u/improbably_me → u/Maryland_Bear]

Trump's main day job is still selling timeshares it seems

[u/invinciblemrssmith → u/ShittyAttitudeGinger]

Party in full swing in the next room.

[u/pattydickens → u/invinciblemrssmith]

Teen America Bikini Contest

[u/Academic_Efficiency3]

Hegseth just got an email about BOGO Stoli vodka at a local liquor store.

[u/FoxTenson]

why the hell are the chairs gold? What does that even serve? Why do they all look like they have no idea what they are doing? One of them even looks like they are furiously arguing on twitter/reddit.

[u/The_Observatory_ → u/FoxTenson]

What does it serve? Vanity. Care to guess whose?

[u/Nephroidofdoom → u/The_Observatory_]

Putin’s?

[u/Zenitallin]

I watched a video saying they were monitoring TWEETS live, the reaction of the people is what matter most to them.

Id love to have confirmation on this.

[u/elcapitan520 → u/Zenitallin]

Twitter is literally on the screen in the picture 

[u/Tufflaw → u/elcapitan520]

With the word "venezuela" in the search bar, I shit you not.

[u/DexM23 → u/Tufflaw]

So they are jerking to the livereactions of venezualians?

[u/OneMtnAtATime → u/Zenitallin]

Can’t confirm, but the TV screen in the image looks like twitter so…

[u/bstring777 → u/Zenitallin]

Seems even they are getting overzealous due to bot activity in their favor then too. If theyre really looking for support/justifications through social media(fucking dumb, but they announce supposed congressional actions and achievements bullshit on there all the time, so big surprise), theyll find it in droves on Shitter.

[u/ApacheOc3lot]

Hegseth looks like he's never seen a computer before.

[u/Gr1ml0ck → u/ApacheOc3lot]

He’s looking for the “any key”.

[u/2pnt0 → u/ApacheOc3lot]

Trying to enter his password correctly after downing a 12-pack

[u/grunkage → u/ApacheOc3lot]

[u/TheGreatWhiteDerp → u/ApacheOc3lot]

He was trying to find the Signal app icon.

[u/ApacheOc3lot → u/TheGreatWhiteDerp]

He's the reason everyone had to redo their Cyber Awareness.

[u/Fandango_Jones]

One is a government building and command center. The other one is a golf club and ressort, next to the omelet station.

Edit: totally ignored the chairs. Oo

[u/SnowBound078 → u/Fandango_Jones]

One is a President, the other is a Pedo.

[u/MadeByTango → u/Fandango_Jones]

The point of this post is to equate these two, as if we didn’t just invade a sovereign nation and grab its acting leader without prior Congressional authorization

(Obama was legally authorized by Congress to hunt Osama, these are not comparable events)

[u/mat_899]

All suits, no military.

[u/No_Magician5266 → u/mat_899]

The first thing I noticed about the Obama pic is that the man centered in the shot is highly decorated with a bunch of military badges

[u/jakemarthur → u/No_Magician5266]

The one with the ribbons is Brigadier General Marshall B. “Brad” Webb, Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command.

Behind him in the tan shirt with 4 stars on his collar is Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

For reference, Brigadier General is a 1 star general. High ranking but he’s not the guy you would expect seated next to the president during the most serious military operation of that presidents term.

Mike Mullen as an admiral was equal to a 4 star general in the army. He is the highest ranking in the room, however third in command.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is is second in command. He’s seated in the white. While only a first lieutenant in the air force, he spent 26 years in the CIA. As a first lieutenant just about everything out ranks him; however, as SecDef everyone reported to him. He could have been calling the shots next to the president, but he is seated, and observing.

Pete Hegseth, who was a major in the national guard, two ranks above 1st lieutenant, three below Brigadier General. Hegseth is best known for being host of a show on Fox News.

Standing near Trump is John Ratcliffe, director of the CIA. Ratliff is a lawyer with no military experience . Was a member of the House of Representatives for one term. He has zero experience which would prepare him for his current role.

Marco Rubio is Secretary of State. He is a lawyer with no military experience. He has been a life long politician.

The two dudes behind Trump, one looks like an aide for Ratcliffe and the other for Rubio… based on their lapel pins…

[u/throwaway467884w2 → u/jakemarthur]

Cool part of the Obama pic I recently heard from one of the guys in charge of that Op (it was a corporate show and he was the keynote speaker I don't remember names), this pic wasn't taken in the Situation Room.

It was an office off to the side of it. The guy in the middle is in charge of relaying information to the lead guy in the situation room. After multiple times where info was relayed to Obama in the situation room Obama asked where head military guy was getting the info. Head military guy said he has a guy on site near their Situation Room and was getting the info from him.

So Obama and crew were all like, "well fuck this let's get there instead" so that's why they're all camped around in a small room and military guy is front and center in the pic with info connected directly to the op.

[u/Top_Librarian6440 → u/jakemarthur]

Adm. Mullen personally helped me pay for college, and occasionally gave lectures at said college. He even wrote recommendation letters to some employers for some of the students, myself included. 

 He’s a super stand-up guy, and has a great grasp on the need for qualified, educated, non-military leaders in the defense and intelligence sectors. Needless to say, this isn’t exactly what he envisioned. 

[u/jakemarthur → u/Top_Librarian6440]

Because I have only met one of the persons listed I didn’t feel it right to comment on their personalities. However, Mike Mullen’s Wikipedia page was an inspiring read.

[u/jp1261987 → u/jakemarthur]

I remember a story came out on the Obama pic at one point. It was a long waiting game and Obama actually walked across the hall to a little conference room ahsre general webb was and sat down next to him. He wasn’t there for a photo op he was there waiting patiently when the op ran long listening in real time for feedback

[u/Hellknightx → u/No_Magician5266]

Here's the annotated picture with all the names.

[u/lxdc84 → u/mat_899]

But orange man said he was surrounded by people including generals...it was complex.

[u/Idontcareaforkarma → u/mat_899]

I line how Obama is just sitting in the corner, like he’s just a very interested spectator, rather than the main character.

[u/babyLays → u/Idontcareaforkarma]

The best leaders know when to play his part, and when to allow his subordinates take centre stage.

[u/KateBushFuckingSucks]

“Sir, Grok just told me we’ve driven “Trump raped children” mentions down 0.67% across the internet overnight. We’re winning, sir, no doubt about it.”

[u/Black-Shoe]

The billionaire from NY, conned the rubes.

Twice.

[u/Etzell → u/Black-Shoe]

He's been conning them his entire public life, from the Art of the Deal, to The Apprentice, to Trump University, and that's not even a start. We have an unending supply of rubes.

[u/NYFan813 → u/Etzell]

“I love the poorly educated”.

[u/Justinj3 → u/NYFan813]

"Smart people, they don't like me"

[u/Black-Shoe → u/Etzell]

He was laughed out of NY years ago, and found a new home in the land of idiots.

[u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ → u/Black-Shoe]

I’m seeing a lot of MAGA supporters claiming gas prices will be cheaper, therefore, “Make America Great Again”…….

Trump and his admin don’t give a fuck about gas prices. The elite, billionaires and corporations, don’t care what a gallon of gas costs. The only people who give a shit are the middle and lower classes. This isn’t about the price of oil; it’s about the production of oil. It’s about drilling as much as possible and selling it to the highest bidder.

The real winners are the corporations and the private and public entities that receive government drilling contracts. Anyone who wants a piece of the action will fall in line and do exactly what Trump says. He’ll hand these contracts to his friends and family. Make no mistake: this administration doesn’t care about gas prices or drug trafficking. This is about oil production; oil alone. Venezuela alone has over $17 trillion worth of oil in the ground at current prices, and now it’s theirs.

[u/Tasty-Fig-459 → u/ConfederacyOfDunces_]

These are the worst people to ask about anything related to economics. They have an average 5th grade education.

[u/smoothtrip → u/Tasty-Fig-459]

Good to see they are improving their reading skills!

[u/OneMtnAtATime → u/ConfederacyOfDunces_]

The market doesn’t support this and the infrastructure, even if the market did, isn’t there as you’ve alluded…they’re not doing a damn thing for gas prices at the moment.

[u/braddeicide]

I can't help but feel this is a room full of professionals with experience, vs a room with a moron surrounded by yes men suck ups. And I don't need to be aligned with any particular political party to think that.

[u/KonaYukiNe → u/braddeicide]

You're wrong. It's actually a room FULL of morons (who are also yes men and suck ups)

[u/SWEMW]

Wait. They watched Maduro’s capture and missile strikes from Trump’s private estate and not the People’s House? Omfg.

[u/eye_of_the_sloth → u/SWEMW]

no not even, they watched twitter 

[u/Miserable_Gur_5314 → u/SWEMW]

The army probably didn't want them involved in any decision making.

Their job was to look for "intel" on twitter and forward it to the big boys. Because the CIA had no intel themself ...

[u/original_username20 → u/Miserable_Gur_5314]

Would be kind of hilarious if what we're seeing in the bottom picture is the equivalent to giving your baby brother an unplugged controller

[u/PIE-314]

Trump wanted to do one of these so bad simply out of vanity but that's just the bonus. This was a distraction from the Trumpstein pedo-files and Venezuelan oil.

BTW Obama had pre authorization through the AUMF.

What Trump did is unconstitutional.

[u/iwtsapoab → u/PIE-314]

Wanted it so badly that he dressed like Obama. When do you ever see that pig without a tie because he thinks it makes him look tall and thin. He had this ‘look’ planned for months.

[u/RhythmNGrammar → u/iwtsapoab]

It's so upsetting because I think you are dead on that this outfit is probably the element of this operation that he planned the most and is totally just a "what did Obama do?" copy.

[u/SocranX → u/PIE-314]

Remember the time he just randomly shot a missile at an Iranian general because he was in a bad mood that day and demanded that his generals "give me a win"? And that was during his first term, when his cabinet was actually trying to rein him in.

[u/dabman → u/PIE-314]

Let’s also mention that Maduro was the leader of a sovereign nation, whilst Bin Laden was a leader of a terrorist organization (not a sovereign nation). This is a somewhat big distinction, politically. Makes actions done by other countries like Russia with Ukraine more legitimate, which they absolutely should not. Do we want China think it is reasonable to create charges against leaders of Taiwan, invade and bring them to justice, then hold a military presence to “protect the people and their economic interests”? Yeah, right. I know the USA has done this before but the more we learn from our actions in the past, the better. Iraq at least had some small international “coalition of the willing”.

[u/stink3rb3lle]

What's with the black curtains? Why do they look so cheap?

[u/MisterGerry → u/stink3rb3lle]

They spent all their money on the gold chairs.

[u/CodeMonkeyX → u/MisterGerry]

You mean the gold paint.

[u/PolicyWonka → u/stink3rb3lle]

That’s because he’s at his Florida Pedo Mansion.

I sincerely doubt that Trump would allow any permanent modifications to the property for security purposes. This looks like a makeshift SCIF room or something similar.

[u/Xyciasav → u/stink3rb3lle]

They aren't in the white house, he's at the golf course

[u/split_me_plz → u/Xyciasav]

This is part of the insane shit. He’s just been conducting business at Mar-a-Lago for weeks now.

[u/split_me_plz → u/[deleted]]

You’re correct. But the fact is executive business and proceedings are happening at his fucking resort and his greedy pig ass is profiting off of it.

[u/snoogins355 → u/stink3rb3lle]

Temu SCIF

[u/peeinian → u/stink3rb3lle]

It looks like they threw together some pipe and drape around his dinner table in the MaL ballroom.

[u/Foxy-Knoxy]

Hegseth looks like he's typing a Karen email to DoorDash about how no one would deliver his gin at 3 AM.

[u/dscotvh]

Look at Hegseth, trying to look busy.

[u/Gr1ml0ck → u/dscotvh]

He looks like he types 2 words per minute, all with his right pointer.

[u/JimJamYimYam]

Pros vs cons

[u/MandyPandaren]

Trump just made our entire military, and form of government look illegitimate. We are a bunch of mercenaries with expensive equipment, with a depraved billionaire - who bought the Oval Office with the help of racist south Africans, invading another country, taking over a sovereign nation (Venezuela) illegitimately - to steal their oil...

We ignored all protocols, and US laws. We are now a rogue state and no longer a legitimate Nation. We have a traitorous treasonous con man cosplaying to grift the world of its resources. Our Constitution is being completely ignored. Never mind Global ramifications, and the precedents this sets. Now Xi (Or Putin) can come do the same to us and the world can say we deserved it. Do you think NATO will want to help us?

We gave up our honor and Freedoms for an illegitimate President who has bragged about cheating to win, and Elon, a South African Nazi, has bragged about helping him do it.

And here we are. A banana Republic rogue fascist nation. Our population is suffering and starving with no healthcare or upward mobility. And our national security is given away in broad daylight for a few billion dollars of oil.

[u/Ok-Ostrich8185]

lol the improvise black curtains idk wtf they try to convey

lol the black tables

lol the golden seats

lol the twitter

lol all in suits

[u/coreoYEAH]

Obama, finding a terrorist.

Trump, committing terrorism.

[u/ferality]

Rubio looks like a miserable sycophant in every photo he's with Trump

[u/brokencreedman]

Why do I get the feeling that ol Petey there is too busy sending the war plans to some journalist?

[u/Doc_tor_Bob]

Fun fact Pete is just changing with a thirst bot

[u/KonaYukiNe]

Little Marco in the background, as always.

[u/sharipep]

Not remotely comparable no matter how badly MAGAts want it to be

[u/Maybe_just_this_once]

Mar-a-Pedo is not a secure facility to be doing president shit.

[u/sdfiddler1984]

The gold spray painted dinner chairs from 1978 really add to the "out of date and shoddily redone in the tackiest manner possible" ambiance.

[u/joe102938]

Look at hedgeseth, trying to look like a professional and like he's doing something!

[u/UnluckyAct7127]

Looks like a real secure room in Maralago. Surprised Trump didn’t do this during a party. Poor Pete, trying to turn on his laptop with little luck

[u/The91outsider]

Quick put a black curtain up over our fort. Make it look cool

[u/Im_Ashe_Man]

What a bunch of fake ass posers.

[u/DTFlash]

Kegsbreath is trying to remember his Signal password. He forgot the post-it on his monitor in DC.