Jake Sullivan doing a press conference rn his jacket conspicuously doesnt fit man looks like hell
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evades commitment to get all Americans out "will you commit to this" "thats what were doing: we're asking them to come to the airport" well that isnt quite the same is it now
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our national security advisor is rocking a full prole gap at a press conference. whose jacket is he wearingpic.twitter.com/SeAtI9GO9Z
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"what would you tell your allies in NATO" "article five is sacrosanct, NATO is solid, NATO is being consulted, we checked in with everyone about this, all of our troops will get out safely, no one has died. we're working to get NATO civilians out" stronger answer
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oh holy shit a journalist just raised this point explicitly wrt South Korea and Taiwan "how can you be a global leader without making sacrifices" goddamnhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1427690949535174658?s=19 …
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Holy fuck he just completely refused to answer not good extremely not good what the fuck
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he spent thirty seconds talking about sacrifices and then just pretended to be interrupted and moved onto the next question incredibly egregious I'm floored
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"how are you actually going to ensure people will get to the airport" "well keep talking to the Taliban"
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jen psaki with additional updates. her clothes fit and her hair isnt fucked up. looks like her makeup is off tho. black smudge under her left eye shes just reading stuff
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"why isnt the US providing help for US citizens to get to the airport" "let me refer you to Jakes comments that were talking with the Taliban. also some Americans have been making it to the airport"
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"if there are still Americans stuck at the end of the month what are you going to do" "we're not focusing on that right now"
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"does the president still have confidence in his intelligence teams" "yes and hes still taking advice from the daily" REASSURING
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"will you acknowledge this is a failure like David axlerod says you should" "[word salad meaning 'no']"
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"the president has made it clear that he doesnt trust the taliban so why are you trusting them to let people to the airport" "uhhh we're watching them. and eventually we have the military" ok so she said there may be some kind of vague military response if there are problems?
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she mentioned the Taiwan relations act at least, and affirmed it. somewhat passingly
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"why did you not have a plan to secure the airport. you fucking idiots" "stuff happens"pic.twitter.com/6mVIU2Me1a
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friends and allies of america i am really genuinely sorry for this shit show https://twitter.com/lolitsnotreal_/status/1427703931912835080?s=19 …
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listening to state briefing, have to work but will update if anything interesting guy is much more clinical guys name is Ned Price. and looks and talks like a guy named Ned Price his collar is curled up but his light brown jacket fits
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journalists are hammering this guy hes answering more competently but not giving answers absolutely no commitments on getting people to the airport its pretty extr*ordinary
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journalists are raising specific cases of americans who are trapped in their apartments after being turned back from the airport spox not giving answers
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its interesting listening to this because its clearly a lower production value press conference. reporters getting follow up questions, everything less shouty way more time for reporters to pin the guy
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theyre mad that hes giving them crap they already know and that hes refusing to talk about new stuff from the main press conference theyre directly contradicting shit hes saying its pretty impressive currently arguing about SIVs
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reporter is straight up calling him a liar about US ability to extract people given the (i) count of people who need extraction and (ii) current rate at which the extraction is occurring
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its a hash basically just waiting for commentary about Taiwan / Korea
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guess this dude has a reputationhttps://twitter.com/TeddyRaccovelt/status/1427715742368256002?s=19 …
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hopped in late to a Pentagon briefing "why didnt you keep bagram running" "we decided to collapse bagram instead of abandoning the embassy for tactical reasons given our mission set with the constraint of reducing troops"
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"are you thinking of retaking bagram" "good question but I won't discuss here"
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"if you have a deconfliction process with the Taliban why cant you get afghans past the checkpoints" "we're emphasizing that they need to let documented afghans through. right now we see our chokepoint as moving once they get to the airport. but yes there have been incidents"
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