TODAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY A NETWORK OF ISIS TUNNELS IN
AFGHANISTAN AND ALSO DISTRACT THE MEDIA FROM DISCUSSING
ANYTHING ELSE, THE U.S. MILITARY DROPPED THE LARGEST NON-NUCLEAR
BOMB IN ITS ARSENAL --
IT WAS NEVER USED BACK THEN, WE BELIEVE ONLY ABOUT 15 WERE
PRODUCED --
SEAN SPICER ANNOUNCED IN A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY --
HE WENT ON TO SAY --
-- I THINK THAT IS AN INTERESTING DESCRIPTOR TO PUT
ONTO A WEAPON THAT HAS A BLAST RACE OF 1 MILE, IT'S KIND OF
DIFFICULT TO MISS AT THAT POINT -- BUT JUST IN CASE MARIA
BARTOROMO IS WATCHING IT WAS UNMANNED --
ONCE AGAIN THE WEAPON HAS A BLAST RADIUS OF 1 MILE.
THIS IS
A RELATIVELY UNINHABITED AREA, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU AVOID
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES WAS SOMETHING THAT LARGE.
AND WE
WILL SHOW YOU A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
SPICER WENT ON TO SAY THAT HITLER NEVER DROPPED A BOMB THAT
BIG.
HE DIDN'T.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON MILITARY WEAPONRY -- THIS IS BASED ON THE
RESEARCH I JUST DID AND WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF BOMBS THAT ARE MILITARY HAS.
EVERYONE KEEPS REPORTING
THIS AS THE LARGEST NONNUCLEAR BOMB IN OUR ARSENAL, BUT IT
TURNS OUT THERE IS SOMETHING KNOWN AS THE gbu-57, THAT IS
30,000 POUNDS --
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TESTED BUT NOT PRODUCED, PERHAPS.
BABY, BUT I ALSO READ THAT THE BOMB THEY USED WOULDN'T
NECESSARILY DESTROY UNDERGROUND TUNNELS AND CAVES.
IS DESIGNED THAT IT CAN DO THAT, WE HAVE OTHER MUNITIONS
FOR THAT.
WE ARE NOT STUPID, WE CAN SPECULATE -- SOME PEOPLE SAY
IT MIGHT BE STRIKE BACK BECAUSE A GREEN BERET WAS KILLED IN THAT
DISTRICT LAST WEEK, IT COULD BE THAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO SEND A
STRONG SIGNAL TO EITHER ASSAD OR PUTIN OR NORTH KOREA, WE DON'T
KNOW.
BUT WE DO KNOW ONE THING -- THIS IS THE SORT OF THING
DONALD TRUMP WOULD DO THAT BUT HE WOULD GET INTO OFFICE AND SAY
GIVE ME YOUR BIGGEST BOMB, LET'S DROP IT. AND THEN HE WILL
TEMPORARILY FEEL LIKE HE IS PACKING SOMETHING.
AND HE WILL
BRAG ABOUT IT IN THE VIDEO WE WILL SHOW, BUT LOOK AT HOW HE
SORT OF DOESN'T TAKE TOO MUCH CREDIT NOT BEEN
DID YOU AUTHORIZE THE BOMBING?
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL JOB, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR MILITARY.
JUST LIKE WE ARE PROUD OF THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM, WE ARE SO
PROUD OF OUR MILITARY AND IT WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
DID YOU AUTHORIZE IT?
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED, AND WHAT I DO IS I AUTHORIZE MY
MILITARY -- WE HAVE THE GREATEST MILITARY AND THEY'VE DONE A JOB
AS USUAL, WE HAVE GIVEN THEM TOTAL AUTHORIZATION AND THAT'S
WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
AND FRANKLY THAT'S WHY THEY'VE BEEN SO
SUCCESSFUL LATELY.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE
LAST EIGHT WEEKS AND COMPARE THAT TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER
THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, YOU SEE THERE IS A TREMENDOUS
DIFFERENCE.
THIS WAS ANOTHER VERY SUCCESSFUL MISSION.
TWO QUICK POINTS, ONE, I'M GLAD HE THINKS THINGS HAVE BEEN
GOING WELL OVER THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS, HE SHOULD PRESENT SOME
EVIDENCE OF THAT -- BUT HE DID INSULT THE MILITARY'S EFFORTS
OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
IT'S THE SAME MILITARY.
AND WHEN
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT HE AUTHORIZED IT, HE SAID I
THINK EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THIS GUY TAKES CREDIT FOR THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH HIM.
YES, AND ONE THING YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER IS TRUMP SAID ABOUT
ISIS A WHILE AGO, HE SAID WE ARE GOING TO BOMB THE SHIT OUT OF
ISIS.
THIS IS THE REALIZATION OF THAT, AND THIS IS WHAT'S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
ANOTHER PART OF THIS, THE HEAD OF
CENTCOM OVER THERE SAID TO JOHN NICHOLSON WHO WAS IN
AFGHANISTAN, THIS IS WHAT WE WILL DO.
BUT THIS IS DONALD
TRUMP.
AS FAR AS WE KNOW HE COULD'VE JUST HAD A GOOD TIME
LAST THURSDAY IN SYRIA AND SAID HERE WE GO AGAIN.
I'M NOT SAYING
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING HE CAN
POINT TO IS A POSITIVE IN HIS ADMINISTRATION, SO WHY WOULDN'T
HE KEEP DOING THAT?
THAT'S AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
THE MEDIA IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THEIR TUNE TOWARD TRUMP AS SOON
AS HE TOOK SOME ACTION IN SYRIA.
HE DID BECOME PRESIDENTIAL.
HE DID, HE ACTED ON EMOTION AND DECIDED TO --
WE THOUGHT HE DID, YOU DON'T REALLY BECOME PRESIDENTIAL UNTIL
YOU DROP THE MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS.
AND IN THE MEDIA THERE IS
ONLY ONE POSITION YOU CAN HAVE ON PATRIOTISM AND THE MILITARY,
YOU ALL HAVE TO AGREE.
SO IF WE DROP THE MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS
THAT MUST BE BETTER THAN REGULAR BOMBS.
CHRIS WALLACE SAID TRUMP
IS SHOWING A WILLINGNESS TO USE FORCE WE HAVEN'T SEEN FOR EIGHT
YEARS.
THIS INDIVIDUAL BOMB, WAY MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN REGULAR
BOMBS, BUT DOES HE KNOW WE HAVE DROPPED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
BOMBS?
FROM SUPPORTERS, THEY ARE ALL IN DISASTER, SEEM TO THINK
THAT RAMPANT BOMBING ISN'T A THING WE HAVE TRIED TO USE
AGAINST TERRORISTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THAT IS ALL WE'VE DONE.
THIS IS WORSE BUT NOT FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT.
I WANT
TO SHOW SOME PICTURES, THEY WILL SHOW A MILLION TESTS OF THE
MOAB, YOU WILL THINK YES, THAT WILL KILL SOME TERRORISTS -- AS
OF RIGHT NOW, TRUMP CAN'T SUDDENLY BEGIN USING THESE
WILLY-NILLY, WE HAVE 15, WE COULD MAKE MORE BUT WE HAVE 15
-- THIS COULD BE A TEST TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL ACCEPT BEING USED ON A WIDER BASIS.
THEY WANT YOU TO THINK OF DESERT HUTS BEING BLOWN UP.
BUT FOR
SCALE I WANT YOU TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD BE KILLED BY THIS.
HERE IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN LOS ANGELES IF YOU DROPPED THIS BOMB
DOWNTOWN.
THE CENTRAL CIRCLE IS THE DESTRUCTION OF EVEN HARDENED
STRUCTURES, NOTHING SURVIVES THAT, LIKE A NUCLEAR BLAST.
THE
BIGGER MIDDLE ONE DESTROYS SKYSCRAPERS, ALL OF THAT, JUST
WIPES EVERYTHING OUT TOO --
BUT THE PEOPLE DINING AT BESTIA OUR FINE.
IT EXTENDS BEYOND THAT.
JESUS IS FINE, THE DODGERS ARE GOOD.
THAT WOULD KILL TENS OF THOUSANDS AT THE VERY LEAST.
THE
NEXT ONE, IN NEW YORK, I WOULD PUT IT HIGHER UP BUT
UNFORTUNATELY THE TOOL IS BROKEN -- WIPING OUT MILLIONS
POTENTIALLY.
WE GO TO LONDON, IS OF COURSE THEY NEVER TALK ABOUT
WHAT IF THESE WEAPONS WERE USED AGAINST US, WHAT PRECEDENT ARE
WE SETTING THAT WE NOW BELIEVE WE CAN USE THESE WEAPONS?
IF
SOMEONE ELSE DOES, AND WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO HAS THESE,
RUSSIA HAS THEM, CAN WE SAY THESE WEAPONS ARE UNACCEPTABLE
IF WE CHOOSE TO USE THEM?
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH FEAR
MONGERING IN THE MEDIA AND SO MUCH LOVE FOR MILITARY ACTION
AND BOMBING THE BAD GUYS THAT I THINK MOST AMERICANS -- NOT
MOST, BUT A SIZABLE CHUNK -- WILL SEE THIS AND APPLAUDED.
THERE WERE PEOPLE ON MY FEET ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHO AREN'T
INTERESTED IN POLITICS, THEY ARE CASUAL CONSUMERS OF POLITICAL
NEWS, THEY KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, THEN THEY READ THE
HEADLINES ABOUT TRUMP SANCTIONING WHAT HAPPENED TODAY,
AND THEY SEE IT AS A SIGN OF STRENGTH.
THEY SEE THE HEADLINES
INDICATING HE USED A BOMB AGAINST ISIS, THEY THINK HE IS
TAKING SOME STRONG ACTION AGAINST ISIS.
THAT'S A STRONG
PRESIDENT.
ONE OF MY FRIENDS USED THAT STATEMENT, STRONG
PRESIDENT.
PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT WAY ARE NOT BAD PEOPLE, WE'VE
BEEN CONDITIONED BY THE MEDIA TO THINK THAT WAY, PEOPLE WON'T
VISUALIZE THE DESTRUCTION THE WAY YOU JUST MADE OUR AUDIENCE
VISUALIZE IT.
THE FEAR IS VERY APPARENT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE BEEN
TOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT ISLAMIC TERRORISM -- ISIS
SPECIFICALLY -- POSES A THREAT TO AMERICANS, PEOPLE ARE SCARED,
BUT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS TYPE OF
FORCE AND THIS TYPE OF FOREIGN POLICY REALLY DOES KEEP US SAFE
IN THE FUTURE.
IT DEPENDS, IF THIS IS A REMOTE AREA AND YOU
AREN'T KILLING A BUNCH OF CIVILIANS AND IT SUCCESSFULLY
DESTROYS TUNNELS ISIS IS USING, I'M ALL FOR IT.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT OF THIS BOMB HAS
BEEN, IF IT EVEN ACHIEVED WHAT THEY SAID IT WOULD.
THEY SAID IT WAS SUCCESSFUL, DO THEY KNOW?
THEY DON'T, AND YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT SUCCESS BECAUSE WHEN YOU
FIGHT A FOE LIKE ISIS, EVEN IF YOU WIPED OUT EVERYONE IT WAS
INTENDED FOR, IT ONLY TAKES ONE PERSON TO DRIVE A TRUCK INTO A
BUILDING IN BUENOS AIRES AND THEY WAKE UP AGAIN.
TWO POINTS
-- HE DID SYRIA LAST WEEK AND THIS TODAY, CONGRESS IS ON
VACATION FOR EASTER, IT'S EASIER TO DO THESE THINGS WHEN CONGRESS
IS ON RECESS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER.
BUT AFTER THE BOMBING
OVER THE WEEKEND LAST WEEK IN SYRIA, HE STARTED TO GET A LOT
OF FLAK ABOUT HOW ILL-ADVISED IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TO DO THAT, SOME
PEOPLE WERE SAYING WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS
-- THAT'S SOMETHING TO REMEMBER.
THE NEXT THING IS, BECOMING
PRESIDENTIAL -- THE PERSON YOU CITED WHO SAID NOW HE'S BEING A
STRONG PRESIDENT -- JIMMY CARTER, WHO IS LOOKED AT AS KIND
OF A WEAK PRESIDENT HISTORICALLY, NOT ONE AMERICAN
LOST THEIR LIFE IN COMBAT IN THE FOUR YEARS HE WAS PRESIDENT.
THERE WERE EIGHT PEOPLE WHO WENT TO TRY TO RESCUE HOSTAGES, WHICH
WAS NOT COMBAT, AND THE HELICOPTERS CRASHED.
WHY ISN'T
IT THAT PRESIDENTIAL?
WHY ISN'T THAT STRONG?
WHY IS IT ONLY
PRESIDENTIAL TO CAUSE DISTRACTION?
HE'S A STRONG
PRESIDENT -- NO, JIMMY CARTER WAS A STRONGER PRESIDENT.
WE HAVE BOUGHT INTO THIS MACHIAVELLIAN IMAGE OF WHAT A
LEADER SHOULD BE.
FOR A LOT OF AMERICANS -- AND AGAIN I DON'T
THINK THIS IS SOMETHING AMERICANS FEEL ON THEIR OWN, I
THINK IT'S DECADES OF CONDITIONING BY THE MASS MEDIA
WHICH MAKES PEOPLE THINK YOU NEED TO BE STRONG BY BEING
FORCEFUL AND VIOLENT -- DIPLOMACY IS ALWAYS SOMETHING
THAT TAKES A BACKSEAT.
IT IS STRENGTH, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT INTELLIGENCE, WE NEVER
REALLY HAVE CULTURALLY IN AMERICA AND CERTAINLY NOT WHEN
IT COMES TO THE PRESIDENT, BUT OUR VIEWERS UNDERSTAND THE
FORMULA.
YOU DROP A BOMB AND MAYBE DESTROY A BUILDING OR A
HUMAN, BUT WHAT DO YOU CREATE?
YOU'VE SEEN THIS FOR MORE THAN A
DECADE, YOU CREATE OTHER TERRORISTS.
YOU BROUGHT UP A
POINT ABOUT THE ACTIONS HE'S TAKEN SO FAR.
TRUMP GETS A LOT
OF CREDIT OR WHATEVER FOR BEING UNPREDICTABLE, AND SOME WAYS HE
IS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
REINFORCEMENT HE'S VERY PREDICTABLE.
HE LAUNCHES CRUISE
MISSILES IN SYRIA, IS LARGELY APPLAUDED, SOME SUPPORTERS DON'T
LIKE IT -- HE DROPS A BIGGER BOMB ON ISIS, EVERYONE SEEMS TO
LIKE IT, SO WHAT DOES HE DO NEXT WEEK WHEN HE'S ALREADY USED THE
LARGEST NON-NUCLEAR WARHEAD WE HAVE?
A GUY WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY
SAID HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T GET TO USE NUCLEAR
WEAPONS AND WAR.
I KNOW ON THE HYSTERICAL ONE TO BE WORRIED
ABOUT THAT, BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN MEETINGS WITH HIM HAVE
SAID THEY HAVE TO TRY TO CONVINCE THEM THAT'S CRAZY --
I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THIS WILL DO TO A CRAZY PERSON LIKE TRUMP.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL SOOTHE YOU AT ALL, BUT IN THIS
CASE HE AT LEAST COLLABORATED WITH MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WHO
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THAT MADE ME FEEL A LITTLE BETTER, IT
WASN'T A DECISION HE MADE UNILATERALLY, IT SEEMED LIKE HE
WAS MORE WILLING TO LISTEN TO EXPERTS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THOSE SAME EXPERTS
WOULD BE AGAINST USING A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND WOULD UNDERSTAND
THE RAMIFICATIONS.
THEY WOULD, BUT AGAIN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW YOU
LAUNCH A NUCLEAR WEAPON, THERE IS NOTHING THEORETICALLY THAT
STOPS HIM.
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