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New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman became a household name for her coverage of former President Donald Trump's time in the White House, breaking some of the most defining stories of his tenure there.
In fact, Haberman's access to the Trump administration has even generated controversy in itself, with some in media accusing her of practicing "access journalism" and hobnobbing with the likes of presumed sources like Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.
So it's safe to say that few civilians knew the inner workings of the Trump administration in more detail than Haberman.
This week, Trump issued a bizarre statement, one of many criticizing the Biden administration for a botched withdrawal of American troops in Afghanistan.
NEW! President Donald J. Trump: "First you bring out all of the American citizens. Then you bring out ALL equipme… https://t.co/73zwQPMNXZ— Liz Harrington (@Liz Harrington) 1629392394.0
Trump wrote:
"First you bring out all of the American citizens. Then you bring out ALL equipment. Then you bomb the bases into smithereens—AND THEN YOU BRING OUT THE MILITARY. You don't do it in reverse order like Biden and our woke Generals did.
No chaos, no death—they wouldn't even know we left!"
Haberman responded with a wry observation.
Starting to get the sense he didn’t absorb a ton about the realities of the presidency while doing the job https://t.co/BXPE9cLSIM— Maggie Haberman (@Maggie Haberman) 1629398929.0
Like Haberman, people saw flaws in Trump's ideal sequence of events.
So we bomb the bases AND THEN get the military out? Also no one will notice any of this happening. Got it. https://t.co/GFF5Nq2bGO— ^_^ (@^_^) 1629401128.0
Bomb the bases then order our military to leave the bases… https://t.co/2eYenrE7ea— James Holloway (@James Holloway) 1629405436.0
You bomb the bases to smithereens and THEN bring out the military? https://t.co/HMq5tEzPt2— Josh Dawsey (@Josh Dawsey) 1629399311.0
Wouldn’t this sequence mean you bring out the military in smithereens? https://t.co/1L1aR5qmbG— southpaw (@southpaw) 1629399092.0
"Bomb the bases into smithereens" and "they wouldn't even know we left" in the same statement https://t.co/pByB9xP8v6— Allan Smith (@Allan Smith) 1629399004.0
He puts on his shoes every day like a normal person. Then he puts on his socks.🙄 https://t.co/BP4qMGjNjn— Sanho Tree (@Sanho Tree) 1629400793.0
The statement prompted a range of observations.
This is a good reminder of what happens when the know-it-all blowhard at the end of the bar gets put into a positio… https://t.co/XhZP0NoziB— Matt Glassman (@Matt Glassman) 1629400906.0
This reads like it's describing one of those puzzles where you have a chicken, a fox, and some grain you have to mo… https://t.co/di3Gg2qiDP— Jake Williams (@Jake Williams) 1629399310.0
This last line sounds like gang vocals in a hardcore song. https://t.co/rk6960xxEB— Nick Parker (@Nick Parker) 1629437322.0