After studying Napoleon’s debacle in the Patriotic War the master concluded: “It’s easy to win a war.” The trick is to “burn all your own cities and farms, depriving the enemy of spoils.” Today’s generals were “dopes and babies.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
In remarks not reported until now, Trump raged during a 2017 meeting at the Pentagon with military leaders. “I wouldn’t go to war with you people,” Trump told the assembled brass. wapo.st/3alYHVm
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Jan 17, 2020 · 4:34 PM UTC

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Then the master willed bone spurs to teach them all a lesson
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