Trump's top general just undercut his 'invasion' claims

[underpants]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/11/politics/dan-caine-trump-invasion-claim-analysis

One of the problems with making a series of brazen and hyperbolic claims is that it can be hard to keep everyone on your team on the same page.

At a Senate hearing Wednesday, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine acknowledged that the United States isn’t currently facing such a threat.

“I think at this point in time, I don’t see any foreign state-sponsored folks invading,” Caine said in response to Democratic questioning.

This might sound like common sense; of course the United States isn’t currently under invasion by a foreign government. You’d probably have heard something about that on the news.

[Lovie777]

1. You're fired!................

[allegorical oracle]

2. Yep...his days are numbered. Figured he looked too classy to last. nt

[underpants]

5. Circular logic here

The Department of Homeland Security is certainly not in the camp of no invasion. On Wednesday, DHS posted on Facebook an image with Uncle Sam that reads: “Report all foreign invaders” with a phone number for ICE.

When asked about the image and whether the use of the term “foreign invaders” had been used previously, DHS pointed CNN to a number of posts from White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller using terms like “invade” or “invaders” when referring to undocumented immigrants.

[RoeVWade]

3. If he had said yes, he'd be asked for details and comparisons to actual invasions.

nt*

[underpants]

4. Lil Marco trying to be a good soldier

We soon learned that the intelligence community had concluded Venezuela had not directed the gang. But Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood by Trump’s claim.

“Yes, that’s their assessment,” Rubio said last month about the intelligence community. “They’re wrong.”

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. Of course they're wrong, he says -- and points to the Stephen Miller quotes. See?

In the finest Russian tradition, Czar Taco may have found his own Rasputin.

Except Rasputin was a lot more personable.

[murielm99]

8. It took a lot to eliminate Rasputin,

but eventually they did.

[BOSSHOG]

9. And better looking

[Uncle Joe]

7. For some reason I'm reminded of an old fable

Thanks for the thread underpants

[MW67]

10. Have to make sure

We get I C E and the homeland security folks looking in the right place , Homeland security you should start the investigation of yourself and how you came to be , as I remember in the early 2000s there was a president named bush who greatly defunded the US border patrol to create YOU ! Then droves of aliens came over, up side was" they do the jobs Americans won't do" although I'm not sure which jobs Americans don't do ,haven't seen that list yet, may want to question this bush guy, as upset as they seem , cause before him there weren't that many illegals around

[thought crime]

11. Caine's statements sounded reasonable and measured.

Hopefully Trump wasn't watching...