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Donald Trump congratulated President Obama on Sunday’s successful mission to take out Osama bin Laden (despite the report pre-empting NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice).
“I want to personally congratulate President Obama and the men and women of the Armed Forces for a job well done,” Trump said in a statement confirmed by EW. “I am so proud to see Americans standing shoulder to shoulder, waving the American flag in celebration of this great victory. We should spend the next several days not debating party politics, but in remembrance of those who lost their lives on 9/11 and those currently fighting for our freedom. God Bless America!”
Reactions from famous Americans culled from Twitter run the gambit from “I predict that Osama’s picture will get little more than a smattering of tepid applause on the next Emmy ‘In Memoriam’ reel” (that’s Seth MacFarlane) to “I’m proud of our men and women in uniform. Wherever you are, take a minute to say thank you to one of the brave heroes who serve our country” (Arnold Schwarzenegger).
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Really, Trump? I’m surprised you’re not asking to see and pick apart his long-form death certificate….
lol!
Chad, you are my new hero! : )
Really? How sad for you. You do not deserve to use DGently as name on this board.
Mine as well.
LMFAO Chad…
Of course The Donald is just happy that everyone has forgotten about the Correspondents Dinner on Saturday where he was the target of some pretty good jokes.
nah, I haven’t forgotten about that. President Obama and Seth Meyers were hilarious!
give him 24 hours. I’d put money on it.
nice slight of hand by Obama … “here is my faked birth certificate oh and by the way we killed Osama”
Donald Trump the orange haired CLOWN is going to take credit for Osama being taken down. In 2 years he’s going to tell everyone he pulled the trigger. Vive la Quebec!!!!!!!!!!!!!
like a good democrate, attack whatever the issue.
I can’t wait to hear what Trump’s peers like Kathy Griffin, Dog the Bounty Hunter and Sarah Palin have to say. what these people say is NEWS.
Am personally waiting on reactions from Mob Wives and Kate Gosselin.
Since it does not directly impact kate and what she wants in this moment, it may as well not even happened as far as she is concerned.
Really, EW? Trump again?? Really!??!!
RH of the OC would chime in but they don’t know who Trump is or that Bin guy, either. Lip gloss anyone?
Sorry trumpy but that won’t give you a free pass you’ll still come off as a fool.
Somebody hired a new publicist.
Well said, Mr. Trump!! Let Freedom RING!!!
oh come on let freedom ring….those hannity fans got nothing to say. I bet they are crying now.
yes, all conservatives are crying because Obama got Bin Ladin by carrying on Bush-era policies. You really need to read more. And although sad but true, most Americans will credit Obama for “getting” Bin Laden, even though all he did was authorize the action. The real heroes who did the brunt of the work who should be credited are the men and women of the armed forces and intelligence communities.
Another idiot, then blame the economy on Bush, blame 800,000 deaths on Bush then. U mad?
why do the ‘jacks’ of the world always say ‘sad but true’ when it’s neither sad nor true? And THEY don’t even think it’s SAD maybe they convince themselves it’s true, I don’t know.
It just bugs me. Sorry it had to be said.
Hey Jack…Bush…Obama…didn’t take them out. The Frickin Navey Seals did baby! God bless these brave men. They’re the real heroes.
I am surprised that Trump did not take credit for this major event!
That’s what I was expecting
Donald is a pathetic joke. And definitely NOT presidential material. He and Sarah should take a hike together.
Surprised Trump isn’t taking the credit for the mission
Me too. LOL
Trump makes me wish Palin was in the headlines every five minutes again. And that’s saying A LOT.
I haven’t gone that far. At least Trump is very very good at one thing. Self promotion. I haven’t figured out what Palin is good for, ooops, I mean at.
Well, after some of the disgusting comments on the original story about Bin Laden’s death, it’s kind of nice to read this. Although I doubt he really means it, what he said is how we as a country should be behaving right now.
Exactly. I was SO disappointed to see that people were conspiring that Obama did this on purpose to “ruin” Celebrity Apprentice. I live in AZ and didn’t get to watch the show either, but that didn’t matter because the news that broke that night was far greater than an episode of CA
this news is about 9 1/2 years too late and will do nothing to put a damper on the terrorist activities. he is now their martyr. the real complaint regarding the preemption was that is was COMPLETELY unnecessary. obama didn’t go on until 11:45.
Why take shots at Donald? Isn’t this your own insecurity for which you’re compensating? Shut up…
Is there anything LESS scary than the uprising of the oompa loompa army?
We take shots at him because he chose to put him out there…making wild, irrational statements to get publicity. Has nothing to do with our insecurity. He is a joke, so many of us will continue to write punchlines.
wow, are you ever confused.
Donald Trump should wear a big red nose and big shoes because he is a clown. It would match his comb-over perfectly.
Can we stop it with this clown already…
Good for him. As ridiculous as he is, he’s probably more than a little embarrassed at all the people who are alleging that Obama timed the announcement just to show up a reality show.
We should be applauding Jim Phelps and his Impossible Mission Force for supplying the intelligence President Obama needed to execute this assassination plot. Phelps’s next mission will be to retrieve bin laden’s body for positive identification. Message will self-destruct in 5 seconds, good luck Jim.
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I can’t get any of my post about this topic to appear. WHY
looks like someone is not allowing any truth