During a Thursday night photo op with U.S. military leaders and reporters, as attendees were quietly and politely lining up for the picture, President Trump made some cryptic comments that left far more questions than answers.
“You guys know what this represents?” Trump asked reporters. When someone asked him to answer, the president said, “maybe this is the calm before the storm.”
JUST IN: "Maybe it's the calm before the storm," Pres. Trump says alongside US military leaders. "You'll find out." https://t.co/NMljtvsnJF
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) October 5, 2017
When reporters tried to ask Trump to be more specific, he commented that America has the “world’s great military people” before saying, “You’ll find out.”
Here’s a pool report of the exchange:
James Woods has one stinging question for Jimmy Kimmel after report of ramped up security
A pool report no one knows whether to take seriously or literally: pic.twitter.com/8vnZDqPHQZ
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) October 5, 2017
Trump’s comments naturally left many folks more than a little concerned.
What is the Commander in Chief of largest military in the world intending to say here? https://t.co/hJ4SObiA6O
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 6, 2017
Well this is terrifying https://t.co/6BQHCqvexA
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) October 5, 2017
What the fuck https://t.co/AIfrq13Dk4
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) October 5, 2017
Buy gold https://t.co/7aJ6rk2bdA
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) October 5, 2017
“Tune in next week,” the president said “for the next exciting episode of ‘The White House.’” https://t.co/RIg0r1VHph
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) October 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/916089699982282758
maybe I'm old fashioned but I don't like when presidents suggest there'll be military news & then cut away to an indefinite commercial break
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) October 6, 2017
Just so everybody is aware, this has been “the calm.” https://t.co/RIg0r1E60H
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) October 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/916095713846661125
https://twitter.com/ReformedBroker/status/916094127762231297
Finally, here’s to hoping…
Hopefully he is referring to a forthcoming Twitter storm https://t.co/QkT7SBblav
— Jamie Weinstein (@Jamie_Weinstein) October 6, 2017
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