Posted on 12/17/2016 6:09:20 AM PST by Pinkbell
Donald Trump is still a month away from the White House, but the president-elect is only ramping up his rhetoric against China.
Trump took to Twitter on early Saturday morning to lash out at the country for seizing a US Navy drone two days ago in the South China Sea.
'China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters - rips it out of water and takes it to China in unpresidented (sic) act,' Trump wrote in a misspelled tweet.
Trump's criticism came just hours after a Chinese official said the country was in talks with the American military for a 'smooth resolution' over the drone. The capture - the first of its kind in recent memory - took place on December 15 just as the USNS Bowditch, an American oceanographic survey ship, was about to retrieve the unmanned underwater glider.
US officials issued a formal diplomatic complaint over the seizure and demanded the return of the $150,000 drone, which was collecting unclassified scientific data.
'It is ours. It's clearly marked as ours,' Navy Capt Jeff Davis said on Friday.
'We would like it back, and we would like this not to happen again.'
China said Saturday that its military was in contact with its American counterparts on 'appropriately handling' the seizure, one of the most serious incidents between the two militaries in years.
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I believe you.
I googled “submarine cruising depth”, and can see that the top, flattish part of the knee indicated on the second, gray graph, can be above or below that.
Again, the Chinese know this, too, so they’re just screwing with us. It’s not like they just grabbed the secrets to missile guidance so gaily handed to them by Bill Clinton in return for election cash back in 1996.
Don’t forget Obamao’s visit to Westminster Abbey in 2011. He signed the guest book and wrote the date as 2008.
Oh yes. If you really want to see the extent of Mainscream Media Bias, compare their coverage of Joe Biden to Dan Quayle. One is the beloved crazy uncle who is the life of the party, the other was the retard in the attic.
Ah, thanks. I had forgotten about the “Ohio” misspelling. LOL!
The physics of sonar are not classified.
Tweets must now be spelled correctly???
I wonder if anyone freaking out about this have ever spent any time over on black Twitter.
Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster 2h 2 hours ago
Good morning! The #WordOfTheDay is...not 'unpresidented'. We don't enter that word. That's a new one.
https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/810117698558562304
Trump’s mis-tweet whether intentional or not, is so magically full of possible meanings. Reminds me a bit of Bush’s linguistic gymnastics.
Trump is either a brilliant genius thus far un-seen in history or Chauncey the gardener.
Chance started out as just a simple gardener, Trump not so much.
I understand. Clearly the stuff you sent was public domain and is well known.
It’s a mispelling. Trump tweeted again and corrected his mistake.
I keep hearing these liberals on TV challenge whether Trump should be Tweeting because it is "unpresidented" and not presidential.
I heard his campaign manager Kellyanne, give the best answer to this question I have heard.
She said that he is the new president so therefore it is presidential. Case closed.
Sounds like the Chinese were tipped off by the Obama administration. Another act of aiding the enemy. Cut off all dealings with China. No more of their goods sold here.
For Ghost Adventures and fans of the paranormal, notice the flag on the right. What do you see hiding within the flag?
Do you see her?
“Well, it’s still better than ‘57 states’, or ‘Marine CORPSE’. There were other 0bozo blunders, but I can’t remember them all.”
Remember when Hussein was either campaigning or had just won, he said he was going to be “Commander AND Chief” instead of Commander In Chief”? No MSM mentioned that.
Because salinity and temperature data at different depths let you know where to place submarines. It is perfectly legal to collect such data in international waters, however armed theft is not.
The reason you need to collect such data in peace time is that it is to late to collect it in war time.
Somthing that has drawn very close due to our current president being more interested in sexual preference than world affairs for eight years.
We’re at -7 and wind chill at -23 and still snowing here in Colorado
Washington is going to get veree veree quiet after January 21. I remember it from when Bush took over. Clinton was a lush. Bush didn’t drink. Obama is a lush. Trump doesn’t drink. No more weekly benders at the White Hut. No more party time for Washington. Time for Washington to feel what we’ve been feeling these last eight long years.
I think Andrew Jackson was a terrible speller as well.
Snopes already has an article about it. TRUE!
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