When was the last time, under circumstances like this, that a President didn't address the Nation?

[Raven]

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. He is scared to death, has NO CLUE at all what to do, yet it is simple really

If he does NOT retaliate, Iran will stand down, they will HAVE to...

This is simple, but rump is stupid, very stupid and the biggest coward who EVER lived.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Before radio and television.

[cwydro]

4. I remember it took Bush a long time during 9/11.

We kept wondering where is the president.

[xmas74]

24. I remember

But it was a different situation. It was an attack on our mainland and he was on the road at the time. They had to get him to safety and then waited until there were facts to report.

I'm no fan of his but it was the correct action.

[cwydro]

32. I still think he should have spoken sooner.

I’m sure they have the capability no matter where he is.

I think it was a situation (for him) similar to what dotard is in - he had no fucking clue what to do.

[Polly Hennessey]

29. Stop making excuses for tRump.

[cwydro]

30. Excuse me?

I was answering a question the OP posed.

Get a grip Polly.

[madaboutharry]

7. The would speak through the written word.

[dem4decades]

3. Honestly, i don't mind not seeing his face and hearing his lies.

[UniteFightBack]

13. I'm relieved I don't need to hear his ugly ass tonight. nt

[RockRaven]

5. When those 4 Americans were killed in Nigeria/Mali or wherever, did Trump fail to

address it publicly in a timely fashion if at all? I don't recall specifically, but I suspect that is so.

[abqtommy]

6. We don't have a President, we have tRUMP. That's something we should never forget...

[jberryhill]

8. Who wants to hear from him?

I never understand these posts that call for Trump to address the nation on a matter of substance.

He needs to shut the fuck up, sit the fuck down and let some adults sort this out.

[tinrobot]

9. If he were a real President, he would.

He's a reality TV star who has finally realized he's jumped the shark.

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. Spanky's too busy shitting his pants.

[Wellstone ruled]

11. Diaper change.

Any response will be way over the edge.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Stalin went on a three day drunk after Germany attacked.

[Stuart G]

17. This I didn't know..If true it would be news to me..

[Va Lefty]

33. I don't know about going on a 3 day drunk but according to Kruschev

A week after the start of Barbarossa, the Germans captured Minsk. Stalin was in his HQ with leading Soviet generals and officials when he received the news. After being unable to contact generals on the front lines due to a communications issue, Stalin reportedly proclaimed "All that which Lenin created, we have shat away" and stormed out of the room. He retreated to his dacha for 2 days. When Molotov, Beria, and other top Soviet leaders arrived at his house, Stalin asked them, "have you come to shoot me or to arrest me?"

[Raine]

14. No one wants to hear from him

is what was being said when it was announced he was going to give an address.

[Stuart G]

15. I know nothing...but have a guess. Trump was going to announce the next step in

getting the country ready for war...Putin may have talked him out of making that announcement on TV.

Postponing or not talking to the nation at all, might be a sign of de-escalation of this. Maybe..If there is no war, then it doesn't matter to me how it was stopped.

[bdamomma]

16. He is sending

in Pence. Trump is a fucking coward. Period.

I just wish he would have a medical emergency tonight. Enough is enough.

[still_one]

18. In this case it might be a good thing

[Dennis Donovan]

19. Strange happenings at the WH tonight per reports

People running in and out. There was an address planned, but pulled back at the last minute. Chaos.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

20. Sorry, folks, but I WANT to hear from him.

I am old enough to remember every president, going back to Eisenhower, going on telly to explain to us WHAT has happened, WHY it has happened and WHAT the course of action toward resolution will be.

I want to hear evidence, facts, proof. "Imminent" does not tell me shit. I want to know WHAT was "imminent" and I am NOT content or willing to take this fucknozzle's word for it. I want to see the intelligence that lead to this. I want to know WHEN assassination of a foreign leader became a part of our national foreign policy. If this is now an "option" that is on the table, then it will be on the table for other nations to implement as well.

I want to know HOW that unsigned letter the Iranians received that stated the US was de-escalating managed to escape the WH and get out. This WH has more leaks than a GODDAM sieve and is constantly retracting what was said just hours ago. Officials and Senior Advisors are constantly contradicting one another. WHO THE FUCK IS IN CHARGE OF THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW ?

I am sick of seeing this blithering idiot running roughshod over our laws and wiping his fat ass with our Constitution. Informing Congress of his actions via twitter IS NOT GODDAM ACCEPTABLE. Nor is it the law. Listen up, trumpie, this is not your personal sandbox. This is a nation of laws, institutions, and time-honored procedures, protocols and policies.

This kind of bumbling incompetence and the confusion it generates is what leads to the escalation of WARS.

There is no room in 2020 or anywhere in this world for this kind of paralyzing stupidity.

If we're going to see flag-draped caskets coming into Dover, we DESERVE some GODDAM answers.

And we deserve them right GODDAM NOW.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

25. 👏🏾

[doc03]

21. He is probably busy talking to Putin and Hannity nt

[Takket]

22. i don't know but his stupid mug is the last thing america needs to see right now

[BuffaloJackalope]

23. Previous Presidents weren't sniveling cowards

Or they could at least hold it together long enough to pretend not to be.

[grumpyduck]

26. What the fuck is he going to say?

Another shitload of self-serving bullshit?

[MineralMan]

27. Maybe he couldn't get through to Putin to get his instructions.

Seriously, Putin is traveling in the Middle East.

[lapfog_1]

28. In the White House

sit room... I wonder if Donny do-do is screaming for drone strikes on Iran and the "generals" are refusing to follow orders... and the cult people around Trump are figuring out that they can't let the world and especially the US people see what is going on.

I really don't see the Donald being rational right now.

[Buns_of_Fire]

31. He's still locked in the bathroom. Still refuses to come out. nt

[Peregrine Took]

34. I can see and hear him right now....sooo somber, long face, long pauses

uber dramatic reading. Ugh!

[sarcasmo]

35. Putting on Trump's pound of makeup takes three hours. The address wouldn't have

happened until about 11 PM.