Trump Says He Hasn't Been Briefed on U.S. Soldiers Missing in Europe, Quickly Takes Another Question

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Mar 26th, 2025, 7:24 pm


President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has not been briefed on the four U.S. Army soldiers missing in Lithuania after their vehicle was reportedly found submerged in water.

A vehicle carrying the four service members went missing on Wednesday during a training exercise in Pabradė, about 10 miles from Belarus, a Russian client state. In a statement, the U.S. Army revealed that the vehicle had been discovered submerged in water, but said the search for the soldiers was underway.

According to an earlier report, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told reporters that the soldiers had been killed, but did not offer details. A NATO spokesperson later clarified to say Rutte was reacting to reports of the submerged vehicle and stated that “the details remained unconfirmed.”

A search for missing soldiers is ongoing as of Wednesday evening.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-says-he-hasnt-been-briefed-on-u-s-soldiers-missing-in-europe-quickly-takes-another-question/

[Lovie777]

1. Oh for fuck sake's..............

does he know anything?

He suppose to be the smartest man in world. Ugh.

[RazorbackExpat]

7. If he's "the smartest man in world".

then I'm the King of Siam

[BattleRow]

23. Where's Elon..surely he's got the latest info..

Is it just me ,or is Elon either MIA or playing coy these days?

[GusBob]

2. Too busy

Lots of Truth Social posting to do

[littlemissmartypants]

3. "Trump Says..."

Lie incoming.

Who thinks Putin’s already briefed him and he knows exactly what happened?

Because we can't trust our Intelligence Community ever again, so why bother?

❤️

[Scrivener7]

4. Well ... this seems like a story where there's a lot more than meets the eye.

They found the vehicle, but not the soldiers? 10 miles from Belarus?

[Shipwack]

6. I'm reading it differently.

I think they are proceeding carefully and deliberately to avoid putting out inaccurate information.

They might have found a vehicle with 4 bodies in it. If I were to make the guess, I'd say that the four bodies were the missing soldiers, and I'd probably be correct.

Correctly and positively identifying bodies (especially ones that have been submerged for three days) takes time. So they are being prudent and only putting out information that they are 100% certain of (or at least as certain as possible). That probably won't happen until after autopsies and dental record examinations.

There's also a possibility that there are discrepencies, and they want to investigate further before publically committing to a statement. I highly doubt that is the case, but I'm including that for completeness sake.

[Scrivener7]

8. "but said the search for the soldiers was underway." That indicates the soldiers weren't with the vehicle,

and a search for them is underway. So they're missing.

[Prairie Gates]

14. It's a goofy cover story

[Dr. Shepper]

5. Maybe we could find out if we were

In a signal chat with high ups in the administration.

[MissMillie]

9. He skipped the briefing

Didn't want to miss his tee time.

[Ray Bruns]

10. Like he gives a damn about a bunch of "Losers" and "Suckers"

His words.

[Raven123]

11. Of course not. Trump isn't running the country. His minions are. Trump is the distraction

This is not to suggest his orders and decrees aren’t harmful, but I believe they aren’t his. They are coming from Project 2025 and he is the front man. He is just too cognitively incompetent to know it. They are working around him.

[mdbl]

12. Sounds like his new 'go to' phrase for something he wants to ignore

either that or he just doesn't care.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. "Sounds like his new 'go to' phrase for something he wants to ignore"

Not "new". He did that way back during his first term by throwing Cohen under the bus regarding the Stormy Daniels "hush money" payment back in 2018 -

It's his normal "go-to".

[Prairie Gates]

13. So, their vehicle sunk in a peet bog, but their bodies weren't in the vehicle???

And the President is all like, "I know nuzzink," AGAIN?

This is a bullshit cover story. They were likely in a forward position doing advising and were killed by Russian artillery or drone strike. Now, don't get me wrong: nothing is more believable than Trump knowing nothing about it, but in this case, it's plausible deniability for when this goofy cover story goes sideways.

[Ojerly]

16. Wi-Fi

was spotty out there on the golf course. I guess he couldn't get the Signal.

[Aristus]

17. The M-88 Hercules is one vehicle you definitely don't want to crew through marshy terrain.

It's supposed to be a tank recovery vehicle. But I saw one get stuck in the mud once, and it had to be rescued by a pair of tanks working as a team.

Those poor guys.

Having a Commander-in-Chief who is indifferent. at best, to the welfare of the soldiers is bad. Having a C-in-C who is actively hostile to service members is orders of magnitude worse.

[mountain grammy]

19. So disgustingly true. 🤬

[ananda]

18. Whoa! Seriously?

Words fail.

[LPBBEAR]

20. Apparently Putin

hasn't gotten around to calling him and briefing him on what Russia did to our soldiers.

[AmericaUnderSiege]

21. Why would he have been briefed on something so trivial?

In other news, he spent four hours reviewing whether or not the MLK memorial should be demolished.

[sinkingfeeling]

22. Guess either he's stopped 'Daily Briefings' or his Cabinet is too incompetent to produce them.

[ffr]

24. Wimpy takes question about dead missing troops he doesn't care about

should be the headline.