As a team of Navy SEALs found themselves under unexpectedly heavy fire in a remote Yemeni village last month, Trump was not in the Situation Room.
While we don’t know exactly where he was, his Twitter account was busy promoting an upcoming appearance on the Christian Broadcasting Network.
“I will be interviewed by @TheBrodyFile on @CBNNews tonight at 11pm. Enjoy!” read a tweet from Trump’s personal account on Saturday, Jan. 28.
It appears Trump was more focused on his own media appearances as a Navy SEAL was giving his life for his country.
The tweet was deleted 20 minutes later.
Huffington Post reported, “The CBN interview did not actually air until the following night, Jan. 29, and Trump or an aide may have realized the error and deleted the tweet for that reason. Alternatively, Trump or an aide might have realized that the Yemen operation was going badly and deleted the tweet to avoid looking callous.”
In case you were wondering, this is what President Obama was doing during the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden:
