Trump Ordered SEALs Into Disastrous Mission on North Korean Soil

Saturday, September 06, 2025

An explosive new report details a botched covert operation that resulted in local civilians being gunned down.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 09:33 PM | 9 COMMENTS | permalink

The U.S. tried to plant a surveillance device in North Korea in 2019. Here's how the risky operation fell apart.

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Sep 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM

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A Donald Trump-approved plan to send Navy SEALs into North Korea to spy on leader Kim Jong Un resulted in the U.S. killing of civilians, according to a bombshell report.

Get that peace prize ready for the decomposing-------------------.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-09-05 01:53 PM

Damn, that's a heavy read. A failed op with that high a cost and zero intel to show for it is brutal. Being a game show host is no substitute for experience.

#2 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-09-05 01:58 PM

"Several of those involved in the failed mission were later promoted."

Of course they were.
Why wouldn't they be?
They didn't do anything wrong!

"The botched operation was subjected to a series of military reviews during Trump's first term. Investigators concluded it was justified under the rules of engagement and declared that the deaths were part of a chain of "unfortunate occurrences" that could not have been foreseen or avoided"

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-09-05 02:07 PM

...wasnt that what Condasleeza Rice said about the 9/11 attack?

#4 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-09-05 02:13 PM

Those North Korean fishermen were terrorists.

~ MAGA dumfux ~

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-09-05 03:08 PM

I doubt Seoul would have approved of Dummkopf Trumpf's plan, but they either had no choice or were not informed. The ROKs have excellent intelligence services and commandos who know the NK maritime terrain and their defenses. i.ytimg.com

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-05 03:15 PM

Trump, having failed to notify Congress of this flop, knows nothing about it, never heard of it, could check, but, no, nope. See thehill.com for that lying sack of excrement's latest ramble through the brambles.

#7 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-07 06:26 AM

Daaaaaaang!

Soooooooo... was this a lover's spat or what?