What you watched on TV yesterday was all fake
by digby
Yesterday:
The Intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran. They are wrong! When I became President Iran was making trouble all over the Middle East, and beyond. Since ending the terrible Iran Nuclear Deal, they are MUCH different, but….— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 30, 2019
….a source of potential danger and conflict. They are testing Rockets (last week) and more, and are coming very close to the edge. There economy is now crashing, which is the only thing holding them back. Be careful of Iran. Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 30, 2019
‘They said they were totally misquoted and totally taken out of context. What I do, I suggested you call them. They said it was fake news, which, frankly, didn’t surprise me at all,’ Trump told reporters at the White House after being asked if he’d spoken to them about their testimony to a Senate panel earlier this week.
So he called them into the oval office and made them get their picture taken bowing down to Dear Leader. And they did:
….I would suggest you read the COMPLETE testimony from Tuesday. A false narrative is so bad for our Country. I value our intelligence community. Happily, we had a very good meeting, and we are all on the same page!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 31, 2019
Keep in mind that the testimony was on live television. And the report from which they were all reading was submitted to the president before they testified. He admits that he hadn’t read it.
“So I didn’t see the report from the intelligence. When you read it, it’s a lot different than it was covered on in the news.”
I think there’s a 100% chance that he still hasn’t read it. And he can tell his followers to read it knowing they won’t do it either.
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