by digby
I don’t know if this is true but that fact that it is so believable is shocking enough:
Brian Williams on @MSNBC says a source tells him and @NicolleDWallace they’re not sure Trump knew there were Americans stationed in Qatar.— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 8, 2017
Raw Story reported:
Trump on Monday praised the decision by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain , Egypt, Yemen, Libya and the Maldives to cut off ties with the Doha, a move reportedly sparked by a fake news story Qatar officials have emphatically denied.
The president appeared to champion the severed diplomatic ties in a series of tweets on Tuesday:
That tweetstorm prompted a rapid escalation as Qatar feared a military incursion from Saudi Arabia. In a phone call Wednesday, Trump reached out to the Qatari Emir to offer the administration’s assistance in smoothing out relations with other Middle Eastern nations. As CNN reports, the olive branch came as US officials warned Qatar was placing its police force on the highest level of alert.
This is the real reason why Trump is dangerous. Yes, he has fascist tendencies. But it’s his ignorance combined with recklessness that’s going to get people killed. And it could be a lot of people.
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