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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWow. Trump: Intel chiefs said they were misquoted and they called it 'fake news.'
He's gone totally nutso.
CNN:
President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that his intelligence chiefs, including Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and CIA Director Gina Haspel, told him that they were misquoted when they publicly contradicted him during public on-camera testimony.
"They said they were totally misquoted and totally taken out of context," Trump said when asked by CNN if he raised the testimony with Coats and Haspel during his daily briefing on Thursday.
"They said it was fake news," Trump said.
The President did not provide examples of the areas the intelligence chiefs said they were misquoted. Their testimony was televised, and their written assessment of global threats was made public.
"They said they were totally misquoted and totally taken out of context," Trump said when asked by CNN if he raised the testimony with Coats and Haspel during his daily briefing on Thursday.
"They said it was fake news," Trump said.
The President did not provide examples of the areas the intelligence chiefs said they were misquoted. Their testimony was televised, and their written assessment of global threats was made public.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/31/politics/trump-intelligence-agencies-coats-haspel/index.html
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Wow. Trump: Intel chiefs said they were misquoted and they called it 'fake news.' (Original Post)
kstewart33
Jan 2019
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GusBob
(7,286 posts)1. Like totally man
Dude I swear for real
trof
(54,256 posts)2. It's come to this.
The vast majority of Americans don't believe anything that their president says.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)3. But the 32% who do believe Trump believe everything that he says. eom
Cha
(297,459 posts)8. I call him Puppet.
brush
(53,810 posts)10. Enough. This liar is unfit for the presidency.
How long are the cowardly repugs going ot allow this shit show to go on?
He lies automatically with no conscience to get his way.
Impeachment is in order now.
world wide wally
(21,750 posts)4. I made a slight mistake and said would instead of wouldn't.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)5. I can't to hear what Coats and Haspel have to say about this.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)6. ...
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)7. He knows it was aired. He knows anyone can listen an know he is lying.
He knows 30% of Americans dont care and will be with him no matter what happens does or says.
drray23
(7,635 posts)9. Ithink they read him the riot act and scarred him
So he went and made a statement pretending it was all a misunderstanding.
Personally I would not want to piss off the CIA and other Intel services.
Volaris
(10,274 posts)11. I strongly suspect that ship has sailed lol