In New Tweet, Donald Trump Falsely Blames Obama For Violent Gitmo Detainees Released Under Bush

[DonViejo]

In a Tuesday morning tweet, President Donald Trump falsely blamed his predecessor Barack Obama for over a hundred Guantanamo Bay detainees who returned to terrorism following their release.

Trump tweeted the following:

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Trump’s figure is actually right on the nose: a 2016 Office of the Director of National Intelligence report found that 122 former Gitmo detainees have returned to the battlefield. But his attribution of their release to Obama is false; the vast majority of those detainees were released under President George W. Bush, a fellow Republican. Only nine of the 122 were released by Obama.

Unsurprisingly, Trump’s tweet came thirty minutes after a Fox & Friends segment cited the exact same stat (Fox News did not incorrectly blame Obama, however).

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http://www.mediaite.com/online/donald-trump-falsely-blames-obama-for-violent-gitmo-detainees-released-under-bush/

[CrispyQ]

1. He's an embarrassment & a danger to all of humanity.

I'm a non-believer, but how ironic if Trump turned out to be the anti-Christ.

[ffr]

2. Forget about the 113 released under Bush. Obama released the 9 worst.

Right?

And expect you average dumb red-state voter to cobble up tWittlers misinformation over fact.