3 very strange moments during Trumps press conference with the Lebanese prime minister

[deminks]

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-press-conference-hariri-28ddd61907b

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1. Trump praised giving health care to refugees.

Trump has spent his first six months in office actively working to both repeal the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, and impose stringent policies banning refugees from the United States. Earlier this month, the United States shut the door on refugees, as the country reached the limit set by the president, and Trump has sought to target Syrian refugees in particular.

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2. Trump thanked Lebanon for fighting a part of its own government.

In one of the stranger moments of the press conference, Trump thanked Hariri for Lebanon’s efforts in fighting extremist groups, including Shia Muslim militant organization and political party Hezbollah.

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There’s only one problem: Hezbollah is in the Lebanese government.

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3. Trump said the war against ISIS was going very well.

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That claim comes just one week after an Airwars investigation revealed civilian casualties in Syria and Iraq are on track to double under Trump. Over 2,200 civilians have died since Trump took office, almost twice the number killed during the entirety of Barack Obama’s presidency — hardly “a lot” of lives saved.

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[stopbush]

1. "OK, this guy is dressed like a guy, but he's from Lebanon

"so he's a girl, right?" -Donald T Rump, the smartest man with all the good words