Trump forced to walk back ridiculous falsehood about Obama (about contacting service members KIA)

[fleur-de-lisa]

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-forced-walk-back-ridiculous-falsehood-about-obama

But then something interesting happened: the president was fact-checked in real-time, and Trump was forced to backpedal.

Trump’s allegation that Obama hadn’t made calls was the subject of another question later in the news conference. “How can you make that claim?” NBC News’s Peter Alexander asked about Trump’s phone-call assertion.

The president admitted that Obama may very well have made calls after all.

“I don’t know if he did. No no no. I was told that he didn’t often,” Trump replied. “A lot of presidents don’t; they write letters. I do a combination of both. Sometimes – it’s a very difficult thing to do, but I do a combination of both. President Obama I think probably did sometimes and maybe sometimes he didn’t. I don’t know. That’s what I was told. All I can do is ask my generals. Other presidents did not call. They’d write letters. And some presidents didn’t do anything. But I like, I like the combination of – I like, when I can, the combination of a call and also a letter.”

Notice the shifts. First, Obama didn’t call the families, then Obama didn’t call them “often.” Initially, Trump said he had the facts about what previous presidents did, then Trump said he didn’t have the facts and it’s the generals’ fault if he claims were wrong.

[packman]

1. "I was told--I don't know--That's what I was told"

THAT IS THE PROBLEM - He gets "told" things that fit his wee little world and suddenly those things become reality to him.

[renate]

5. the third picture in your sig line is a physical representation of Trump's answer

Except that it's cute, of course.

[0rganism]

13. maybe he was literally told that he doesn't know

or does that give Fucking Moron too much credit for honesty?

[Wounded Bear]

15. He's like a bad comedy routine...

[yardwork]

2. Trump lies and then blames others when he gets caught.

What an example of American values he is.

[world wide wally]

3. He's just another fucking liar like the guy at the bar

[dhol82]

4. Is his mouth open?

He’s lying.

[dhill926]

6. Fuck this asshole...

He should get called out daily on his bullshit...

[HopeAgain]

7. Unfortunately the world is growing numb to it...

It's just a constant bombardment and the press has backed off again.

[Throck]

8. Anything you can do I can do better, so Trumpish

[coolsandy]

9. You can't unhear the lie he told at first. He is shameful. Same kind of lie as his birther shit!

how can any military officer serve and protect his lies? What a disgraceful imbecile!

[Mediumsizedhand]

10. There are quite a few times Trump makes a statement and then later says he doesn't know.

Whether a President or a "great" leader or businessman, it is never a good idea to be so dependent on others when making a statement as fact. Especially if they have let him down as often as it seems. The bright person would be doing a check before making a statement. I would think.

[gratuitous]

11. But then, no one's ever accused Trump of being bright

His off-the-cuff answers have blown up in his face so many times, but he refuses to actually learn anything before opening his mouth and letting the stupid fall out. This time someone was on top of it for a change, and caught him in the lie in real time. The media should be relentless on Trump and his administration mouthpieces about why he shoots his mouth off so often without knowing what the facts are.

Welcome to DU, Mediumsizedhand.

[Mediumsizedhand]

12. No one could get away with this amount of stupid. It concerns me that the line blur.

I wonder if we will ever be able to rein things back, in the future.

Thank you.

[Achilleaze]

14. You can't believe a freaking thing he says

The Republican family values role model is an absolute disgrace, A virtual spigot of falsehoods. I don't understand why the Republicans picked a clown dodge the draft five freaking times and cheated at almost every single one of his business enterprises. Disgraceful.

[ProudLib72]

16. It worked for Bill Murray in Ghostbusters

I guess Dotard thinks he can get away with the "That's what I heard" line, too.

[Initech]

17. Someone really needs to take Fox News away from him!

[KelleyKramer]

18. He's just full of sh*t, it's that simple

Pretty much everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie