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This is not a credible face-saving attempt by President Trump. We all saw and read the testimony.
It's also a dangerous move by suggesting the Intel officials bent to his pressure to say they see things his way in the Oval Office meeting.
It's also analytically a bit absurd...½
It's also a dangerous move by suggesting the Intel officials bent to his pressure to say they see things his way in the Oval Office meeting.
It's also analytically a bit absurd...½
Why then did Trump berate the officials by tweeting "The Intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive" and they "should go back to school!"
Did he go off half cocked? Basing his criticism on the media reports of the testimony, rather than the testimony itself? 2/2
Did he go off half cocked? Basing his criticism on the media reports of the testimony, rather than the testimony itself? 2/2
.@john_sipher and @BenjaminEHaas:
US allies "may be left bewildered by the president’s contradictions…and fearing that US intelligence may bend under the president’s political pressure."
Trump's "we are all on the same page" now, amplifies this problem.
justsecurity.org/62439/trumps-m…
US allies "may be left bewildered by the president’s contradictions…and fearing that US intelligence may bend under the president’s political pressure."
Trump's "we are all on the same page" now, amplifies this problem.
justsecurity.org/62439/trumps-m…
