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Trump: "I don’t want to talk about it, but he was screaming, crying and whimpering.”
“I have a very good instinct about things."
"I wrote a book, a really successful book, about a year before the World Trade Center…there’s someone named Osama bin Laden…you ought to take him out; he’s big trouble.
I think I wrote 12 books.
Nobody listened to me.”
"If they had listened to me, a lot of things would have ended differently."
Basically Trump is saying that he predicted that bin Laden would attack the U.S. and that if people had listened to his warnings, 9/11 could have been avoided.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump book didn’t foreshadow bin Laden attack.
apnews.com/87784813ce0446…
Truthsquad: Trump’s Misleading Claim That He Warned About Osama bin Laden…. nytimes.com/2018/11/19/us/…
Well before Trump “wrote” that book…this was known about bin Laden...
nytimes.com/2018/11/19/us/…
Trump says he gave Russia a heads-up about the Baghdadi operation…but not top Democrats in Congress. washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
Nancy Pelosi isn’t happy that Russia was informed about the Baghdadi operation before top Congressional leadership. washingtonpost.com/politics/pelos…
Transcript of Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. nytimes.com/2019/10/27/us/…
Trump’s abrupt decision to pull forces from northern Syria forced the Pentagon to press ahead with risky night operation that killed ISIS leader Baghdadi, military officials say. nytimes.com/2019/10/27/us/…
In creating spectacle around Baghdadi’s death, Trump departs from Obama’s more measured tone when Osama bin Laden was killed. washingtonpost.com/politics/in-cr…
“In reality, Mr. Trump’s book, “The America We Deserve,” makes one passing reference to Bin Laden, where he is simply referred to as ‘public enemy No. 1.’”
nytimes.com/2019/10/27/us/…
For 8 years Trump has brooded over Obama, bin Laden and the night he was humiliated at the #WHCD
The surveillance feeds that Trump saw of the Baghdadi raid could not show what was happening in an underground tunnel, much less detect if Baghdadi was whimpering or crying. nytimes.com/2019/10/27/wor…
Does Trump trust Putin more than Pelosi? Baghdadi death shows politicization of national security. washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost…
Top US military officer says he does not know where Trump got his information that ISIS leader Baghdadi died “screaming, crying and whimpering.” nytimes.com/2019/10/28/wor…
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