At a press conference on Monday, Trump disputed a story by the Atlantic that he called Americans who died at war “losers” and “suckers”. The report has since been confirmed by numerous outlets including the AP, CNN, Fox News and also by common sense. I mean, it sounds exactly like something Trump would say.
Trump also claimed that top Pentagon officials were against him because he opposed “endless wars”, which is an especially infuriating lie coming from a guy who has repeatedly touted billions in arms sales to a brutal regime in Saudi Arabia, vetoed a bill to end US involvement in the war in Yemen, massively expanded bombing campaigns across the world, including a record number in Afghanistan, increased the Pentagon’s budget for the fifth consecutive year to the point where it’s now near Iraq-year levels, added billions to a Pentagon ‘slush fund’ specifically for war funding, and has bragged about sending US troops to Saudi Arabia because Saudi Arabia would pay for it.
Trump denigrating Americans who died at war is such a perfect window into the reality distortion machine on the right, since Fox News, whose own national security reporter confirmed the story, continued to discredit it on multiple programs – one talking head called the story a “hoax” while contributor Mollie Hemingway dismissed it as anonymous sources working on an “information operation” against the president. “How do you know it’s accurate? How do you know it’s true?” asked another anchor.
Your own network confirmed it! Do you guys watch your own channel? Or do you just take naps until Trump tweets something? —Seth Meyers
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