Experts Scoff At Trump’s Explosive Claim That Obama Paid For Iran’s Missile Strike | Talking Points Memo

President Donald Trump essentially blamed his predecessor on Wednesday for funding the missiles that hit American military bases Tuesday night, but military and diplomatic experts told TPM the claim is ridiculous.


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Those experts will be discredited and attacked mercilessly by administration personnel as not knowing a damned thing.

If they’re administration hirees, they’ll be drummed out before the end of the week, nightfall if they can get away with it.

Every time it’s determined the emperor isn’t wearing any clothes, it’s the accusers that pay the price.

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The Commander in Chief of Lies. He lies every day about everything.

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Gaslights R Us

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I guess you could blame Obama in that if he had spied on Trump’s campaign, as Trump claims he did, he could have found out all about Trump’s ties to Russia and leaked it to Teen Vogue, thus stopping Trump from pulling out of the JCPOA and screwing up everything in the Middle East.

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The thing about these lies is he just gets them out there, the conservative media ecosystem goes to work, and then Trumpers have a new talking point.

It’s outrageous but entirely predictable.

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President Donald Trump essentially blamed his predecessor on Wednesday for funding the missiles that hit American military bases Tuesday night, but military and diplomatic experts told TPM the claim is ridiculous.

Especially ridiculous because the money was theirs to begin with. But the damage is done, and the clip will bounce around the internet, with the literal backing of the US generals standing behind him.

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The trolls and bots were pushing the Obama-gave-Iran-the-money line as soon as the assassination was announced.

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Was the missile launched from Hillary’s pizza parlor dungeon basement as well?

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:disappointed: That you felt the need to ask a expert if “the claim is ridiculous”.

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Those generals look like they would rather be in that base where the Iranian missiles hit last night.

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Sigh…

minutes

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“There is no truth to [Trump’s] statement whatsoever,” he said. “You could say the same thing about sales tax on a soft drink one purchased in Tehran.”

Heh. I’ll bet Iran is smart enough not to supersize them.

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Considering that the majority of ‘1600’ advocates are former members of the Gulf War Two crew, I wish them the best of luck with any future complaints.

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Fake.

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The “Rude Pundit’s” take on Trump! It’s ball-buster!

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Every night and every day it’s just another damn lie, but the worst thing is no one on his staff calls him out, no one dares to correct the record, and Donald, Fred, and Fredrick all have lied their whole lives.

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Donnie is full of nonsense…and sh_t.

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“Today I am going to ask NATO to become much more involved in the Middle East process”
:mushroom:rump (01/08/2020)

“NATO is obsolete”
:mushroom:rump (04/12/2017)

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