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Wait a minute- Trump has layers?Trump's lawyers sent letters to the NY Times and CNN threatening to sue them for reporting leaked intelligence that suggested his strikes on Iran did not destroy the regime’s nuclear facilities. Trump claimed that the military mission “totally obliterated” the three target sites, dealing an enormous blow to the regime’s nuclear ambitions.
Days later (June 24th) , the NY Times and CNN published a leaked U.S. intelligence assessment of the strikes, which called the efficacy of the mission into question, suggesting Trump’s assessment was overblown and that the strikes set Iran’s nuclear program back by only a few months.
CNN wrote:
“Our reporting made clear that this was an initial finding that could change with additional intelligence. We have extensively covered President Trump’s own deep skepticism about it. However, we do not believe it is reasonable to criticize CNN reporters for accurately reporting the existence of the assessment and accurately characterizing its findings, which are in the public interest.”
source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...1&cvid=d2797996e46b4e0d99505c7a75366bf4&ei=22
My personal opinion: the threat of a lawsuit by Trump's lawyers is a huge nothing-burger, and would be dismissed, and the lawyers probably know this.
They must be on the government payroll.