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Trump's 'phony' source turns out to be White House official

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Trump's 'phony' source turns out to be White House official

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5/26/18

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump accused The New York Times on Saturday of inventing a source for a story who, in fact, was a White House official conducting a briefing for reporters under the condition that the official not be named. Trump tweeted that the Times quoted an official "who doesn't exist" and referenced a line in the story about a possible summit with North Korea, which read: "a senior White House official told reporters that even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed." Said Trump: "WRONG AGAIN! Use real people, not phony sources." The Times reported in a story about the tweet that it had cited "a senior White House official speaking to a large group of reporters in the White House briefing room." The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

When asked at the briefing, which was attended by The Associated Press, if it was possible for the summit to go forward by June 12, the official cast doubt, but did not give a definitive answer. "I think that the main point, I suppose, is that the ball is in North Korea's court right now. There's really not a lot of time," the official said. "There's a certain amount of actual dialogue that needs to take place at the working level with your counterparts to ensure that the agenda is clear in the minds of those two leaders when they sit down to actually meet and talk and negotiate and hopefully make a deal. And June 12 is in ten minutes." The White House press office invited reporters to the background briefing, both to attend in person or to call-in and insisted that the official not be named. The AP reporter in attendance questioned why the briefing was not on the record - meaning that the official's name could be used. The official said the president had been talking publicly during the day, as well as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and that the briefing was intended to provide "background context."
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Once again Donald 'Captain Clueless' Trump demonstrates that he doesn't really have a clue.
 
what's really pathetic is the sheer amount of lying Trump does and his supporters don't care one bit about honesty, rather they would complain about lies previous presidents did when they didn't lie even 1/10th the amount Trump does on a daily basis practically.

Trump's admitted goal is to discredit the media so whenever they say anything bad about him he can call "FAKE NEWS!!!!". Too bad Trump hasn't heard about the boy that cried wolf.
 
Trump tweeted that the Times quoted an official "who doesn't exist" and referenced a line in the story about a possible summit with North Korea, which read: "a senior White House official told reporters that even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed."



When asked at the briefing, which was attended by The Associated Press, if it was possible for the summit to go forward by June 12, the official cast doubt, but did not give a definitive answer.


Seems President Trump got it right AGAIN! Why did the AP make up that it was impossible to hold the meeting. That is not what the white house official said. Because they did that it seems that they were just making up stories again. AP's track record is not good when covering President Trump!!
 
Not “impossible” – Anti-Trump media spends Memorial Day weekend beclowning itself again

https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/05/not-impossible-anti-trump-media-spends-memorial-day-weekend-beclowning-itself-again/

NY Times claims Trump spokesman said June 12 North Korea meeting “impossible,” Trump says there was no real source for that statement, and the audio backs up Trump.

It’s Memorial Day weekend. A time for remembrance. But for the anti-Trump media, it’s just another opportunity to beclown itself by pushing a false gotcha narrative.

It all started, as often is the case, with a Trump tweet:

The Failing @nytimes quotes “a senior White House official,” who doesn’t exist, as saying “even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed.” WRONG AGAIN! Use real people, not phony sources.

The problem for the gotcha was that the audio did not back up the Times’ reporting. At no point did the source say the meeting on June 12 was impossible, or even words to that effect. Here’s what he said:

“the main point, I suppose, is that the ball is in North Korea’s court right now. And there’s really not a lot of time.”

Clearly the Times did not quote the source directly, as Trump claimed in the tweet. So for using the term “quotes” in his tweet, Trump was wrong in that the impossible language was not in quotation marks in the Times story. But substantively Trump was right, since the characterization of the meeting being “impossible” is not a reasonable interpretation of the comments.

Surprise the Times is at it again... The Never Trump paper of record! ;)
 
Common Sense 1 said:
Not “impossible” – Anti-Trump media spends Memorial Day weekend beclowning itself again

https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/05/not-impossible-anti-trump-media-spends-memorial-day-weekend-beclowning-itself-again/

NY Times claims Trump spokesman said June 12 North Korea meeting “impossible,” Trump says there was no real source for that statement, and the audio backs up Trump.

It’s Memorial Day weekend. A time for remembrance. But for the anti-Trump media, it’s just another opportunity to beclown itself by pushing a false gotcha narrative.

It all started, as often is the case, with a Trump tweet:

The Failing @nytimes quotes “a senior White House official,” who doesn’t exist, as saying “even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed.” WRONG AGAIN! Use real people, not phony sources.

The problem for the gotcha was that the audio did not back up the Times’ reporting. At no point did the source say the meeting on June 12 was impossible, or even words to that effect. Here’s what he said:

“the main point, I suppose, is that the ball is in North Korea’s court right now. And there’s really not a lot of time.”

Clearly the Times did not quote the source directly, as Trump claimed in the tweet. So for using the term “quotes” in his tweet, Trump was wrong in that the impossible language was not in quotation marks in the Times story. But substantively Trump was right, since the characterization of the meeting being “impossible” is not a reasonable interpretation of the comments.

Surprise the Times is at it again... The Never Trump paper of record! ;)
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A distinction without a difference.
 
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