Trump Releases Ad Claiming Osama Bin Laden 'Endorsed' Biden

[sabra]

TOPLINE President Trump appeared on his son Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast ‘Triggered’ on Thursday, where he released an ad claiming Osama Bin Laden “endorsed” Joe Biden, predicted Democrats would work with him if wins a second term, and said there would be “tremendous bedlam” if Biden wins in November.

Asked about reports that documents seized in a raid on Bin Laden’s compound revealed a plan to assassinate former President Obama to install Biden as president, which Obama officials said was never a serious threat, Trump said “we’re going to immediately make a commercial out of that if that’s true.”

Trump Jr. then unveiled an ad as a “Father’s Day present,” approved by Trump, which claimed Biden was “endorsed” by Bin Laden and called Biden “China’s candidate, Iran’s candidate and Osama’s candidate.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/06/18/trump-releases-ad-claiming-osama-bin-laden-endorsed-biden/#2d99df0b2666

[onecaliberal]

1. My god. The deprivation, and soullessness

[Mister Ed]

5. Not to mention...the desperation.

The sheer, blind, panicked desperation.

[onecaliberal]

9. What sane adult could even possibly condone this?

We are living history.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Hell, the cultists will be convinced that Bin Laden is alive, has been all this time.

Another hoax and conspiracy. That is if they were not so ignorant to know he was killed by our military.

[Alacritous Crier]

10. He's sharing a room...

in a Motel 6 with John Kennedy Jr.

Q said so.

[Thomas Hurt]

11. well of course and the alien lizardmen are using cloaking tech and mind control to cover it up...

[Nululu]

3. Before or after he died

Seriously.

They killed Osama but he endorsed Biden?

Trump and the entire family circus are insane

[Maeve]

4. And PolitiFact is on it already! FALSE CLAIM

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/19/donald-trump-jr/no-osama-bin-laden-did-not-endorse-joe-biden/

When American special operations forces raided bin Laden’s compound in 2011, on Obama’s orders, they found a trove of computer files. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence translated and published the last of that material in 2017. Among the many memos was one where bin Laden called for the assassination of Obama.

"Obama is the head of infidelity, and killing him automatically will make Biden take over the presidency," bin Laden wrote, according to a 2012 Washington Post article. "Biden is totally unprepared for that post, which will lead the U.S. into a crisis."

Now, this plot never went far, and officials said this never posed a real risk to Obama. But bin Laden had a poor opinion of Biden.

[countingbluecars]

6. Were these documents public knowledge?

Or did the Trumps reveal classified info?

[mwooldri]

7. If Trump wins a second term, I predict this:

Democrats will impeach him. Again.

[EarlG]

8. Wtf

So Trump is bringing the corpse of bin Laden on board as a campaign surrogate?



“I think Joe Biden is unfit to be president, but don’t just take it from me — Osama bin Laden agrees. I’m Donald Trump and I approve this message.”

[struggle4progress]

12. "Hi, America! You really need to worry about having an unfit President!"