Trump says he was ‘right’ about Obama and terrorists, citing questionable 2012 intelligence cable

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/WaPo

ust two days after Donald Trump implied that President Obama sympathized with terrorists, provoking a backlash that included members of his own party, the presumed Republican presidential nominee declared himself “right,” based on a published report claiming administration “support” for the Islamic State.

In a post to his Twitter account early Wednesday, Trump said “Media fell all over themselves criticizing what Donald Trump ‘may have insinuated’ ” about Obama. “But he’s right,” it said, linking to a story published by the conservative website Breitbart News.

The story was based on a declassified 2012 cable written by a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) official, addressed to about two dozen military and national security agencies and officials, including then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Labeled as “information report, not finally evaluated intelligence,” it refers to “the general situation” in Iraq and Syria in the early days of the armed insurgency against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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But the document appears to be an initial intake of spot intelligence from the early days of the Syrian civil war. That intelligence had not yet been vetted or verified. Trump’s embrace of Breitbart’s interpretation of the cable fits a pattern of careless handling and circulation of facts, particularly in the realm of foreign policy. Such missteps have piqued concerns among foreign policy experts and Republican strategists about Trump’s understanding of complicated policy issues and his fitness for office.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-he-was-%E2%80%98right%E2%80%99-about-obama-and-terrorists-citing-questionable-2012-intelligence-cable/ar-AAh67ZY

[Frustratedlady]

1. Breitbart is one of Trump's sources?

Sheesh! That says enough right there.

[Eugene]

2. This is Trump's SECOND tweet based on Breitbart.

Breitbart is the backbone of this whole conspiracy theory.

Once again, Trump retweets everything he reads on the Intertubes.

[Frustratedlady]

3. I suppose Limbaugh is another. What class he follows. eom

[TomCADem]

8. Even Worse, He Is Still Giving Himself High Fives

The fact that he is using Brietbart to validate him just makes him look foolish on top being narcissistic.

[cstanleytech]

4. Someone whisper the word "Chemtrails" into Trumps ear, it should be most amusing to watch. nt

[truthisfreedom]

5. He's defending himself with nonsense!

He actually believes he can play this whole game all the way to the election? It's one thing to attack his own party members early in the race with utter goofiness, but in the final stretch none of this will fly, and nobody seems to be able to get him to understand.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. He often talks of himself in the third person. Like his fake spokespeople used to. Old habit. nt

[Botany]

7. Keep digging Donnie

[cynzke]

9. SO IGNORANT, TRUMP FAILS TO REALIZE

He is undermining himself. He is more OBSESSED with defending himself than REALITY.