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Trump thought North Korea did not have ballistic missile capabilities ‘because Putin told him so’

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From The Independent

Trump thought North Korea did not have ballistic missile capabilities ‘because Putin told him so’

Donald Trump dismissed a North Korean ballistic missile test as a hoax because Vladimir Putin had told him that Pyongyang did not have the capacity to launch such weapons, former FBI chief Andrew McCabe has claimed.

The fresh allegation of the president’s willingness to be influenced by Russia is detailed in Mr McCabe’s new book, which chronicles his time working with the Trump administration.

The book details an Oval Office briefing held in July 2017, during which Mr Trump reportedly refused to believe a US intelligence report that said North Korea had tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Mr McCabe said the president shrugged off the warning from security advisers, claiming the secretive communist state did not possess the technology to conduct such a rocket launch.

As justification for his statement, it is then claimed Mr Trump said he knew this because Vladimir Putin had told him so.

COMMENT:-

Who knows? Other than Mr. McCabe the other people involved either are still governed by confidentially agreements or non-disclosure agreements and/or haven't published their own books yet.

I suppose that we'll just have to await the publication of "Why I Was The Greatest President That The United States of America Will Ever Have, But Am Too Modest To Say So." - won't we?
 
From The Independent

Trump thought North Korea did not have ballistic missile capabilities ‘because Putin told him so’

Donald Trump dismissed a North Korean ballistic missile test as a hoax because Vladimir Putin had told him that Pyongyang did not have the capacity to launch such weapons, former FBI chief Andrew McCabe has claimed.

The fresh allegation of the president’s willingness to be influenced by Russia is detailed in Mr McCabe’s new book, which chronicles his time working with the Trump administration.

The book details an Oval Office briefing held in July 2017, during which Mr Trump reportedly refused to believe a US intelligence report that said North Korea had tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Mr McCabe said the president shrugged off the warning from security advisers, claiming the secretive communist state did not possess the technology to conduct such a rocket launch.

As justification for his statement, it is then claimed Mr Trump said he knew this because Vladimir Putin had told him so.

COMMENT:-

Who knows? Other than Mr. McCabe the other people involved either are still governed by confidentially agreements or non-disclosure agreements and/or haven't published their own books yet.

I suppose that we'll just have to await the publication of "Why I Was The Greatest President That The United States of America Will Ever Have, But Am Too Modest To Say So." - won't we?

LOL!!

McCabe??? A book???

LOL!!

Moving on...
 
LOL!!

McCabe??? A book???

LOL!!

Moving on...

So you have actual evidence that the statement is false, do you?

I'd love to see it. I mean I'm sure that both Mr. McCabe and Mr. Trump will be surprised to learn that you were at the meeting.
 
So you have actual evidence that the statement is false, do you?

I'd love to see it. I mean I'm sure that both Mr. McCabe and Mr. Trump will be surprised to learn that you were at the meeting.

I made no comment on whether it's false or not, so I have no need to provide any evidence.
 
I made no comment on whether it's false or not, so I have no need to provide any evidence.

True, all you did was imply that it was laughable that it might be true.

So, would you clarify for me, do you consider that there is ANY possibility that it might be true?

Or do you want to dodge that question?
 
True, all you did was imply that it was laughable that it might be true.

So, would you clarify for me, do you consider that there is ANY possibility that it might be true?

Or do you want to dodge that question?

Given McCabe's record and history, I think there is very, very little...to no...possibility that anything he says about anything is true. Especially if he put it in a book.
 
Given McCabe's record and history, I think there is very, very little...to no...possibility that anything he says about anything is true. Especially if he put it in a book.

Whether or not it was claimed by someone with any credibility, it does SOUND like something Trump might say. He did take Putin's word over the consensus of the U.S. intelligence agencies. This is undisputed.
 
Whether or not it was claimed by someone with any credibility, it does SOUND like something Trump might say. He did take Putin's word over the consensus of the U.S. intelligence agencies. This is undisputed.

I believe that Mr. Trump has placed the DPRK missiles in the "Neener III" (as in "Neener, neener, neener.") class.
 
Whether or not it was claimed by someone with any credibility, it does SOUND like something Trump might say. He did take Putin's word over the consensus of the U.S. intelligence agencies. This is undisputed.

He still does.

What did he just say about them, something like they are passive and naïve, and they needed to go back to school?

The "man" is an embarrassment and I can't understand how anyone can trust a word he says...
 
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