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Trump Silent on Hawaii, Retweets Pizzagate Theorist
TRUMP STAYS SILENT ON HAWAII MISSILE ALERT, RETWEETS CONSPIRACY THEORIST AND ATTACKS MICHAEL WOLFF INSTEADBY TOM PORTER ON 1/14/18 AT 7:16 AM
President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on “fake news” and shared a message by an alt-right conspiracy theorist in tweets Saturday—but was criticized for his silence over Saturday’s false missile alert in Hawaii.
Trump retweeted a message by Jack Posobiec—an alt-right activist who has spread baseless conspiracy theories about the death of former DNC staffer Seth Rich, and claimed that Hillary Clinton ran a child sex trafficking ring from a DC pizzeria.
The tweet claimed to show Senator Dick Durbin—who has confirmed reports that Trump called develping world nations "shithole" countries in a recent meeting—calling for an end to chain migration, or family migration. In the clip Durbin in fact calls for chain migration to be limited but not ended.
The president also drew criticism for failing to reassure Hawaiians after false ballistic missile alert plunged the island into nearly 40 minutes of panic, before being declared a false alarm.
Trump was on the links at the Trump International Golf Course in Florida after the emergency alert was issued at approximately 1:09 p.m. EST, before leaving for Mar-a-Lago at around 1:38 pm, according to pool reports.
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http://www.newsweek.com/trump-attacks-michael-wolff-and-retweets-alt-right-conspiracy-theorist-while-780905.
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