U.S. Officials Literally Laughing at Donald Trump’s ‘Top Secret’ Iran Video Claim

[Native]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/04/u-s-officials-literally-laughing-at-donald-trump-s-top-secret-iran-video-claim.html

U.S. national security officials are literally laughing at Donald Trump’s claim that he watched a “top secret” Iranian-military produced video showing its government scurrying to grab pallets filled with hundreds of millions of dollars.

“It didn’t happen,” one U.S. official said. “That was not part of any briefing.”

Well, it turns out he saw it on TV. Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks admitted to the Washington Post that footage Trump was referring to was not, in fact, top secret. It was b-roll from a Fox News segment.

That wasn’t exactly a reassuring answer for members of the U.S. national security community who are already nervous that Trump could say or tweet classified information. Rather it confirmed their already existing fears that sensitive information could be mistreated—and now made up all together.

[vollehosen]

1. The plane wasn't even in Iran...

Trump can't tell Swiss apart from Iranians.

The camera operator must be pretty pleased with himself though.

[liberal N proud]

2. Trump falls for the FOX propaganda

[Siwsan]

3. Reagan started to merge war movie s with his real life past events, early in his dementia

I found this in a Psychology Today article:

Other observers and commentators have noted how often Reagan confused films he'd made with political reality, including telling witnesses about concentration camps he'd helped to liberate in World War II, when the humbler truth was rather that he had made a movie or two about the topic.


(https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/side-effects/201101/when-did-reagans-first-signs-alzheimers-appear)

[misterhighwasted]

4. Haahaa

[Native]

5. So, are you getting to post these pictures like every hour now? LOL

[misterhighwasted]

6. Hour? No. But they should be included in every ridiculous thing Trump & the Repubs say

Haven't posted this great pic since yesterday.

Trump's making the Repub Party look like fools and that has got to be cracking up the Dems.
Needs no explaining.

I'm just watching the media standing on their heads to spin the whole Trump spectacle as anything but a big joke on the Republicans.

Haa!

[Native]

8. Somehow I think it won't be long before you're posting them more often than daily!

[misterhighwasted]

9. Oh I have more!

Seriously, Trump turned the Republican Party into a reality show. Like scrambling morning eggs.
Mostly its just sport for TV.

[malaise]

11. So what? n/t

[onecent]

7. GREAT GREAT PICTURES!!!!!!

[tanyev]

10. While it's genuinely disconcerting that Mr. Motormouth will be getting classified briefings,

I also wonder if he's capable of paying attention to anything that's not about himself.