If someone asks you why Trump being briefed on Russian bounties, or not, matters... [View all]
AND they are a sincere interlocutor rather than a MAGAt or troll, focus on the fact of the lie.
There is ample multi-source reportage from respected national security journalists at major papers/networks confirming that it was in the PDB, that the NSC was engaged in the matter, etc. So Trump knew. Dozens of people in the White House knew. But Trump and the WH are desperately, repeatedly, obviously lying... Why?
Because they also know their response was wrong. The lie reveals that they know they were wrong in their (non)response. They did not do the right thing. They KNOW they did not do the right thing. Their lie is an attempt to dodge blame for their wrong actions by changing the context of those actions to a more innocent one.
Trump being briefed matters because it means he KNOWS his reaction was wrong. He did the wrong thing on purpose.
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