Posted on 09/07/2020 11:52:14 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
This story broke a little while ago:
Excerpt from the piece at Breitbart:
VDO.AI
Former Deputy White House Chief of Staff Zach Fuentes denied to Breitbart News The Atlantic’s account of President Donald Trump’s comments about troops in Europe.
Fuentes unequivocally denied The Atlantic’s report last week, a huge blow to the establishment media narrative. Fuentes personally briefed President Trump on the weather situation that led to the trip being canceled. He is also a close personal confidante of former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.
“You can put me on record denying that I spoke with The Atlantic,” Fuentes told Breitbart News on Monday. “I don’t know who the sources are. I did not hear POTUS call anyone losers when I told him about the weather. Honestly, do you think General Kelly would have stood by and let ANYONE call fallen Marines losers?”
He specifically also stated that he believes The Atlantic’s sources “are unlikely first hand accounts.”
“They are conflating those people from something the day after,” Fuentes said.
…
The fact that Fuentes—Kelly’s closest ally—is now publicly denying the report from The Atlantic is a monstrous strike against the credibility of the report. Several Trump critics, including former National Security Adviser John Bolton, have also denied this happened.
Every person who was allegedly in the room who has spoken up so far has denied the account of what happened. Fuentes’ denial, reported here exclusive on Breitbart News first, deals another strike against The Atlantic’s credibility.
[End]
So, here we are, four days after The Atlantic’s hoax story broke, and not one single person who is a witness to the events described in it has had the courage to speak on the record backing up the allegations contained in it. Meanwhile, every single witness to the events in question who has the courage and personal integrity to talk on the record has unequivocally denied those allegations.
Every. Single. One.
In a speech on Monday, the President himself no doubt hit the real motivation behind some of these gutless anonymous “sources” with this:
Bingo. Assuming the Atlantic or Jennifer Griffin actually have any real “sources,” when we discover their identities – and we inevitably will – we will also no doubt discover that they have gobs of personal income at stake in the military/industrial complex. This is the single most predictable aspect of this entire situation.
Money talks and bullshit walks, and the Atlantic hoax has tons of walking and talking going on behind it.
That is all.
This story was only to distract from Nancy Pelosi, that was all
Heck this might have been their October Surprise
The Fuentes denial tells me that KELLY was the “source” of this outlandish story. There’s something inherently odd about a denial like this from an assistant to a guy who has remained utterly silent on the matter.
With all the denials Fox News still will not let this story die.
This information by Fuentes makes Baier and Griffin look like a couple of Class D News proponents.....They went for President Trumps throat and ended up with a hangnail.
How did that work out for them. Pelosi tells us that rules are for little people and now they go all in on a story that proves that all they do is lie.
It's a look.
CBS NewsLink
@CBSNewsTrump: "I'm not saying the military's in love with me. The soldiers are.
The top people in the Pentagon probably aren't because they want to do
nothing but fight wars, so all of those wonderful companies that make the
bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy"
A credible reporter ought to track down Sully Sullenberger and ask him if he has any thoughts on this issue now that the truth is clear to anyone with a brain.
Yeah, I don’t much care what he says, either, but someone stuck a microphone in his face and he immediately insulted Trump a few days ago. I think it’s time to show them ten denials in a row and see if they still believe Trump said what the anonymous losers claim. Maybe these people would think twice next time before they opened their yap. Better yet, learn to say “No comment.”
the entire “story” was created by the Biden campaign along with Conor Lamb..it was obvious from the start, how fast it took the biden campaign to come out with an attack ad, the whole thing was a farce never happened
Sully is a leftist, he has hated Trump since day 1
“This story was only to distract from Nancy Pelosi, that was all
Heck this might have been their October Surprise”
I agree. In a “normal” Presidential election year this would be the kind of thing that gets blurted out just before Election Day.
The Atlantic article begins with this:
Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day.My guess is that this was all started by David Frum. He's on record making that same crack in 2018.
Look at this FR article from 2018, Fox News: Trump takes heat over scrapped trip to cemetery in France:
David Frum, a speechwriter for former President George W. Bush, took to Twitter to slam the move, insisting that other transportation accommodations could’ve been made in case of poor weather.“It's not even 60 miles from central Paris to the monument. If the weather is too wet & windy for helicopters, a presidential motorcade could drive the distance in an hour,” Frum tweeted. “On site, presidential advance could easily erect a tent to protect the dignitaries (and the presidential hair-do) from inclement weather.”
There is no record of President Trump worrying about his hair, but there is a record of Frum joking about it at the time.
I'm calling out Frum as the source of this hair comment that is behind The Atlantic article.
-PJ
I agree. In a “normal” Presidential election year this would be the kind of thing that gets blurted out just before Election Day.
Not to go against myself, but I have a feeling they have a few October surprises for us. Probably like this one.
However, I believe Trump has a few good ones in stock for them as well, including indictments and a vaccine
If the objective was to keep the campaign distracted it was effective. This will happen at least once a week until November .
Yes and no. I don’t think Kelly has any use for President Trump and by remaining silent he can do some damage without it appearing deliberate.
The Atlantic lie is all part of the ongoing colour revolution
So, will Joementia apologize to the POTUS for his slanderous comments about this last week?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.