Posted on 09/07/2020 1:54:22 PM PDT by abb
U.S. Ambassador to France and Monaco Jamie McCourt told Breitbart News exclusively on Monday that the Atlantic story about President Donald Trump allegedly bashing troops is untrue.
Ambassador McCourt was there the day President Trump’s team called off the trip to the cemetery at Belleau Wood because of inclement weather. She is the latest U.S. official who was actually present at the event to publicly deny the Atlantic’s account of events, which is based entirely on anonymous sources.
“Needless to say, I never spoke to the Atlantic, and I can’t imagine who would,” McCourt told Breitbart News. “In my presence, POTUS has NEVER denigrated any member of the U.S. military or anyone in service to our country. And he certainly did not that day, either. Let me add, he was devastated to not be able to go to the cemetery at Belleau Wood. In fact, the next day, he attended and spoke at the ceremony in Suresnes in the pouring rain.”
McCourt’s denial regarding the Atlantic comes after former White House deputy chief of staff Zach Fuentes, a top confidante of former chief of staff John Kelly, denied the story earlier on Monday in an exclusive statement to Breitbart News.
In addition to Fuentes, former National Security adviser John Bolton has denied the account—as has every other person who could have witnessed the president saying this: officials who were there, from former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to senior adviser Stephen Miller to advisers such as Jordan Karem and Derek Lyons. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was traveling with the president there, has also denied the report. In addition, first lady Melania Trump has denied the report and called the Atlantic article fake news.
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This is a great ad, you know what to do with it....
pic.twitter.com/kouGJxLIwD— Scott Flechsig🇺🇸 (@TX_Flex) September 5, 2020
You are right about that. I wonder if she’ll even vote.
I certainly hope not! LOL!
Let all the swing state potheads stay home.
My sister and her husband smoked pot with their son. I could not believe it.
Stay home and enjoy the snacks while puffing away ...
It’s time for the Atlantic to either get their sources on the record - or not do the story.
This is an ad hominem hit piece. It’s not some engineer coming out saying a nuclear power plant’s not safe ...but he’s afraid for his life...
So far, everyone who was/could have been there says the Atlantic lies...looks like their attempt to help the senile puppet out of the drooldrums has failed.
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