Absolutely. He could only restrain the Navy to a certain point without risking absolute outrage at home. Now he is behind the eightball with everybody cheering the result and his mindless minions heaping the credit on him.
He is p,laying it both ways if the capt had died he would have blamed the navy
Absolutely. This was quite plain with, e.g., Gergen out there saying he didn't need to be awakened for this. The plot line as passed through the MSM ( it's so blatant! ) was that the whole thing was beneath his notice and a distraction. It was of course how he plays everything - holding it at arms length, just so he can be flexible in his ex post facto posturing.
This makes how many times ZERO and the thugs have taken “economies with the truth” ...we call those lies where I come from.
How many events have there been already since January 20, let alone since this SOB came on the scene where the phrase, “What did he know and when did he know it?” applies?
He is lying to us on a near daily basis. When he is not lying outright he is being deceptive.