Name: Trump Officials Contradict The President When Offering Justifications For Soleimani Killing
Uploaded: 2020-03-27T17:41:21.000Z
Duration: 4 min 33 s
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( PIANO RIFF ) IN OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS, THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STILL HASN'T SETTLED ON A LEGAL

JUSTIFICATION FOR BOMBING IRANIAN GENERAL, QASEM

ONE OFFICIAL GRASPING AT STRAWS IS SECRETARY OF STATE AND

THE ADMINISTRATION'S OFFICIAL EXPLANATION IS THAT THE STRIKE

OCCURRED TO THWART AN "IMMINENT ATTACK," BUT ON THURSDAY, POMPEO

>> THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THERE WERE A SERIES OF IMMINENT

ATTACKS THAT WERE BEING PLOTTED BY QASEM SOLEIMANI.

AND WE DON'T KNOW PRECISELY WHEN AND WE DON'T KNOW PRECISELY

I DON'T KNOW PRECISELY WHEN, AND I DON'T KNOW PRECISELY WHERE,

BUT I DO HAVE THE ADDRESS OF A GUY I WANT YOU TO KILL.

( APPLAUSE ) EVEN REPUBLICANS WERE CONCERNED

ABOUT THE VAGUENESS OF THE JUSTIFICATIONS, SO ON FRIDAY

THE PRESIDENT WENT ON THE FOX NEWS TO CLEAR THINGS UP.

>> DON'T THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT

SPECIFICALLY WAS TARGETED WITHOUT REVEALING METHODS AND

>> WELL, I DON'T THINK SO, BUT WE WILL TELL YOU THAT PROBABLY

IT WAS GOING TO BE THE EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD.

I CAN REVEAL THAT I BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUR

>> STEPHEN: HE BELIEVES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUR EMBASSIES.

DO WE REALLY WANT TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE BOMB PEOPLE

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GUY WHO BELIEVES THAT WINDMILLS CAUSE

>> Stephen: STICK YOUR FINGER IN THE DIKE!

( APPLAUSE ) ON SUNDAY, DEFENSE SECRETARY

MARK ESPER DID HIS BEST-- AND IT WASN'T GOOD.

>> CAN YOU CLARIFY THOUGH, WAS THE SPECIFIC THREAT THAT THE

PRESIDENT SHARED WITH FOX NEWS ABOUT FOUR U.S. EMBASSIES BEING

>> WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID WAS HE BELIEVED THAT IT PROBABLY

AND COULD HAVE BEEN ATTACKS AGAINST ADDITIONAL EMBASSIES.

>> THAT SOUNDS MORE LIKE AN ASSESSMENT THAN A SPECIFIC

TANGIBLE THREAT WITH A-- A DECISIVE PIECE OF INTELLIGENCE.

>> WELL, THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T SAY THERE WAS A TANGIBLE-- HE

DIDN'T CITE A SPECIFIC PIECE OF EVIDENCE.

WHAT HE SAYS PROBABLY-- HE BELIEVED, COULD HAVE BEEN--

>> I DIDN'T SEE ONE WITH REGARD TO THE FOUR EMBASSIES.

( AUDIENCE REACTS ) THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS LIKE

THE COUPLE WHO DIDN'T COORDINATE THEIR LIE BEFORE LEAVING THE

MY WIFE SAID IT'S BECAUSE FOUR EMBASSIES ARE UNDER THREAT?

THEY ARE THREATENED BY... THE BABYSITTER.

THIS MORNING, TRUMP TOOK TO TWITTER TO SAY HE AND ESPER ARE

ON THE SAME PAGE: "THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA AND THEIR

DEMOCRAT PARTNERS ARE WORKING HARD TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT

THE FUTURE ATTACK BY TERRORIST SOLEIMANI WAS EMINENT OR NOT."

NOW, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED TRUMP USED THE WRONG WORD THERE.

"EMINENT," WHICH MEANS, "FAMOUS AND RESPECTED WITHIN A

I'LL USE IT IN A SENTENCE: "DONALD TRUMP IS THE MOST

EMINENT EXAMPLE OF A MAN WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BUT HOW "EMINENT" THE THREAT WAS

MAY NOT MATTER BECAUSE THIS MORNING, WE FOUND OUT THAT TRUMP

AUTHORIZED THE KILLING OF SOLEIMANI SEVEN MONTHS AGO.

( LAUGHTER ) OR DOES TRUMP JUST HAVE PILES OF

AUTHORIZATIONS LYING AROUND FOR THINGS HE WANTS TO DO AND CAN'T

O'DONNELL, AND THIS ONE IS TO MAKE TUBE TOPS MANDATORY."

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Trump Officials Contradict The President When Offering Justifications For Soleimani Killing

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