Fox & Friends suggest Trump could bury Comeys book by bombing Syria

[babylonsister]

Fox & Friends suggest Trump could bury Comey’s book by bombing Syria
It's likely the president was watching.
Aaron Rupar
Apr 13, 2018, 12:05 pm


On Friday morning, Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt suggested that military strikes in Syria could be useful to divert attention from the unflattering portrayal of President Trump contained in former FBI Director James Comey’s book.

“If the president, and France, and the U.K decide to strike Syria, don’t you think that story would be a bigger story than Comey’s book that’s released on Tuesday?” she said.

Earhardt’s suggestion came while Trump is reportedly still considering a potential military strike against Syria — and amid an edition of Fox & Friends that was largely devoted to sullying Comey’s reputation.

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Operating without a White House communications director, Trump has increasingly turned to his favorite network both for advice and to get his message out.

Trump often takes policy cues from his favorite show. While live-tweeting the January 11 edition, for instance, Trump parroted an argument made on the air by Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano and expressed alarm that the House of Representatives may approve a bill reauthorizing the the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) — despite the fact that his administration clearly and unambiguously supported the FISA renewal. (The White House quickly walked back Trump’s tweet.)

Last month, Trump directly lifted language from a Fox & Friends graphic to attack California Gov. Jerry Brown (D). In March, Trump installed former Fox & Friends host Heather Nauert as undersecretary of state, a high-level position at the State Department.

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https://thinkprogress.org/fox-friends-trump-bomb-syria-distract-from-comey-88f5fe915386/

[dhol82]

1. Yup!

Presidential edicts by way of Faux Snooze.
This just makes me cry.

[uponit7771]

2. FUX News is part of the root of the issue with the insidious right now

[ProudLib72]

3. What happens when Faux decides they need another, bigger distraction?

That's what scares me. Things are coming to a head in the investigation. Cohen is in deep shit. If Faux pundits start thinking "big", we are really up shit creek!

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. No way I'm cancelling my order!

[wishstar]

5. Too late, ABC Good Morning and other mainstream shows already talked about prostitutes peeing

All the networks and cable today covered Comey, beginning with the glorious ABC Good Morning America Comey/Stephanopolous interview where Comey more than once described the peeing prostitutes that had Trump so worried that he told Comey that surely no one would think Trump could have been involved with prostitutes.

The full interviews with Comey on ABC and CNN aren't scheduled until Sunday night, so there will be plenty of coverage later this weekend.

[DumpDrumpf]

6. I dont remember those 3 douchebags being on my ballot.