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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:07 PM Jun 2020

Trump wasn't briefed on report Russia paid Taliban to kill forces in Afghanistan, White House says

Source: USA Today

WASHINGTON – The White House denied Saturday that President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence had been briefed on an intelligence finding that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill American troops and other coalition forces in Afghanistan.

“The United States receives thousands of intelligence reports a day, and they are subject to strict scrutiny,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement.

While the White House does not routinely comment on intelligence or internal deliberations, “the CIA Director, National Security Advisor, and the Chief of Staff can all confirm that neither the President nor the Vice President were briefed on the alleged Russian bounty intelligence,” McEnany said.

The New York Times, which first reported the intelligence finding on Friday, said Trump had been briefed on the issue and that the White House’s National Security Council discussed the matter at an interagency meeting in late March.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/27/afghanistan-white-house-denies-trump-briefed-russia-bounty-report/3272352001/

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Trump wasn't briefed on report Russia paid Taliban to kill forces in Afghanistan, White House says (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Jun 2020 OP
Bullshit . . Iliyah Jun 2020 #1
A whole herd full. nt cstanleytech Jun 2020 #11
That was the first word I thought of! mwb970 Jun 2020 #22
+1000 sinkingfeeling Jun 2020 #32
Sure I believe Ms. Kayleigh, the White House, and Trump. Botany Jun 2020 #2
You mean other than about his campaign having a secret meeting with the Russians to enlist cstanleytech Jun 2020 #10
Or not knowing mob bosses or that he cut off all communications with Jeffery Epstein or that he ... Botany Jun 2020 #12
Plus there are the lies he told when he took his marriage vows. cstanleytech Jun 2020 #13
Who cares about his marriage vows? Scarsdale Jun 2020 #75
So the President was not told another country was paying a kill bounty? Bullshit!!! cstanleytech Jun 2020 #3
Well, we know he doesn't READ the intelligence briefings, so... Lock him up. Jun 2020 #66
It is almost impossible that he wouldn't be briefed about something so significant. Doodley Jun 2020 #4
Aha! I see your mistake leftieNanner Jun 2020 #16
this ** CloudWatcher Jun 2020 #40
They didn't prepare a colorful power point presentation ToxMarz Jun 2020 #61
"they are subject to strict scrutiny" denem Jun 2020 #5
Searching for the fall guy who will be blamed for thinking this was a NothingBurger bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #6
trump was told but rejected and forgot about it because Putin told him to. TeamPooka Jun 2020 #35
Translation: Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #7
Or was he doing this while being briefed? tanyev Jun 2020 #8
Lying MF'ing BULLSHIT. He is owned by Russia, and he is a traitor to our country. Enough both sides Evolve Dammit Jun 2020 #9
I agree rockfordfile Jun 2020 #65
So, now that he knows, what's he gonna do about it? Xipe Totec Jun 2020 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jul 2020 #85
They probably figured Trump knew about it long before the intelligence agencies did. ZZenith Jun 2020 #15
Was this serial liar donnie bodybags (even more apropos now) mouthpiece then? niyad Jun 2020 #17
He's the fucking CIC. aquamarina Jun 2020 #18
Kayleigh is just making a bad matter worse ladym55 Jun 2020 #19
So, the "Wall Street Journal" also lied...Note Trump attacks the NYT, not the Journal.. Stuart G Jun 2020 #20
Bullshit!! Trump is compromised!! Baked Potato Jun 2020 #21
It HAS to be. Mike 03 Jun 2020 #26
Yes, this is just terrible. He will be tested on this. Baked Potato Jun 2020 #34
I take no responsibility? BeyondGeography Jun 2020 #23
A Ridiculous Lie... And even if it were true, do you honestly believe Mike 03 Jun 2020 #24
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2020 #25
White House Says Traildogbob Jun 2020 #27
Trump has told 18,000 + lies as of April 14, 2020 Botany Jun 2020 #31
uh huh.. agingdem Jun 2020 #28
This isn't going to age well when someone leaks that it made it into the WH daily intelligence brief Major Nikon Jun 2020 #29
Wait a minute Travel Hat Jun 2020 #30
Maybe he was playing with his phone during the briefing. sinkingfeeling Jun 2020 #33
Yeah, I'll bet. So, even if he was "just informed," why retweet lame Park Police wanted posters catbyte Jun 2020 #36
No, I totally believe it. Grokenstein Jun 2020 #37
Simply put: I call bullshit. QED Jun 2020 #38
Yeah, no I do not believe this. I do believe he paid little attention to the briefing. yellowcanine Jun 2020 #39
Oh BULLSHIT! sakabatou Jun 2020 #41
This says differently benld74 Jun 2020 #42
Briefed AND given response options. Chemisse Jun 2020 #47
lying liars say what?... bringthePaine Jun 2020 #43
The fucker's pants are on fire, so... RobertDevereaux Jun 2020 #44
BULL SHIT ashredux Jun 2020 #45
tRump does turn down a lot of briefings because he thinks they're boring and most aren't in comic yaesu Jun 2020 #46
The hate house bdamomma Jun 2020 #48
Brings to mind a Three Dog Night song. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #49
Then he should FIRE THEM!!'n ashredux Jun 2020 #50
1) Bullshit! 2) If he wasn't, why wasn't he? More incompetence. NurseJackie Jun 2020 #51
exactly. nt live love laugh Jun 2020 #67
Right trump and the WH tell the truth,lol! duforsure Jun 2020 #52
Sure, Trump lies thosands of times Progressive dog Jun 2020 #53
I guess the buck stops where? Oh, I know, PatrickforO Jun 2020 #54
Please don't bring rubbish to DU. GeorgeGist Jun 2020 #55
What do you mean? murielm99 Jun 2020 #56
Not sure what you mean by this post. This is a major story being reported in all news outlets-- Mrs. Overall Jun 2020 #60
He is the FUCKING PRESIDENT!!!?! ashredux Jun 2020 #57
Yeah, good luck with selling that BS Docreed2003 Jun 2020 #58
Yeah right Rebl2 Jun 2020 #59
If they are saying Putin never did that, Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #62
Remember Dan Rather's downfall and GW's victory 70sEraVet Jun 2020 #63
I agree rockfordfile Jun 2020 #71
This is absolute, CYA horseshit. LudwigPastorius Jun 2020 #64
Otherwise, he would have done what? louis-t Jun 2020 #68
WHAY IS THE GOP NOT O FIRE OVER THIS? BadGimp Jun 2020 #69
The only reason they wouldn't brief him on this is if he's been compromised n/t DVDGuy Jun 2020 #70
Slimy Worms are Not getting away with their LIES. Cha Jun 2020 #72
It does not matter if he new or didn't know scarytomcat Jun 2020 #73
Right. He SHOULD have known. Nt raccoon Jun 2020 #77
He tuned it out because there was no "Democrats are bad" angle to be had. chriscan64 Jun 2020 #74
Yeah, right. Nt raccoon Jun 2020 #76
I have the following for sale for anyone who believes that... 47of74 Jun 2020 #78
Keeping this story in the forefront jcgoldie Jun 2020 #79
Ratcliffe is a real moron. And a traitor. Kid Berwyn Jun 2020 #80
Or, he wasn't listening when he was so briefed... malthaussen Jun 2020 #81
Bullshit he is the commander and chief of the armed forces Woodwizard Jun 2020 #82
Kick ck4829 Jul 2020 #83
In 2020, "White House says" equals "can't be trusted." nt greyl Jul 2020 #84

Botany

(70,291 posts)
2. Sure I believe Ms. Kayleigh, the White House, and Trump.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:10 PM
Jun 2020

Like when have they ever lied to us before?

The Times wrote: “The intelligence finding was briefed to Trump, and the White House’s National Security Council discussed the problem at an interagency meeting in late March.” However, despite drawing up numerous options by way of a response, the White House has not taken any action.

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
10. You mean other than about his campaign having a secret meeting with the Russians to enlist
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:14 PM
Jun 2020

their help to beat Hillary which he denied and then it was later proven to be true for example?

Botany

(70,291 posts)
12. Or not knowing mob bosses or that he cut off all communications with Jeffery Epstein or that he ...
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:16 PM
Jun 2020

.... never paid off Stormy Daniels or ....


Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
75. Who cares about his marriage vows?
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 08:45 AM
Jun 2020

He marries "pay for play" hookers, who are only interested in the cash. Vows mean NOTHING to them.

Lock him up.

(6,874 posts)
66. Well, we know he doesn't READ the intelligence briefings, so...
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 11:15 PM
Jun 2020

... someone HAD to tell him, but didn't because they are all cowards, shaking in their shoes he will get mad at THEM and destroy their careers on twitter.

Lock him up.

CloudWatcher

(1,831 posts)
40. this **
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 07:24 PM
Jun 2020

If the WH had just said that he had been briefed, but wasn't paying any attention because it wasn't about him ... well that would be believable.

ToxMarz

(2,154 posts)
61. They didn't prepare a colorful power point presentation
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 09:22 PM
Jun 2020

Because one wouldn't think (mistakenly) it would be necessary in this situation .

Mr.Bill

(24,104 posts)
7. Translation:
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:14 PM
Jun 2020

He was briefed but he never heard because during the meeting he was on Twitter tweeting about what a hugely terrific job he was doing.

Evolve Dammit

(16,632 posts)
9. Lying MF'ing BULLSHIT. He is owned by Russia, and he is a traitor to our country. Enough both sides
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:14 PM
Jun 2020

BS. I'm looking at you Chuck Todd. Pathetic excuse for objective journalism.

Response to Xipe Totec (Reply #14)

 

aquamarina

(1,865 posts)
18. He's the fucking CIC.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:23 PM
Jun 2020

And he and his cabal of lying liars wants us to believe he wasn’t told? This has got to be the biggest whopper of a lie in the galaxy of lies that he’s told us.

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
19. Kayleigh is just making a bad matter worse
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:25 PM
Jun 2020

So ... the Russians are offering bounties to the Taliban to kill our soldiers ... wow, that sure wouldn't be important enough to share with --say--the president OR the vice president. That sure is believable.

The other option is that the intelligence services didn't tell Donny and Mikey because they are too stupid or too corrupt to have the information.

Just not acceptable there, Kayleigh. What can I say?

Stuart G

(38,363 posts)
20. So, the "Wall Street Journal" also lied...Note Trump attacks the NYT, not the Journal..
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:30 PM
Jun 2020

This way, Trump doesn't anger the Journal ....just the "Fake News" New York Times......

Journal also confirmed the story......and also...Trump is not the liar...the NYT and Journal are the liars..

Well, well and well......are you still interested in that bridge I got to sell...From Alaska to China..going very cheap to the first buyer//////////////////...................

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
26. It HAS to be.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:36 PM
Jun 2020

He's allowed Russian provocations to go unchecked for years.

I admit, this one is the worst. But Trump also allowed Russia to take over the Arctic Circle and to fly fighter jets and bombers over Alaska, sometimes three times a month.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
24. A Ridiculous Lie... And even if it were true, do you honestly believe
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:35 PM
Jun 2020

none of his advisors would remind him of this fact around the time he invited Putin back into the G7???

Do you think for one second Boris Johnson wasn't briefed on this by MI6?

Nothing our leaders say is true.

Response to Mrs. Overall (Original post)

Traildogbob

(8,580 posts)
27. White House Says
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:37 PM
Jun 2020

Immediately you know it is a lie. All those Christians sure got get outta jail cards for lies. Kay-Lay, that cross you wear is about as believable as Donny and the GOP flagged Lapels.

agingdem

(7,759 posts)
28. uh huh..
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:37 PM
Jun 2020

and nobody briefed him on the coming pandemic and he doesn't know Michael Cohen and he had no idea Barr was going to fire Geoffrey Berman and nobody told him about babies in cages and he never met Stormy Daniels and the Ukraine thing never happened and on and on...

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
29. This isn't going to age well when someone leaks that it made it into the WH daily intelligence brief
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:37 PM
Jun 2020

Make no mistake they will just blame it on the "I will never lie to you" bobblehead press secretary

Travel Hat

(116 posts)
30. Wait a minute
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:40 PM
Jun 2020

Wasn't there a statement all ready out that said that he ask Putin about it and Putin said they don't do it?

catbyte

(34,172 posts)
36. Yeah, I'll bet. So, even if he was "just informed," why retweet lame Park Police wanted posters
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 07:03 PM
Jun 2020

and insulting Joe Biden instead of expressing his horror as Commander-in-Chief? Oh, yeah. Don't want to upset the boss.

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
37. No, I totally believe it.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 07:09 PM
Jun 2020

I believe that this White House would not consider that matter to be "high importance."

I believe that staff have completely given up briefing either Generalissimo Corpulente or Mommy's Special Little Mikey on anything but weather conditions at golf courses.

I believe that this maladministration is, top-to-bottom, unfit to serve and that they demonstrate that fact every day.

yellowcanine

(35,692 posts)
39. Yeah, no I do not believe this. I do believe he paid little attention to the briefing.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 07:21 PM
Jun 2020
We are in big trouble. The President is a traitor.

benld74

(9,889 posts)
42. This says differently
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 07:26 PM
Jun 2020

The Times wrote: “The intelligence finding was briefed to Trump, and the White House’s National Security Council discussed the problem at an interagency meeting in late March.” However, despite drawing up numerous options by way of a response, the White House has not taken any action.

As the news broke it triggered a fierce response from top Democrats, especially those who have long pointed to what they say is Trump’s overly close relationship to Russia’s autocratic leader, Vladimir Putin. ...............(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/27/russia-offered-bounties-afghanistan-militants-killing-us-soldiers-report-outrage

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
46. tRump does turn down a lot of briefings because he thinks they're boring and most aren't in comic
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 07:33 PM
Jun 2020

form with lots of pictures, his main briefings come from fox news. Its no excuse, just shows what a fucking idiot those fucking idiots voted into office.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
51. 1) Bullshit! 2) If he wasn't, why wasn't he? More incompetence.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 07:55 PM
Jun 2020

I guess someone figures that playing incompetent is somehow better than being a kompromat.

Progressive dog

(6,862 posts)
53. Sure, Trump lies thosands of times
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 08:06 PM
Jun 2020

and his staff swears to it until the the lie becomes obvious even to fools. Then he and they lie about the lie.

PatrickforO

(14,516 posts)
54. I guess the buck stops where? Oh, I know,
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 08:07 PM
Jun 2020

at the desk of the junior CIA analyst who went for a pee break and forgot to forward that one.

Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
60. Not sure what you mean by this post. This is a major story being reported in all news outlets--
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 09:19 PM
Jun 2020

Either the White House is lying or Trump knew.

Both scenarios are extremely damaging to the orange menace.

And, I will not be told what news I can or cannot post on DU.

Mr.Bill

(24,104 posts)
62. If they are saying Putin never did that,
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 09:33 PM
Jun 2020

why do they have to say Trump was never briefed on it?

Think about that.

70sEraVet

(3,430 posts)
63. Remember Dan Rather's downfall and GW's victory
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 10:04 PM
Jun 2020

Karl Rove pulled off a brilliant move to catapult a somewhat UNillustrious candidate to the presidency, by planting an unfavorable story that had some truth to it, and forging the evidence to back the story up. Only THIS time, it may be Trump and Putin working together (if you can call Putin telling Trump what to do, 'working together') planting the story and 'leaking ' the evidence.
Sounds too good to be true. Be careful.

LudwigPastorius

(8,944 posts)
64. This is absolute, CYA horseshit.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 10:05 PM
Jun 2020

A finding of this magnitude by the intelligence community would go straight to the Oval Office, because any agency official or White House staffer that sat on this would rightfully fear for their job if they did so.

Trump knew.

scarytomcat

(1,706 posts)
73. It does not matter if he new or didn't know
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 08:08 AM
Jun 2020

If the staff didn't tell him because it might upset him then it is on him.
If intelligence knew, we knew and ignored it
Another outrage??

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)
74. He tuned it out because there was no "Democrats are bad" angle to be had.
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 08:38 AM
Jun 2020

So now that he knows... any response?

jcgoldie

(11,584 posts)
79. Keeping this story in the forefront
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 11:56 AM
Jun 2020

Perhaps it makes my senator Tammy Duckworth a more valuable option in the Veep search.

Kid Berwyn

(14,651 posts)
80. Ratcliffe is a real moron. And a traitor.
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:56 PM
Jun 2020
About your new Director of National Intelligence

“He berated Mueller, the former head of the FBI, for stating that President Donald Trump was not fully exonerated in his eponymous report on his findings of the nearly two-year-long investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the possibility of obstruction of justice by the President.”

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/politics/john-ratcliffe-dni-dan-coats/index.html

In other words: The guy in charge of the intelligence needed to protect the United States from its enemies stands with a traitor.

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
81. Or, he wasn't listening when he was so briefed...
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 01:13 PM
Jun 2020

... possibly because the briefing did not include the word "Trump" enough times.

-- Mal

Woodwizard

(834 posts)
82. Bullshit he is the commander and chief of the armed forces
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 09:45 PM
Jun 2020

This would have definitely been brought to his attention I feel bad for service people to have to answer to him. I was in during Reagan he even looks good compared to the trumster fire.

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