JUSTIN:..PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
THE WHITE HOUSE ARE BOTH ON
THE DEFENSIVE TODAY --
PASSIONATELY DENYING A
SCATHING REPORT IN "THE
ATLANTIC"...THE MAGAZINE
DETAILS MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF
THE PRESIDENT MAKING
BELITTLING REMARKS ABOUT
MEMBERS OF THE U-S MILITARY...
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THE REPORT CLAIMS THE
PRESIDENT DECLINED TO VISIT A
CEMETERY OF AMERICAN MARINES
KILLED IN WORLD WAR ONE BACK
IN 2018 -- BECAUSE THE GRAVES
WERE FULL OF "LOSERS" WHO HAD
BEEN "SUCKERS" FOR GETTING
KILLED IN BATTLE.THE REPORT
ALSO CLAIMS HE SAID DIDN'T
WANT TO GET HIS HAIR WET IN
THE RAIN.
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THE REPORT ALSO DETAILS THE
PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE
LATE SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN --
CALLING HIM A LOSER.THE
PRESIDENT ALSO APPARENTLY
FOUGHT BACK AGAINST LOWERING
FLAGS AFTER MCCAIN'S DEATH.THE
MAGAZINE IS CITING FOUR FIRST-
HAND SOURCES.HERE'S WHAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID LATE LAST
NIGHT....
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"IT IS A DISGRACEFUL
SITUATION BY A MAGAZINE THAT
IS A TERRIBLE MAGAZINE. I
DON'T READ IT. BUT, I JUST
HEARD ABOUT IT, BUT THEY MADE
IT UP. PROBABLY IT'S A COUPLE
OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
FAILURES IN THE
ADMINISTRATION. THAT I GOT RID
OF, THAT I COULDN'T GET RID OF
THEM FAST ENOUGH OR IT WAS
JUST MADE UP."
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JUSTIN:..THE ATLANTIC
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF -- WHO WROTE
THE STORY -- IS PUSHING BACK.
SAYING TODAY, THE MAGAZINE
STANDS BY THE STORY...
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GOLDBERG: I STAND BY MY
REPORTING. I HAVE MULTIPLE
SOURCES TELLING ME THIS IS
WHAT HAPPENED, AND SO I STAND
BY IT. //2:00-2:32HE LARGER
POINT IS IS THAT DONALD TRUMP
EXPRESSED DIRECTLY TO SENIOR
AIDES HIS LACK OF DESIRE TO GO
TO THE CEMETERY AND NOT TO
RISK 90 MINUTES IN TRAFFIC
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY ONE WOULD GO PAY THAT
LEVEL OF RESPECT TO FALLEN
AMERICAN SOLDIERS. HE ALSO, BY
THE WAY, EXPRESSED DIRECTLY
FEAR THAT THE RAIN WHICH WAS
QUITE HEAVY AT TIMES WOULD
MESS WITH HIS HAIR.
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JUSTIN:..THE PRESIDENT ALSO
POSTED A TWITTER THREAD LAST
NIGHT -- SAYING HE WAS NEVER A
BIG FAN OF MCCAIN -- BUT HE
APPROVED THE FUNERAL HONORS
FOR THE LATE SENATOR WITHOUT
HESITATION OR COMPLAINT.
