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Exclusive: CNN obtains the tape of Trump's 2021 conversation about classified documents | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)

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CNN has exclusively obtained the audio recording of the 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And of course he's making a dumb argument while admitting to having and showing off classified papers he can no longer declassify.

His argument is that the generals were saying Trump wanted a war with Iran, but because they had prepared an assessment of attack options, they must have wanted such a war themselves.

Do we think his staffers were just sucking up to him or are they just as dumb as they sound?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Do we think his staffers were just sucking up to him or are they just as dumb as they sound?

Yes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Trump surrounds himself with “Yes-People”. You know the kind of people that would never contradict whoever seems to be in charge. Usually yes-people aren’t very smart. They ingratiate themselves to power because they can’t get there on merit.

That said the people making the book/doing the interview may have been playing along for a killer exclusive.