Trump's claim that Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani was 'looking very seriously at our embassies' was news to lawmakers
that the president’s team had shared no such information with them in a classified briefing this week.
That, of course, raises two troubling possibilities: That Trump disclosed to his raucous rally crowd classified information he kept even from lawmakers, or he’s making stuff up as he goes along. “You have [the president's advisers] saying they can't provide this kind of information to senators in a highly classified setting, but the president is going to say that to the country,” Democratic Senatoron MSNBC Thursday. “It just shows how they're making this up as they go.
The president and his team have said the strike prevented an “imminent” attack, but provided few details to support the claims — enraging even some lawmakers in his own party. “I walked into the briefing undecided,” a frustrated Republican Senatorto reporters Wednesday, announcing that he would support a War Powers Resolution. “I walked out of that briefing decided, specifically because of what happened in that briefing.
between the public and the administration over its Middle East maneuvering. But his allies, like Ohio Representative, continued to defend him. “It is within his purview to determine what remains classified and what does not remain classified,” he
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