Let me see if I have this correct.
Donald J. Trump sends out dozens of tweets questioning the CIA’s intelligence-gathering ability while dismissing the agency’s conclusions about alleged Russian hacking during the 2016 election.
Then he blames the media for it.
It’s the media’s fault that it reported the president’s tweets.
Is that he said today while meeting at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va.?
I admit to being slow on the uptake at times. This one, though, muddles my cognitive ability.
Here’s the thing that’s even nuttier. There will be those among us who will agree with Trump. The media have somehow made up something that the president himself stated about the CIA. Didn’t he criticize the spooks for sending out false intelligence about Iraq’s possession of weapons of mass destruction?
The media deserve criticism for reporting it?
Trump said this today while meeting with CIA operatives:
“I have a running war with the media. They are among the most dishonest human beings on earth, right? And they sort of made it sound like I had a feud with the intelligence community. And I just want you to know that there’s a reason you’re the No. 1 stop: It is exactly the opposite,” he said.
“I love you,” Trump concluded. “There’s nobody I respect more.”
Which is it, Mr. President?