Thursday, December 27, 2018

Contrary To Earlier Media Reports, President Trump Did Not Reveal A ‘Covert’ Navy SEAL Team In Iraq


Jared Keller, Task & Purpose: No, Trump Didn’t Reveal A ‘Covert’ Navy SEAL Team In Iraq

You may have heard that President Donald Trump recently posted a video revealing a “covert” Navy SEAL Team in Iraq, and well, that’s kinda bullshit.

In a report titled “Donald Trump Twitter Account Video Reveals Covert U.S. Navy SEAL Deployment During Iraq Visit,” Newsweek’s James LaPorta noted that footage taken during Trump’s confab with service members and published on his Twitter account appeared to show the president chatting with members of SEAL Team 5, whose presence in Iraq was previously unreported.

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WNU Editor: The above author (Jared Keller) does have a point on why this is not a "covert" SEAL team. But still .... they should have blacked out their faces even though they are hard to see in this video.

2 comments:

adam said...

Really a great video.

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