President Trump boards Air Force One from Joint Base Andrews, Md., May 14, 2019. (Leah Millis/Reuters)
Daily Mail: Trump calls report of a plan to deploy 120,000 troops to the Middle East if Iran attacks U.S. forces 'fake news' – then says if he did order an intervention he would send 'hell of a lot more troops than that'
* Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan reportedly presented plan Thursday
* Plan does not call for land invasion of Iran, which would require far more troops
* Comes after ships in Persian Gulf were 'sabotaged', which was blamed on Iran
* President Trump warned Monday it would a 'very bad mistake' if Iran launched any attack in the Persian Gulf
* Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned of the danger of a conflict by 'accident'
* The Navy has dispatched the USS Abraham Lincoln to the Gulf
* Iran or its proxies were behind alleged 'sabotage' of four ships in the region, according to preliminary assessment by military investigators
President Donald Trump knocked down a report that the Pentagon has presented the White House with a plan to deploy 120,000 troops to the Middle East if Iran attacks U.S. forces – then said he would send 'a hell of a lot more' if it came to that.
Trump brushed off the report when asked about it as he left the White House for Louisiana Tuesday.
'I think it's fake news, okay?' the president said.
But even as he disputed a New York Times report, the president kept alive the possibility of inserting a major force into the region, where tensions are running high.
'Now would I do that, absolutely,' Trump offered, after terming the report fake.
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More News On President Trump Calling The New York Times Report Of A Plan To Deploy 120,000 Troops To The Middle East If Iran Attacks U.S. Forces As 'Fake News'
Trump denies U.S. plan to send 120,000 troops to counter Iran threat -- Reuters
Trump dismisses report of plan to send 120,000 troops to Iran, but ramps up threat -- USA Today
Trump says no plan to send 120,000 troops to Middle East, but would send more if needed -- The Hill
Trump Says He'd Send More Than 120,000 Troops to Fight Iran -- Fortune
7 comments:
Is Trump Yet Another U.S. President Provoking a War?
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Anyone with an IQ above 50 would know the NYT was peddling click bait for the day.
Now I might believe Trump's nat. sec aides got a briefing on Iran. I might believe many cases were presented on potential Iranian threats. I might believe one of those threats was an Iranian invasion of Saudi Arabia. I might even believe that a DOD option to that invasion was 120,000 troops to the ME.
In other words, NYT took something not likely to happen and made a big headline to attack Trump. That I believe.
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Are you saying the NYT willingly is OK with propagating false news that could affect us all?
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