This is not “news”, but it must still be noted, every time, in part because they base their decisions on those same lies.
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team was dismissive of the CIA in a response to a Washington Post report that the agency had found in a secret assessment that Russian actors sought to boost Trump in the election.
“These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction,” read the statement. “The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history. It’s now time to move on and ‘Make America Great Again.'”
Okay, you swarmy, smarmy fuckers: let’s break this down, because literally everything you said is a lie, and I’m in a bad mood.
- It was George W. Bush’s White House that claimed to be convinced that Iraq had WMDs, not CIA intelligence officers.
- The election was a month ago — we’re still closer to election day than we are to Trump’s first day in office.
- Trump lost the popular vote by almost 3 million votes.
- His Electoral College win ranks 46th out of 58 in American history.
Also, if you read their statement (that single paragraph is literally the entire response to a foreign state successfully acting to alter our country’s presidential election) you’ll notice they don’t even claim the report is false — it’s that is doesn’t matter.
And the best part: One of the people who actually did claim Iraq had WMDs was John Bolton, then the Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
Trump’s team is considering Bolton for Deputy Secretary of State, serving directly behind an Exxon exec with ties to Russia so flagrant even Republicans are shaking their heads.
So:
- Trump’s team says the people who claimed Iraq had WMDs in 2002 have no credibility on matters of foreign intelligence.
- … and are considering one of the people who actually said that as second-in-command at the State Department.
Top. Notch. Thinking.
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team was dismissive of the CIA in a response to a Washington Post report that the agency had found in a secret assessment that Russian actors sought to boost Trump in the election.
“These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction,” the statement. “The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history. It’s now time to move on…