The White House used a last-minute briefing Tuesday to continue defending President Donald Trump against accusations he let languish intelligence about Russia paying bounties to the Taliban for killing American troops.
BREAKING: White House is briefing on Russian murder of US troops today—ONLY REPUBLICANS ARE INVITED. This is obviously part of the cover up. Trump is a traitor. Always has been, always will be. #PutinsGOP
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) June 29, 2020
I’m not sure that the White House’s portrayal of Trump as an oblivious commander in chief who is kept in the dark about key intelligence is the defense of his conduct they think it is
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 30, 2020