Trump Denies He Said 'Israel' When He Shared Israeli Intelligence With Russia

[DonViejo]

Last edited Mon May 22, 2017, 12:38 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Talking Points Memo


By MATT SHUHAM Published MAY 22, 2017 11:53 AM

During a photo-op with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, President Donald Trump denied that he ever specifically mentioned Israel to top Russian officials during a meeting in which he reportedly gave the officials highly classified information.

That information was reportedly first shared with the United States by Israel, who had not given Trump permission to share it with the Russians.

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Netanyahu, seemingly responding to shouted questions from reporters during the photo-op Monday, said: “The intelligence cooperation is terrific.” Trump, also seemingly noticing the questions, held out his hands to quiet the journalists and Israeli media wranglers in the room. “And folks! And folks! Folks!” he yelled, waiting for silence.

“Just so you understand, I never mentioned the word or the name Israel,” he said. “Never mentioned it, during that conversation.”

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-denies-saying-israel-sharing-highly-classified-information-russia

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Did Trump Just Confirm Intelligence Was From Israel?

May 22, 2017 By Taegan Goddard

President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a photo opportunity and rebutted last week’s reports that he disclosed sensitive Israeli intelligence on ISIS to Russian officials in the Oval Office, Bloomberg reports.

Said Trump: “I never mentioned the word or the name Israel, never mentioned during that conversation. They’re all saying I did. So you have another story wrong. Never mentioned the word Israel.”

Axios: “Okay, but… the initial reporting from May 15 on Trump’s conversation with the Russians never claimed that he mentioned Israel at all, only that he disclosed information given to the United States by a key ally — which was reported to be Israel the next day — that was not intended to be shared.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/05/22/trump-just-confirm-intelligence-israel/

[dalton99a]

1. "Because I have a very good brain and I've said a lot of things"

Fucking idiot

[LOL Lib]

7. I gotsa a big brain.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

2. I cant , I just cant, I mean I just cant.

[bettyellen]

3. Becasue reports say he named "a city" not a nation. Sneaky bastard.

[chowder66]

4. They said he mentioned the city if I recall correctly,

[yuiyoshida]

5. Probably WROTE it out on paper

and showed them.

[NewJeffCT]

15. If you say "ally" and "middle east intelligence"

there are only so many sources it can be. It's probably not Finland, Japan or Mexico.

[forgotmylogin]

6. It seems like the implication was...

By the nature of the information, it was possible to put the pieces together and figure out the source. If you have a jigsaw puzzle missing one piece, you know what the shape is.

[riversedge]

8. "Reports about the meeting have not claimed the Trump explicitly mentioned Israel as the source of t

Trump is throwing spaghetti at the wall again to see what sticks.


http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/334543-trump-never-mentioned-israel-in-russia-meeting


.....Reports about the meeting have not claimed the Trump explicitly mentioned Israel as the source of the intelligence.

National security adviser H.R. McMaster, who was in the room, said last week Trump “wasn’t even aware of where this information came from” because “he wasn’t briefed on the source."

[emulatorloo]

13. +1

[lark]

9. Which means that's exactly what he did!

Netahyahoo is an even bigger idiot that I previously thought if he believes 1 word that comes from the orange shit gibbon. Wonder how the military and intelligence folks feel about this? Careful little murderer, getting on the bad side of them would be a career ending move and maybe worse.

[karynnj]

10. How dumb does he think people are - the point was he spoke of Israeli intelligence, NOT that he said

"Israel". Axios is completely right.

[leftynyc]

11. He probably said mossad

and is just trying to be "cute" about it now. Degenerate.

[truthisfreedom]

12. I never said Israel. I specificly limited my description to Israeli.

[More_Cowbell]

14. He didn't say it because he didn't know it

But since he gave Russia everything he *did* know, I have no doubt that he would have said "Israel" if he'd known the source.