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TRUMP: Well the leaks are real. You’re the one that wrote about them and reported them, I mean the leaks are real. You know what they said, you saw it and the leaks are absolutely real. The news is fake because so much of the news is fake. So one thing that I felt it was very important to do — and I hope we can correct it. Because there’s nobody I have more respect for — well, maybe a little bit but the reporters, good reporters.
WASHINGTON — Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former American officials.
American law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time they were discovering evidence that Russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the Democratic National Committee, three of the officials said. The intelligence agencies then sought to learn whether the Trump campaign was colluding with the Russians on the hacking or other efforts to influence the election.
The officials interviewed in recent weeks said that, so far, they had seen no evidence of such cooperation.
Several of Mr. Trump’s associates, like Mr. Manafort, have done business in Russia. And it is not unusual for American businessmen to come in contact with foreign intelligence officials, sometimes unwittingly, in countries like Russia and Ukraine, where the spy services are deeply embedded in society. Law enforcement officials did not say to what extent the contacts might have been about business.
How can the leeks be real but the news about them fake?
The news is fake because so much of the news is fake.
originally posted by: underwerks
If the information in the leaks aren't real, it wouldn't matter, and Trump should be able to easily disprove them.
I realize a lot of Trump supporters throw logic out the window in favor of the right wing media narrative they've been fed, that uses their distrust of government against them, but logic still has a place here.
The majority of time, the simplest explanation is the truest.
Either its a giagntic conspiracy involving thousands of people around the globe, or it's just Trump lying, as he obviously does numerous times every week.
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
a reply to: DanDanDat
The news is fake because so much of the news is fake.
Yeah. I read along while listening to the press conference. This line in particular was one that I highlighted.
THE NEWS IS FAKE BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE NEWS IS FAKE.
What does that even mean?
With the short attention spans of the average social media user
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: underwerks
If the information in the leaks aren't real, it wouldn't matter, and Trump should be able to easily disprove them.
I realize a lot of Trump supporters throw logic out the window in favor of the right wing media narrative they've been fed, that uses their distrust of government against them, but logic still has a place here.
The majority of time, the simplest explanation is the truest.
Either its a giagntic conspiracy involving thousands of people around the globe, or it's just Trump lying, as he obviously does numerous times every week.
LOL, prove to us that you aren't a Russian spy. (and remember, pics or it didn't happen)
originally posted by: Annee
News is a business.
It's about drawing in readers, then presenting them with information.
Facts, speculations, opinions, etc.
When's the last time any news agency presented straight boring facts?
The "Fake News" rants are getting really boring.
Does anyone not know or remember what the "Fake News" is really about?
It's not MSM having different slants/opinions to attract it's readers.
originally posted by: underwerks
If the information in the leaks aren't real, it wouldn't matter, and Trump should be able to easily disprove them.
I realize a lot of Trump supporters throw logic out the window in favor of the right wing media narrative they've been fed, that uses their distrust of government against them, but logic still has a place here.
The majority of time, the simplest explanation is the truest.
Either its a giagntic conspiracy involving thousands of people around the globe, or it's just Trump lying, as he obviously does numerous times every week.
The Trump administration considered a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border, according to a draft memo obtained by The Associated Press.
Staffers in the Department of Homeland Security said the proposal had been discussed as recently as last Friday.
The 11-page document calls for the unprecedented militarization of immigration enforcement as far north as Portland, Oregon, and as far east as New Orleans, Louisiana.
originally posted by: DanDanDat
originally posted by: underwerks
If the information in the leaks aren't real, it wouldn't matter, and Trump should be able to easily disprove them.
I realize a lot of Trump supporters throw logic out the window in favor of the right wing media narrative they've been fed, that uses their distrust of government against them, but logic still has a place here.
The majority of time, the simplest explanation is the truest.
Either its a giagntic conspiracy involving thousands of people around the globe, or it's just Trump lying, as he obviously does numerous times every week.
I fail to see how your comments are relevant to this OP; The New York Times article itself disproves the negative sensationalism that they open their article with. It doesn’t take Trump or anyone else to prove it; it’s already been done.
originally posted by: underwerks
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: underwerks
If the information in the leaks aren't real, it wouldn't matter, and Trump should be able to easily disprove them.
I realize a lot of Trump supporters throw logic out the window in favor of the right wing media narrative they've been fed, that uses their distrust of government against them, but logic still has a place here.
The majority of time, the simplest explanation is the truest.
Either its a giagntic conspiracy involving thousands of people around the globe, or it's just Trump lying, as he obviously does numerous times every week.
LOL, prove to us that you aren't a Russian spy. (and remember, pics or it didn't happen)
Check the exif data on all the pics I've uploaded if you feel so inclined.
Seriously, what does that have to do with anything in my post? Or are you trying to derail......
Hmmmm.....
If the information in the leaks aren't real, it wouldn't matter, and Trump should be able to easily disprove them.