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Fact check: Trump denies saying something he said on camera five days ago
President Trump denied earlier on-camera promise to release follow-up military strike video while defending the strikes and criticizing reporters, administration reviewing the release.
- On December 3, President Donald Trump at the White House said he had no problem releasing the video to the American people but on Monday falsely denied making that on-camera comment five days earlier.
- The footage in question shows the September 2 U.S. strikes in the Caribbean, with the administration releasing the initial strike video but not the follow-up video, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says is under review.
- ABC reporter Rachel Scott repeated the president's remark Monday, and Jonathan Karl wrote she 'quoted President Trump accurately' before Trump called the reporter whom he attacked 'the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place'.
- Reporters pressed for public release of the follow-up video, and the release question is under review by Defense officials after President Donald Trump defended the strikes, claiming each boat destroyed saves '25,000 American lives'.
- Media organizations sought clarification after the exchange, with CNN contacting ABC News as President Donald Trump disputed reporters pressing for answers, saying 'That's — you said that, I didn't say that' but also 'Whatever he decides is okay with me.
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President Donald Trump falsely denied Monday having made a comment he had made to a camera just five days earlier. He then launched a personal attack on the journalist who had accurately repeated his earlier comment.
Fact check: Trump denies saying something he said on camera five days ago
President Donald Trump on Monday falsely denied making a comment he had made on camera just five days prior. Then he launched a personal attack against the reporter who had accurately repeated his previous remark.
·Atlanta, United States
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Trump Denies Comment He Made Five Days Ago
“President Donald Trump on Monday falsely denied making a comment he had made on camera just five days prior,” CNN reports. “Then he launched a personal attack against the reporter who had accurately repeated his previous remark.”
·New York, United States
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