We're left with this dilemma: Jeffrey Goldberg, who authored The Atlantic piece insists the story is true. President Trump insists the story is false. Both of those views can't be right, writes Chris Cillizza
The report immediately became a massive story, with Democrats -- including Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden -- rushing to condemn Trump for his alleged behavior and the White House rallying an aggressive pushback against the article, including the President himself.
In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe! Last fall, Trump referred to his former Secretary of Defense James Mattis, a highly decorated Marine, as"the world's most overrated general."While campaigning in Iowa in November 2015, Trump said,"I know more about ISIS than the generals do."There's more -- much more -- but you get the idea. Trump has in the past been willing to critique military veterans as well as prisoners of war.
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