The Atlantic’s bombshell story that Donald Trump made disparaging comments about American soldiers triggered a day-long guessing game and debate over the piece’s anonymous sources. Trum…
The most explosive claim in the piece is that Trump called fallen soldiers “suckers” and “losers,” something that he denies. But the question is whether the story is just another fleeting flareup of the Trump years, or something more lasting.followed with details matching some of those inpiece by Thursday evening, while on Friday, Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin went on during the 3 PM ET hour on Friday to report that she had also confirmed key details in the piece as well.
The story once again raises concerns about sourcing, particularly one that is so impactful at the start of the fall presidential campaign. Other outlets confirmed substantial portions of the piece, but that obviously is not as powerful as former administration figures revealing their identities. Anonymous sources are the lifeblood of reporting in D.C., in Hollywood, in just about any industry, but they also are misunderstood.
Trump has tried to fuel distrust by claiming the sources are just made up, even as the White House routinely relies on spreading its own unattributed information. He also continued to attack reporters into late Friday, calling on Fox News to fire Griffin, while her colleagues at and outside the network, including Bret Baier andpiece may not be what was said anonymously, but as a reminder of what Trump has said on the record. More specifically, it’s what he said about John McCain.
In 2015, about a month in his presidential campaign, Trump said of the Arizona senator who was a POW in Vietnam, “He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” Trump never really apologized for the comment, and did not do so again on Friday. “I say what I say. And I never got along with John McCain,” he said., Kelly O’Donnell told Chuck Todd that she believed that “in what is a chaotic and lengthy campaign, this day will be one of those markers in telling the narrative of this campaign, both for Joe Biden and President Trump.”
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