MS NOW Host Has 3 Theories For ‘Weird’ New Lie From Trump: ‘My Gut Is Really On Option C’ | EUROtoday

MS NOW host Jen Psaki on Tuesday poked some moderately sizable holes within the “weird lying” from President Donald Trump in latest days about his ongoing struggle on Iran, providing two theories earlier than arguing the reality is a mix of each.

“I’m just going to turn to Donald Trump’s latest attempts to sell his disastrous war of choice in Iran, because despite the fact that this war is incredibly unpopular with the American people,” stated Psaki earlier than including, “Donald Trump is now claiming that his war got, well, a surprise endorsement from a former president.”

The “Briefing” host went on to play a clip of Trump telling reporters Monday that one in all his former predecessors privately expressed remorse about not attacking Iran as he did. The MAGA chief stated on the time, “He said, ‘I wish I did it, I wish I did,’ but they didn’t do it.”

Psaki returned to her viewers by teasing, “OK, a lot packed in there. Trump says a former president wishes he would have started this war with Iran. The former president is so jealous, he wishes he could have been as powerful and bold as Donald Trump.”

She continued, “Wishes he could have been the one to plunge the United States into an open-ended conflict with a country of 93 million people without feeling, really, the responsibility at all to think through any of the consequences, as Trump has not thought through.”

Psaki famous that there are solely 4 dwelling former U.S. presidents; that MS NOW contacted representatives for Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden; that The Wall Street Journal coated George W. Bush; and that every one of them confirmed they haven’t spoken to Trump about Iran.

“So why is Donald Trump claiming that a former president told him he was super jealous of Trump’s war?” Psaki requested. “Is the current president lying? I mean, entirely possible. Is he confused? Is he both lying and confused?”

She added, “I mean, my money, my gut is really on option C — as in, both. But honestly, we don’t know. What we do know is that this whole weird lying about a conversation with a former president episode is part of a pattern. This is not a one-off.”

Psaki reminded viewers that Trump lied on Monday when he stated no one in his administration warned him that Iran may retaliate to U.S. strikes by attacking American allies within the area, when the Iranian authorities brazenly confirmed as a lot in February.

“They absolutely did know that Iran would attack those Gulf countries,” acknowledged Psaki.

“It would have been a natural part of any briefing,” she stated. “But Trump claims they were all shocked. On another example — I have more, I have more — here was Donald Trump yesterday talking about the possibility that Iran has placed mines in the Strait of Hormuz.”

Psaki went on to play a clip of Trump claiming that his administration is “not sure” and that they “don’t know” whether or not Iran has positioned mines within the strait, by way of which a fifth of the world’s oil passes. She shortly uncovered this as one more baffling lie from Trump.

“He says that the U.S. government does not know if Iran is laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz,” Psaki defined. “He says there may be no mines set, none whatsoever. It’s a mystery. It’s a mystery to Trump. Of course, it’s really not a mystery at all.”

She continued, “I mean, here’s the headline from The New York Times: ‘U.S. Officials Say Iran Is Laying Mines in the Strait of Hormuz.’ U.S. officials. Now, according to the Times, we do know the answer to this question — and that’s according to U.S. officials.”

That article, printed final week, is available for the president right here.

Psaki acknowledged earlier within the section simply how “incredibly unpopular” Trump’s struggle actually is, noting that it’s driving up gasoline costs and “fracturing” the GOP. She appeared genuinely shocked at his lie concerning the strait, nevertheless, and stated, “And the answer is yes.”

Then Psaki added, “Iran is absolutely laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz.”

Watch the complete “Briefing” section on MS NOW’s YouTube account.