After the attack on Soleimani, many Democrats complained that they were not informed beforehand.
But you really can’t fault the president.
As he said, there is no way that he would be willing to allow Adam Schiff to leak the information and tip off Iran on what was coming.
Remember when Adam Schiff left the hearing room temporarily during testimony by Donald Trump Jr?
CNN did a story before the testimony was even over!
Trump told Laura Ingraham:
“Can you imagine they want us to come up and speak to crooked, corrupt politician Adam Schiff? ‘Oh, Adam, we have somebody we have been trying to get for a long time. We have a shot at him right now. Can we meet to get your approval, Adam Schiff? Well, let’s do it in a couple of days.’ Oh, okay, it doesn’t work that way.”
Senator Mike Lee was not happy with the briefing. He said:
“What I found so distressing about that briefing was that one of the messages we received from the briefers was, ‘Do not debate. Do not discuss the issue of the appropriateness of further military intervention against Iran. And then if you do, you’ll be emboldening Iran.’”
During a Toledo, Ohio rally on Thursday Trump said Democrats cannot be trusted to share intelligence with before a major action because they “call up the fake news” and share the information.
Trump suggested again during the Friday interview that Democrats leak intelligence to friendly media. “They leak. Anything we give will be leaked immediately,” he told “The Ingraham Angle.”
Ingraham asked Trump why the national security briefing offered to Congress this week had failed to impress not only House Speaker Nancy Pelosi but Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee.
“He is a great supporter and a friend that called me a little while ago. He said I wanted to get more information. Look, I have also had calls from the senators, congressmen who said it was the single best briefing … they ever had.”
