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Kayleigh McEnany Just Tried to Claim Trump Is 'The Most Informed Person on Earth' Regarding National Security Threats

Kayleigh McEnany Just Tried to Claim Trump Is 'The Most Informed Person on Earth' Regarding National Security Threats
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President Donald Trump's latest White House Press Secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, took the podium on Tuesday to defend her boss against reports that he didn't act on intelligence that Russian officials offered bounties to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

The Times reported that at least one official said the intelligence in Trump's daily briefing on February 27 of this year, and other reports cite national intelligence officials who say the President was briefed on it as early as 2019—before Trump began considering Russia's readmission to the G-7 Summit and before he considered negotiating with the Taliban in September of 2019.


These reports contradict claims made by the White House, which insists that the President was never briefed on the matter. For his part, Trump disputed the veracity of the reports on Russia's actions all together, despite confirmation from multiple other outlets.

Trump is known for not reading his daily briefings, preferring instead to get oral summaries.

One White House correspondent asked McEnany why the President wasn't reading his intelligence briefings and why he didn't know about Russia's efforts.

Watch below.

McEnany responded:

"The President does read, and he also consumes intelligence verbally. This President, I'll tell you, is the most informed person on planet Earth when it comes to the threats that we face...He's constantly being informed and briefed on intelligence matters."

The Press Secretary also cited his relationship with national security advisor Robert O'Brien, with whom she said the President corresponds multiple times a day.

People brought receipts as to why this was not the case.





Numerous people found the claim downright laughable.



Her assurance that the President does, in fact, read raised some eyebrows as well.



The President's insists he was not informed.

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