'That Was Strange': Lights Dim As Trump Says He Has 'Full Faith' In US Intel

[DonViejo]

By Matt Shuham | July 17, 2018 3:09 pm

The lights dimmed in the White House Tuesday just as President Donald Trump said he had “full faith in our intelligence agencies.”

That sentiment, a reversal of the comments he made Monday while standing beside Russian President Vladimir Putin, was accompanied by an eerie blackout of the Cabinet Room.

“Woops, they just turned off the lights,” he said.

Link to tweet

“That must be the intelligence agencies,” Trump added. “That was strange.”

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/that-was-strange-lights-dim-as-trump-says-he-has-full-faith-in-us-intel

[procon]

1. I expected demons to swoop around him. nt

[dalton99a]

2. Clearly an omen

[PearliePoo2]

3. I was waiting/hoping to hear claps of THUNDER followed by an "on target" lightning bolt!

[elleng]

4. HAHAHAHA!

Washington, DC (20001) Hourly Weather
3:09 pm EDT

https://weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/20001:4:US

THUNDERSTORMS!!!

(As usual in DC summer afternoons.)

[Zoonart]

5. I was hoping that when the lights came back he would be gone...

and we could blams the whole thing n Andy Kaufman.

[Hela]

6. Maybe somebody in the White House...

...is gaslighting him for a change.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. If there had been a 90-day stockpile of coal on the WH grounds, this would not have happened. NT

[LuckyCharms]

8. And at that moment, the smell of sulfur filled the room.

[CrispyQ]

9. That was actually funny. -nt

[ecstatic]

10. Or maybe it was Putin warning him to tread carefully

After all, the do have access and control of our power grids. trump went back to blaming the meddling on "anybody" before the end of his presser.

[2golddogs]

11. 😱

I really wanted to see everyone's frozen breath, the windows glaze over with ice, and then the dementors swoop in.

[Autumn]

12. What reason did they give?