Dotard is claiming the Beirut explosion was an attack

[5X]

a bomb. "i've talked to the generals".



Just heard on C-span.

[underpants]

1. Yep.

He said they think (Lebanese) it was an attack.

Where the hell did this come from?

[Vadem]

2. Why didn't the reporter ask him "what generals did you speak to?

[Proud liberal 80]

7. Because they suck

I have been complaining about this for years, they aren’t good at follow up questions

[gratuitous]

8. That's what Jonathan Swan would have asked

Come on reporters, you've seen what positive feedback Swan got for questioning Trump's unsupported assertions. It's not that difficult. "I've spoken to the generals." Which generals? We don't need to know all of them, just one name. Because he couldn't name a general. Well, maybe except General Mills.

[JohnnyLib2]

3. Addled man.

[LuvLoogie]

4. Erik Prince

Or Putin

[jpak]

5. Lying Sack

He will be corrected shortly

[dchill]

6. Fresh out of his butthole.

[msongs]

10. the warehouse certainly would be a fine target for those so inclined to blow sh** up nt

[Igel]

11. Link

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/lebanon-beirut-explosion-live-updates-dle-intl/index.html

[Mike 03]

12. The Open Source Intelligence crowd on twitter are taking strong exception to

this, and one of them has experience with explosives, including nukes, and he says the explosion is not consistent with a bomb. (FWIW)

[Mike 03]

13. Dammit, is Russia saying it was a bomb?

RT tweets are going to town on the fact Trump now says it's a bomb, and then this:

Link to tweet

?s=20

What if Trump spoke to Putin who told him it was a bomb, and he went on TV and repeated what Putin told him? That would be HUGELY embarrassing for the Pentagon.

I hope that isn't what happened. Chrissakes!

[blogslut]

14. The PM of Lebanon says it was a warehouse explosion due to neglected chemical storage

Last edited Tue Aug 4, 2020, 11:54 PM - Edit history (1)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/aug/04/beirut-explosion-huge-blast-port-lebanon-capital

2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate to be exact:

“The United States stands ready to assist Lebanon. We have a very good relationship with the people of Lebanon, and we will be there to help,” Trump said as he opened the daily White House coronavirus press conference on Tuesday. “It looks like a terrible attack,” he added.

The president did not immediately elaborate. It was unclear whether Trump’s comments were just his view, or based on an intelligence briefing.

Lebanon’s security chief, Abbas Ibrahim, has blamed combustible chemicals stored in a warehouse. The interior minister, Mohammed Fahmi, said ammonium nitrate had been among the materials stored and called for an investigation into how it ignited.

[moondust]

15. Doubtful but...

it's *possible* that somebody's IC tracked a missile launch or intercepted some ground communications.