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BY NIKITA VLADIMIROV - 04/11/17 07:30 PM EDT
... while Spicer was apologizing for his earlier, incorrect claim that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons ... Spicer said he did not want his comments on Hitler to distract from Trump's attempts "to destabilize the region."
"I came out to make sure we stay focused on what the president is doing and his decisive action. I needed to make sure that I clarified, and not was in any shape or form any more of a distraction from the president's decisive action in Syria and the attempts that he is making to destabilize the region and root out ISIS out of Syria," Spicer said.
Later in the interview, however, Spicer clarified that the U.S. wants to "bring stability" to the region.
"Our number one priority is to make sure we bring stability to the region and root out ISIS," he said ...
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/328397-spicer-accidentally-says-trump-trying-to-destabilize-the-middle-east
One problem, with not having a coherent policy, is that policy can no longer be distinguished by mis-statement
GP6971
(31,146 posts)The face of the administration if one can believe it.
0rganism
(23,945 posts)for once, he speaketh the truth -- oh wait, he retracted. no surprise there. back to your regular diet of alternative facts, proles.
EarthFirst
(2,900 posts)Yikes!
dhill926
(16,337 posts)spanone
(135,831 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,320 posts)One more accomplishment of this unelected and incompetent administration...