As the war entered its second month on Saturday, Trump’s penchant for embellishments, exaggerations & falsehoods is being tested in an environment where the stakes are much higher than an isolated political fight.
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#LeonPanetta, who served Democratic presidents as defense secy, CIA director and White House chief of staff, said he has “seen enough wars where truth becomes the first casualty.”
“It’s not the first administration that has not told the truth about #war. But the president has made it kind of a very standard approach to almost any question to in one way or another kind of #lie about what’s really happening & basically describe everything as fine & that we’re winning the #war,” he said.