Kudos to President Joe Biden, who’s managed to pack a lifetime’s worth of gaslighting into his interview with George Stephanopoulos. “We have control of the airport right now.” “No one’s being killed right now.”
“We don’t have military in Syria”:
👀 Biden incorrectly says the U.S. has no troops in Syria. We have 900 in Syria, more than a third of what we had in #Afghanistan.
The Commander-in-Chief should know this. pic.twitter.com/lDwhjWPsfU
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) August 19, 2021
Recall, the White House talking points on #Afghanistan included this incorrect talking point, and Biden's just repeating it. https://t.co/HMabKzz7GP
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) August 19, 2021
The commander-in-chief should absolutely know that there are troops in Syria. Has he forgotten? Or is he just lying through his teeth?
Biden and White House briefers either don't know or are lying about US troops in Syria. https://t.co/pTb1PdSoj1
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) August 19, 2021
Neither scenario is a good one.
This will come as news to the US coalition troops in northeast Syria right now https://t.co/KRCDVWTSHW
— Josie Ensor (@Josiensor) August 19, 2021
https://twitter.com/cashpiano/status/1428342562683752462
Jun 8, @JoeBiden letter to Congress, War Powers report: "A small presence of United States Armed Forces remains in strategically significant locations in Syria…"
Aug 18, @JoeBiden: "…we don't have military in Syria."https://t.co/l7upD5YOikhttps://t.co/or8VmHVVmB pic.twitter.com/q1eoMxeISW
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) August 19, 2021
Maybe Jill Biden wrote the letter and Joe just signed it.
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Nobody tell Biden we have a small troop presence in Syria, lest he withdraw them with no planning, causing another crisis. https://t.co/mK9VSgOSwB
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) August 19, 2021
An existential crisis, perhaps?
https://twitter.com/Mike_Curry12/status/1428343475800576000
Incredibly, it continues to get worse https://t.co/IjTznBVWjY
— Nolan Wolffis (@loscontrarian) August 19, 2021
Safe to assume he’s not running things
— Elda (@elroer) August 19, 2021
He’s not in charge. I’d bet my house, that Jill makes more day to day governing decisions than he does.
— Kplorable (@KPlorable) August 19, 2021
Really glad the press ran cover for this guy and fawned over his ice cream choices
— Mostly Peaceful 😉 (@closetconservLA) August 19, 2021
It's just beyond incompetence at this point
— ₿eau (@btcbeau) August 19, 2021
Couple days ago Dems dragged Cornyn for saying that we had troops in Taiwan.
OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF DOES NOT KNOW WE HAVE TROOPS IN SYRIA.
We are literally screwed. https://t.co/size1OIEW2
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) August 19, 2021