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This one comes courtesy of The Intercept’s natsec editor Vanessa Gezari, who describes this moment from a “semi-private meeting” between Lesley Stahl and Donald Trump:
Lesley Stahl asked Trump in semi-private meeting why he’s always attacking the press. His answer: “I want to demean you and discredit you so that when you do negative stories about me, no one will believe you.” @deadlineclub #deadlineawards
— vanessa gezari (@vanessagezari) May 22, 2018
We should definitely believe this without question.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/998980887160254464
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/998981777359241216
Heh.
Things that totally happened
— Senzuran (@Senzuran) May 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/gideondabi/status/998981301817487360
Bulls**t. I don't believe a word of this.
— Chibi James Madison (@trueholygoat) May 22, 2018
my god, this is like fake news inception.
— Dr. Richard Harambe (@Richard_Harambe) May 22, 2018
I mean, it's 100% accurate and there's 0% chance he actually said it.
— Alex Zelinski (@A_Zelinski) May 22, 2018
This doesn’t quite pass the smell test. But that doesn’t really matter, does it?
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/998983272964280321
Works every time it’s tried.
Why would President @realDonaldTrump need to do that? the media is doing a great job accomplishing that end all by themselves.
— Rani ~ Garden Elf (@MilitaryRosary) May 22, 2018
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Update:
Here’s Lesley Stahl telling her story:
Lesley Stahl says @realDonaldTrump explained to her why he continues to attack the media: “You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all, so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you.” Video: https://t.co/A9jzC7LDkI
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) May 22, 2018
Still no proof that she’s not completely full of it, though. We won’t hold our breath.
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