CNN has exclusively obtained the audio recording of the 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify.

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    1 year ago

    And of course he’s making a dumb argument while admitting to having and showing off classified papers he can no longer declassify.

    His argument is that the generals were saying Trump wanted a war with Iran, but because they had prepared an assessment of attack options, they must have wanted such a war themselves.

    Do we think his staffers were just sucking up to him or are they just as dumb as they sound?

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      Do we think his staffers were just sucking up to him or are they just as dumb as they sound?

      Yes.

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      Trump surrounds himself with “Yes-People”. You know the kind of people that would never contradict whoever seems to be in charge. Usually yes-people aren’t very smart. They ingratiate themselves to power because they can’t get there on merit.

      That said the people making the book/doing the interview may have been playing along for a killer exclusive.