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Washington Post Writers Claim Trump Called Military Leaders ‘Dopes And Babies’

Ashe Schow
Washington Post Writers Claim Trump Called Military Leaders ‘Dopes And Babies’
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Long on narrative and short on sourcing, Washington Post writers Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker published an adapted excerpt from their new upcoming book “A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America.”

In the article published Friday, the writers describe at length a meeting between President Donald Trump, some advisors, and military leaders. The conversation is alleged to have taken place in a secure room called “the Tank” back when Gen. Jim Mattis was still Secretary of Defense, Rex Tillerson was still the Secretary of State, and Steve Bannon was still a White House adviser.

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