Ben Rhodes: Trump Refuses to Acknowledge Basic Facts, that Should Be Very Concerning to All Americans

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RHODES: “Look, Andrea, I’ve never seen anything quite like it. I was in the PDB with President Obama every morning. We relied on that intelligence. The fact that you see people speaking out I think indicates the alarm that they feel. But also, Andrea, the problem here is the differences aren’t just on, you know, degrees of analysis. These are fundamental issues about whether or not the president of the United States is making decisions based on facts. The intelligence community finds factually the Iran is complying with the nuclear deal. Trump says they’re not. The intelligence community finds factually that ISIS is not defeated. Trump says they are. The intelligence community finds factually that North Korea is not denuclearizing. Trump says he’s eliminating the threat of North Korea’s nuclear weapons. So, again, these aren’t, you know, shades of gray here. You have a president of the United States who refuses to acknowledge basic facts if they are inconvenient to the policies that he’s trying to sell and the boasts that he’s trying to make. And that should be very concerning to all Americans.”