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What’s old was new again as President Trump’s time in office appeared to end as it began, with the liberal media making outlandish and irresponsible claims that he was going to start a costly war. That was the theme on Tuesday for both ABC’s World News Tonight and CNN’s Cuomo PrimeTime, with the former unspooling vague fears from anonymous sources suggesting Trump might be looking to deploy troops abroad or here in the homeland.
Teeing up chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz to scare the wits out of their viewers regarding a shakeup at the Pentagon, ABC anchor David Muir wondered: “And if this is unsettling for folks at home, what do your sources tell you tonight, is there any concern this could put national security at risk?”
Citing no one in particular and proving no evidence of her claims, Raddatz proclaimed: “There is concern about what this means, is the President planning a military operation? Or the use of federal troops, which [former Secretary of Defense Mark] Esper opposed.”
“Even Mitch McConnell praised Esper today and Republican John Cornyn, a member of the Senate GOP leadership said of Trump's decision to fire Esper, ‘I don't think it helps him and I don't think it helps the country,’” she added.
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