President Donald Trump mocked Newsweek after they reported Thursday he spent Thanksgiving golfing and tweeting. In fact, the president was secretly traveling to Afghanistan to visit deployed American troops.
“I thought Newsweek was out of business?” Trump wrote on Twitter, sharing a screenshot of the article and photos of him with the troops in Afghanistan posted by his son Donald Trump Jr.
Religion of Peace: Man Who Tried to Take Out Synagogue Using Explosive-Packed Truck Was Dearborn-Area Muslim Acting for Hezbollah
Former Rep. MTG vents that she’s ‘so beyond done,’ characterizing Trump’s address as ‘WAR WAR WAR’
Earthquake rattles northern California major cities
FLASHBACK: Dem senate candidate was critical vote in confirming judge who tied voter ID to ‘White supremacy’
Once a Kamala Harris donor, this Arkansas Democrat is steering clear of the former vice president
Major teachers union funds group planning to stage anti-ICE protests at public schools
Fort Hood soldiers shift to underground training to prepare for battlefield medical care
Local Dem leader says he was not ‘an aggressor’ after arrest for hitting man with bullhorn at ‘No Kings’ rally
NYPD cop’s killer convicted of manslaughter, not guilty of murder after split jury ordered to deliberate more
Sham Philadelphia coffee shop hiding crack operation busted in sweeping raid, 17 arrested: AG
Behind the scenes of Congress’ eleventh-hour rush to fund the DHS
Trump says Iran ‘no longer a threat’ after 32 days — outlines next phase of US war
FBI investigated former Capitol Police officer in Jan. 6 pipe bomb case, filings say
Illegal Alien Charged with Murdering 3-Month-Old Infant
Listen: Ketanji Brown Jackson Sparks Derision During Supreme Court Oral Arguments with Bizarre Tangent About Stealing Wallets
I thought Newsweek was out of business? https://t.co/3ro4eSJloo
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2019
“Fake news gonna fake!” Trump Jr. wrote.
The Newsweek story, first published at 10:16 a.m., was later updated to reflect the president’s visit.
“This story has been substantially updated and edited at 6:17 pm EST to reflect the president’s surprise trip to Afghanistan,” read an editors note after Trump Jr. mocked the news outlet.
The Washington Post sold Newsweek in 2010 for a dollar and changed hands several times before ending its print magazine in 2012. In 2018, Newsweek split from IBT Media into a standalone company.
A similar situation happened when President Trump visited the troops in Iraq during Christmas in 2018. NBC News reported Trump was the first president since 2002 not to visit the troops at Christmastime, while he was secretly traveling to Iraq, prompting widespread ridicule from Trump staff and his supporters.
Religion of Peace: Man Who Tried to Take Out Synagogue Using Explosive-Packed Truck Was Dearborn-Area Muslim Acting for Hezbollah
Former Rep. MTG vents that she’s ‘so beyond done,’ characterizing Trump’s address as ‘WAR WAR WAR’
Earthquake rattles northern California major cities
FLASHBACK: Dem senate candidate was critical vote in confirming judge who tied voter ID to ‘White supremacy’
Once a Kamala Harris donor, this Arkansas Democrat is steering clear of the former vice president
Major teachers union funds group planning to stage anti-ICE protests at public schools
Fort Hood soldiers shift to underground training to prepare for battlefield medical care
Local Dem leader says he was not ‘an aggressor’ after arrest for hitting man with bullhorn at ‘No Kings’ rally
NYPD cop’s killer convicted of manslaughter, not guilty of murder after split jury ordered to deliberate more
Sham Philadelphia coffee shop hiding crack operation busted in sweeping raid, 17 arrested: AG
Behind the scenes of Congress’ eleventh-hour rush to fund the DHS
Trump says Iran ‘no longer a threat’ after 32 days — outlines next phase of US war
FBI investigated former Capitol Police officer in Jan. 6 pipe bomb case, filings say
Illegal Alien Charged with Murdering 3-Month-Old Infant
Listen: Ketanji Brown Jackson Sparks Derision During Supreme Court Oral Arguments with Bizarre Tangent About Stealing Wallets
Happy Birthday @Scavino45 one of my favorite people at the WH and one of the most talented people I know. (Photo of us reading NBC story about @POTUS not visiting the troops, while he’s visiting the troops in Iraq and Germany over Christmas). pic.twitter.com/2Kp26F8SRI
— Stephanie Grisham (@PressSec) January 15, 2019
Story cited here.









