In that book about a year before the world trade center was blown up, i said, there s somebody named osama bin laden. Oct 27, 2019 president trump repeated a hyperbolic claim that we warned the nation about osama bin laden before 911. Trump claimed he warned of the serious danger bin laden posed in his 2000 book, the america we deserve. Trump plugs his books during presser on baghdadi killing. Its true, trump did give bin laden a brief mention in the america we deserve, published in 2000. President donald trump loves to brag falsely about his own prescience. He started really getting radicalized agaisnt around desert storm when saudi arabia rejected him and the mujahideen, and instead allowed the us in as a. Nov 19, 2018 trump has previously claimed he knew about bin laden before 911. He escapes back under some rock, and a few news cycles later its on to a new enemy and new crisis.
Trump claims isis leaders death is a bigger deal than the. Republican presidential candidate donald trump exaggerates his prescience on the 911 terrorist attacks when he claims he predicted osama. The truth about donald trumps bin laden prediction. Trump bashes navy seal veteran who brought down osama bin. Did donald trump predict osama bin laden would attack the us. And i wrote in the book in 2000 two years before the world trade center came down i talked to you about osama bin laden, you better. Nov 19, 2018 trump insists he called out osama bin laden in his 2000 book. Trump, in a 2000 book, fingered bin laden as a primary threat who had to be neutralized, and he. Trump announces plan to raise osama bin laden from the dead. Department of defensea top explosives expert for alqaeda, directly associated with osama bin laden.
Trump s book did name bin laden in a chapter on the us foreign policy he envisions but did not explicitly call for the us to strike him or provide any specific predictions. Nov 20, 2018 washington ap in an echo of his campaign rhetoric, president donald trump is back to portraying himself as the paul revere of the terrorism age the one who told the country osama bin laden was coming. Nov 19, 2018 president trump boasted on monday that he pointed out osama bin laden before the 2001 world trade center attacks in one of his books and chided former president clinton that he famously missed. After president donald trump announced that terrorist leader abu bakr albaghdadi was dead, trump repeated an inaccurate boast that he called for taking out osama bin laden before the sept. Oct 20, 2015 donald trump wrote about a largescale terror attack in the u. Trump is bragging about how he wrote a very successful book in the late 1990s that warned the world about osama bin laden, but no one listened. I was talking about osama bin laden, trump said, referring to his book the america we deserve, published in january 2000. Osama bin laden was on the worlds most wanted list in 1998 and was on us military radar since the 80s at least since he was a major mujahideen leader who we helped arm to fight the soviets. After president donald trump announced that terrorist leader abu bakr albaghdadi was dead, trump repeated an inaccurate boast. It was published in january 2000, while trump was considering running for president in that years election on the reform partys ticket. Trump inaccurately recounted what he wrote in his own book.
Trump did, in fact, briefly mention bin laden in the america we deserve, published in 2000. It is true that trump mentioned the alqaida leader in his 2000 book the america we. Oct 29, 2019 president donald trump falsely boasted that he predicted osama bin ladens 911 attack on the world trade center and inaccurately asserted he had always opposed the war in iraq in a news. Donald trump claims he called for osama bin ladens death. Trump referenced his 2000 book, the america we deserve, mistakenly saying that he had written that the alqaeda leader had to be killed in order to avoid a major terrorist attack. His newest book the killing of osama bin laden is an exploration of foreign policy under barack obama. I predicted osama bin laden was coming in to do damage. Trumps 2000 book predicted major terror attack in us. Trump insists he called out osama bin laden in his 2000. Trumps january 2000 book, the america we deserve, mentioned bin laden once, but it did not call for bin laden to be killed or warn that he would perpetrate a major attack if. Trump s misleading claim that he warned about osama bin laden the warning amounted to a fleeting mention in his 2000 book, which was published after osama bin laden was already one of the worlds. Trump insists he called out osama bin laden in his 2000 book. Trump, in a 2000 book, fingered bin laden as a primary threat who had to be neutralized, and he did this before others saw the al qaeda leader as a danger. Posted by 1 year ago trump insists he called out osama bin laden in his 2000 book.
President trump right is bragging again that he pointed out osama bin laden in his 2000 book, a year before the 911 attacks. Us president donald trump says he pointed out osama bin laden in one of his books, published in 2000, and blamed predecessor bill clinton for not killing him before 911. Nov 19, 2018 trump bragged in a monday tweet that he foresaw osama bin laden was a threat before the sept. Trump in a tweet last year also claimed that his book foreshadowed bin laden s rise ahead of 911, saying, of course we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did. Trump falsely claims his 2000 book demanded the killing of osama bin laden trump claimed he had been prescient about the danger posed by bin laden, having called for the death of the al qaeda leader in a very successful book he published in the year before the september 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. President trump on monday doubled down on his sunday attacks of retired adm. In many of his speeches this year, trump has gone a step further and said that he predicted bin laden in his 2000 book.
Is it true that long before 911 in 2000, donald trump. Trump falsely claims his 2000 book demanded the killing of osama bin laden cnnpolitics after announcing the death of isis leader abu bakr albaghdadi, president donald trump on sunday. Trumps tweet is an apparent reference to a book he authored in 2000, titled the america we deserve, where the future president criticizes president bill clintons. Trump says he was onto osama bin laden before 911, blames. President trump mentioned osama bin laden in his 2000 book the america we deserve, but he didnt predict the terrorist leader would. Trump boasts he knew of bin laden before 911 attacks. I pointed osama bin laden out in my book just before the attack on the world trade center. Donald trump wrote about a largescale terror attack in the u. Trump says he warned of bin laden danger before 911 attacks. President donald trump said on monday he pointed out osama bin laden in a book of his, published in 2000, and then blamed former president bill clinton for not killing him before the september. After announcing the death of isis leader abu bakr albaghdadi, president donald trump on sunday took questions from journalists and. Trump even mentions osama bin laden by name, in a criticism of an american foreign policy that too quickly jumps from one crisis to the next. Trump continues squabble with commander of raid that killed. Oct 20, 2015 one day were told that a shadowy figure with no fixed address named osama bin laden is public enemy number one, and u.
Trump s bin laden prediction december 2, 2015 donald trump exaggerates his prescience on the 911 terrorist attacks when he claims he predicted osama bin laden in a 2000 book. The truth about donald trumps bin laden prediction new. One day were told that a shadowy figure with no fixed address named osama bin laden is public enemy number one, and u. As part of his criticism of what he considered bill. Oct 27, 2019 after announcing the death of isis leader abu bakr albaghdadi, president donald trump on sunday took questions from journalists and made a major false claim about his past statements on osama.
In fact, he suggested bin laden was just a shadowy figure with no fixed address and not. Trump falsely claims his 2000 book demanded the killing of osama bin laden cnnpolitics after announcing the death of isis leader abu bakr albaghdadi. Oct 27, 2019 president trump downplayed the killing of 911 mastermind osama bin laden during a rambling press conference sunday after announcing the death of isis leader abu bakr albaghdadi. Oct 30, 2019 trump bases his claim that he predicted osama bin laden on two separate, single references to bin laden and to the 1993 world trade center attack in his 2000 book. Donald trump has announced hamza bin laden, the son of former al qaeda leader osama bin laden, was killed during a counterterrorism operation in. Trump falsely claims his 2000 book demanded the killing of osama bin laden cnnpolitics after announcing the death of isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi president donald. Trump falsely claims he predicted danger of osama bin. What is also true is that trump suggested bin laden was just a shadowy figure with no fixed address and not americas public enemy no. Nobody had ever heard of him president complains about not getting any credit for prediction he never made. Oct 28, 2019 on sunday president donald trump boasted, not for the first time, that in a 2000 book he called for alqaida leader osama bin laden to be killed. Oct 27, 2019 trump falsely claims he predicted danger of osama bin laden before anyone else. Trump s comments are the latest in a long line as he repeatedly touted his mention of bin laden in the america we deserve, a book he put out shortly before the attacks.
Trump added that people said to him, you predicted that osama bin laden had to be killed, before he knocked down the world trade center. I could have told you that osama bin laden should have been removed long before 911. Trump in a tweet last year also claimed that his book foreshadowed bin ladens rise ahead of 911, saying, of course we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did. The washington posts glenn kessler dug up the relevant passage from trump s 2000 book the america we deserve. Trump said that in his 2000 book i was talking about osama bin laden. Trump repeats misleading claim that he warned nation about. Nov 19, 2018 donald trump has repeated his claim that osama bin laden, who was killed by us navy seals in may 2011, should have been captured much earlier, seeking once again to blame pakistan and his.
Trumps tweet about bin laden on monday has some truth to it. During the early days of his 2016 campaign, trump repeated the same claim, saying, remember that in the america we deserve, i wrote that book in 2000, i wrote about osama bin laden. Nov 20, 2018 us president donald trump says he pointed out osama bin laden in one of his books, published in 2000, and blamed predecessor bill clinton for not killing him before 911. His 2000 book, the america we deserve, makes a passing mention of bin laden but did no more than point to the alqaida leader as. Trump boasts that he pointed out osama bin laden prior to 911. Trump says he pointed out osama bin laden pre911, blames. Trump wrote in the america we deserve, which was published in january 2000, about bin laden, but did not predict that the madman would be the architect of a. Trump falsely boasts that he predicted osama bin ladens 911 attack on the world trade center and incorrectly asserts he had always opposed the war in iraq in a news conference. Again, trump boasted that he called to take out osama bin. There was less to his foreshadowing than he states. On msnbcs morning joe, on october 20, when discussing trumps book, scarborough said, he predicted, basically predicted the attacks from osama bin laden.
Dec 07, 2015 trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed that he predicted in his 2000 book that bin laden was going to attack the united states and that america needed to take him out. Trumps hyped claim that he called for rubbing out bin. Nov 20, 2018 trump s book did not call for further u. Trump bases his claim that he predicted osama bin laden on two separate, single references to bin laden and to the 1993 world trade center attack in his 2000 book. William mcraven, the navy seal who led the 2011 raid that killed osama bin laden during former president barack obamas administration, insisting that the u. Trump claimed in a tweet that he pointed bin laden out in my book just before. Nov 19, 2018 did donald trump predict osama bin laden would attack the us. Trump suggests in a tweet that he was on to bin laden before 911. We hear many things in the news about osama bin laden. Donald trump predicted largescale terror attack before 9. On msnbcs morning joe, on october 20, when discussing trump s book, scarborough said, he predicted, basically predicted the attacks from osama bin laden. Trump has previously claimed he knew about bin laden before 911.
Nov 19, 2018 president donald trump said on monday he pointed out osama bin laden in a book of his, published in 2000, and then blamed former president bill clinton for not killing him before the september. Trump s january 2000 book, the america we deserve, mentioned bin laden once, but it did not call for bin laden to be killed or warn that he would perpetrate a major attack if. President donald trump made a boastful comparison between isis leader abu bakr albaghdadis death and that of alqueda leader osama bin laden on sunday. His book, the america we deserve, which was published in january 2000, contains one reference to bin. Dec 02, 2015 trump claims that in early 2000, almost two years before the sept. Trump took the opportunity to attack admiral bill mcraven, the 37year navy seal veteran who orchestrated the mission that resulted in the death of osama bin laden. Nobody had ever heard of him president complains about not. I pointed him out in my book just before the attack on the world trade center. Trump falsely boasts that he predicted osama bin laden s 911 attack on the world trade center and incorrectly asserts he had always opposed the war in iraq in a news conference. The america we deserve is a book about public policy written by american businessman and current u.
I wrote a very political book years ago in the year 2000, the america we deserve, and i said in that book that we better be careful with this guy named osama bin laden. Trumps misleading claim that he warned about osama bin laden. What trump gets wrong about the osama bin laden killing. Trumps claim that he predicted osama bin laden the. At a 2015 rally, trump claimed he warned about bin laden in his 2000 book the america we deserve, cbs news reported at the time. Trump falsely claims he predicted danger of osama bin laden. The author was a counterterrorist analyst for the cia. Washington ap in an echo of his campaign rhetoric, president donald trump is back to portraying himself as the paul revere of the. Not in the documentary but also true was that bubbas administration also had an opportunity to have bin laden handed over to the us, but that offer was stunted by susan rice. Trumps claim that he delivered a prescient warning about bin laden is hyperbolic. Trumps bin laden prediction republican presidential candidate donald trump exaggerates his prescience on the 911 terrorist attacks when he claims he predicted osama bin laden in a 2000 book. In trump s the america we deserve, published in january 2000, he mentions bin laden just once, referring to him as a shadowy figure with no fixed address and providing no details or. In that book about a year before the world trade center was blown up, i said, theres somebody named osama bin laden.
There was nothing original or clairvoyant in the reference to bin laden in trump s 2000 book. Trump keeps lamenting no one heeded the bin laden warning. Trump keeps lamenting no one heeded the bin laden warning he. I pointed him out in my book just before the attack on the world trade. Trump announces death of osama bin ladens son in counter. Trump went on to say that prior to the sept 11, 2001 attacks on new york and washington, no one had heard of osama bin laden he was banished from saudi arabia in 1992, and shifted his base tosudan, until u. Oct 28, 2019 trump added that people said to him, you predicted that osama bin laden had to be killed, before he knocked down the world trade center. President trump mentioned osama bin laden in his 2000 book the america we deserve, but he didnt predict the terrorist leader would attack the united states. Trump falsely claims his 2000 book demanded the killing of osama bin laden trump claimed he had been prescient about the danger posed by bin laden, having called for the death of the al qaeda leader in a very successful book he published in. Says in his 2000 book i was talking about osama bin laden.
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