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Watch: Trump dangerously claims the Beirut explosion was a 'bomb' — despite no official confirmation

David Badash
and
The New Civil Rights Movement
04 August 2020

The world has been stunned by a massive explosion in Beirut that has caused the deaths of at least dozens of people, and thousands more wounded.

No cause has been announced, but during his coronavirus press briefing President Donald Trump declared it was a “bomb” and an “attack.”

This video is one of many showing the blast.

“I met with some of our great generals and they just seem to feel it was” an attack, Trump told reporters. “This was not a, uh, some kind of a manufacturing a explosion of event. This was a, uh, seems to be according to them, they would know better than I would but they seem to think it was a, uh, attack. It was a bomb of some kind.”

Watch:

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale urges caution:

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