Manafort claims Times misquoted; Times refutes with transcript
This is the Trump tactic. Say something, deny it was said and blame the media. Didn’t work this time.
Trump’s comments set off a firestorm, with foreign policy experts warning that his proposals threatened an end to decades of bipartisan support for NATO and could launch an international diplomatic crisis.
Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort told Mother Jones that Trump’s remarks had been misquoted and that the Times “got it wrong.”
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Manafort said that Trump’s position on NATO is “very clear:” he wants to “modernize” the alliance and sees a role for the group in “dealing with ISIS.”
Nothing in the Times’ transcript suggests that the reporters misconstrued the GOP nominee’s remarks.
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.