McMaster Defends Trump Speculating On London Subway Bombing

White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster, center, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. ... White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster, center, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) MORE LESS
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National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster tried his best to clean up President Donald Trump’s comments on a London subway bombing Friday, claiming that Trump did not mean to criticize Scotland Yard when he said the unknown suspect, or suspects, behind the bombing had been “in the sights of Scotland Yard.”

Trump’s tweet was largely seen as critical of the British law enforcement agency. According to the New York Times, 29 people were hospitalized after a crude improvised explosive device detonated in London’s subway.

Asked about the tweet, British Prime Minister Theresa May said, “I never think it’s helpful for anybody to speculate on what is an ongoing investigation.”

Did the President share information that he was not supposed to? If not, why was he speculating?” a reporter asked McMaster at a press briefing Friday.

“I think what the President was communicating is that, obviously, all of our law enforcement efforts are focused on this terrorist threat, for years,” McMaster said. “Scotland Yard has been a leader, as our FBI has been a leader.”

“So, I think if there was a terrorist attack here, god forbid, that we would say that they were in the sights of the FBI,” he said. “So I think didn’t mean anything beyond that.”

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  1. Avatar for meri meri says:

    I thought Littlefinger waited until he had all the facts before speculating?

  2. “Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to!”

  3. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    That was Seb Gorka’s excuse when Trump said NOTHING about the bombing of the Mosque in Minnesota. Come to think of it … to date has he said anything about that terrorist incident? Have we found the perps?

    Meanwhile McMaster can’t say what he probably would like to: Pay no attention to what he tweets, it doesn’t really mean anything, it’s how he blows off steam. The world would be a better place if everyone just ignored his tweets. Really.

  4. If Trump said McMaster’s wife was an ugly toad McMaster would have to publicly agree.

  5. “So I think didn’t mean anything beyond that.”

    He lies as easily as any of them.

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