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A thread of current and former White House staff denying the Atlantic story:
Former Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders: “I was actually there and one of the people part of the discussion — this never happened.” https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee/status/1301702348071460864
Dan Scavino: “I was with POTUS in France, with Sarah, and have been at his side throughout it all. Complete lies by ‘anonymous sources’…” https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1301714039907725314?s=20
Steven Miller: "“The President deeply wanted to attend the memorial event in question and was deeply displeased by the bad weather call. The next day, he spoke at Suresnes American Cemetery in the pouring rain and refused an umbrella.” https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house-officials-deny-trump-disparaged-war-dead-and-say-he-was-livid-he-could-not-visit-french-cemetery
Former deputy assistant to the president, Jared Karem: “This is not even close to being factually accurate. Plain and simple, it just never happened.” https://twitter.com/JordanKarem1/status/1301656144713265158?s=20
Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg: “The Atlantic story is completely false. Absolutely lacks merit." https://twitter.com/generalkellogg/status/1301660715267371008
Judd Deere: “Not a soul brave enough to put their name on any of these accusations. That's because they are false.” https://twitter.com/JuddPDeere45/status/1301644886115057665?s=20
John Bolton, no fan of the president: https://twitter.com/meridithmcgraw/status/1301735906660028416?s=20
Alyssa Farah: "It's offensive & patently false." https://twitter.com/Alyssafarah/status/1301649047644778496?s=20
Former Chief of Staff @JMMulvaney1 also denies the Atlantic story:
Statement from former White House staff secretary Derek Lyons read by @PressSec: "I have never heard him utter a disparaging remark of any kind, about our troops."
