Welcome to today's edition of the Daily White House Shadow briefing. Let me start with an opening statement. Over the past 12 hours we've turned over every rock, called in every favor and pressured all elements of the government to come out and lie in support of the

2. President. People who were not in the room when these conversations happened are now magically remembering they were in the room. Former aides, particularly those on book tours, are reviving the traveling lie show for the benefit of the President. And even those with

3. political ambitions, i see you @mikepompeo are offering a set of weird non denial denials to a story that is undoubtedly true. You all know it's true, i know it's true and the President knows it's true. You also have a pretty good idea of who the sources are. If you don't

4. know, know ya know. But even if the clown car of apologists for the President gets up to 20 or 30 people say its not true, you all know that it is. You know because you've covered this President since the beginning. He's insulted war heroes, goldstar families, his own

5. generals and veterans in general. You know that he's never had any experience with sacrifice and things anyone who put their life on the line for anything other than themselves and money are suckers and liars. You know it's true because you've all heard him degrade the

6. sacrifice John McCain made to this country. The sacrifice of the men and women and their families who are buried at Arlington National Cemetary and battlefields across the world. You'll remember when he did show up for the Normandy remembrance he used the sacred battlefield

7. filled with crosses memorializing the hundreds of thousands of Americans lives lost, he used it to launch partisan attacks on political opponents back at home. You know it's true because it's totally believable that he didn't want to get his hair messed up. And you know it's

8. true because the President has told more than 22k lies since becoming President and has absolutely no credibility. You know it's true because when he was asked about it today, he didn't honor our fallen heroes, he only talked about himself and how much veterans love him.

9. You know it's true because it fits every psychological profile done of the President as a malignant narcissist and border line sociopath. You know it's true because, admit it here, you were shocked but not surprised by the revelations. But here's the kicker, the reason you

10. have no doubt this story is true. @PressSec walked out today and hurled charges at respected journalists as she always does but did not have the courage to stand there and take any questions. No other Press Secretary would ever do that. You know if she believed the

11. President, she would have stood there and defended the President to the last question. She took none. She knows it's true. We all know it's true. And now i'm going to stomp off in faux outrage too.

12. One last point, if this story was false, General Kelly, Munford, Bolton, McMaster and Mattis would be leaping to his defense. Their silence speaks volumes. Now i'm going to stalk off. No pictures please.