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From the VERY slanted “fact check” in the Washington Post article you linked Trump told the acting Secretary of Defense “You do what you need to do. You do what you need to do.’ He said, ‘You’re going to need 10,000.” The fact that Miller may not have followed through with that is on him. Trump was clearly stating that the Capitol should be secured, whether 10,000 was hyperbole or not. The fact also remains that it wasn’t secured. Where I come from, when your boss tells you to do what you need to do to fix a situation, you follow through. Why would someone who was supporting an insurrection attempt tell the Secretary of Defense to fortify the very place where the insurrection was supposed to take place?Sure is.
July 18 2018
"Just remember, what you are seeing and what you are reading is not what's happening," Trump said. "Just stick with us, don't believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news."
December 19 2021
Trump said he wished lawmakers had more protection during the Jan. 6 attack and that he asked for 10,000 National Guard troops to be present at the Capitol that day — a claim that has been debunked.