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The Intercept Briefing

Could Trump Start World War III?

The Intercept Briefing

The Intercept

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.76.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump has not started any new wars… yet. But his administration is pouring gasoline on several initiated by his predecessors. This week on Intercepted: US forces are deploying in Syria, as drone strikes expand in Yemen. And Russia and Iran loom over everything. We talk to veteran war correspondents Anand Gopal and Iona Craig. Glenn Greenwald analyzes James Comey’s testimony on Capitol Hill and exposes a major lie spread about Edward Snowden. Actor William Camp “stars” in the real life story of the spy who became “the Socrates of the NSA.”

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.

0:08.0

My son this morning on Fox and Friends, I watch, I like that group of three people.

0:13.0

Trump is the greatest president ever, and there will never be one like him now.

0:17.0

The thing is, I've only been there for like 50 days.

0:21.0

Come with me, and you'll be in a world of pure imagination.

0:28.0

Hey, hello, and you'll see into your imagination.

0:36.0

I love to read. Actually, I'm looking at a book, I'm reading a book, I'm trying to get started.

0:41.0

Every time I do about a half a page, I get a phone call that I love to read.

0:45.0

I've been reading about things. I read in certain very complex sets of things happening.

0:52.0

And wiretapping, I said, where am I? There's a lot of wiretapping being talked about.

0:56.0

I read other things. You should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about.

1:01.0

There is no life I know to compare with you imagination.

1:08.0

Living there, you'll be free if you truly want to be.

1:18.0

Wiretapping, I guess, by, you know, this past administration, at least we have something in common perhaps.

1:25.0

And so you shouldn't be talking to me, you should be talking to Fox.

1:28.0

Fox News knows of no evidence of any kind that the now president of the United States was surveilled at any time in any way.

1:36.0

Full stop.

1:37.0

Microwaves that turned into cameras, etc.

1:40.0

The president was very clear in his tweet that it was, you know, wiretapping.

1:44.0

The president used the word wiretapping, quote, to mean broadly surveillance and other activities.

1:50.0

Those words were in quotes. I've been seeing a lot of things.

1:53.0

Wrong, sir. Wrong.

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