Despite the fact that President Trump tweeted, in no uncertain terms, that American missiles âwill be comingâ to Syria, Sarah Huckabee Sanders reached deep into her bag of random phrasing on Wednesday to imply that we shouldnât necessarily take the presidentâs word for it on this one, as âall optionsâ remain on the table.
Asked during the daily White House press briefing whether Trumpâs tweetsâwhich were widely read as a proclamation that the U.S. will attack Syria after another suspected chemical attack in the countryâSanders replied: âThatâs certainly one option, but itâs certainly not the only option, or the only thing that the president may or may not do.â
Read that again. Incredible! Words came out but she still managed to say nothing at all!
Asked again what room for interpretation there could possibly be when the guy with the nuclear codes tweets âGet ready Russia, because [missiles] will be coming, nice and new and âsmart!â,â Sanders emphasized that thereâs no timetable for a possible attack and that âa final decision has not been made.â
âWe havenât laid out any specific actions we plan to take,â she said later, apparently not including Trump in that royal âwe.â
While more optimistic minds might cling to Sandersâ false hope that other âoptionsâ are left on the table, sheâs proved time and time again that her job is to stand in front of reporters and try to create an air of uncertainty around what Trump himself has already said plainly, most often on Twitter. At least we know the American media is ready to go to war...somewhere over there.
