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This is misleading. He made clear in a subsequent answer that he was referring to last month’s demonstrations. https://t.co/3BpzDDllyh

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 9, 2020

Yes, he did:

REPORTER: You said Iran was trying to blow up the embassy in Baghdad. Can you provide more details?

TRUMP: "No, I think it was obvious. If you look at the protests, and this was the anti-Benghazi. Benghazi was a disaster." pic.twitter.com/oh0n9OfTMc

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 9, 2020

Meanwhile, back at impeachment:

CANCEL THE REST OF JANUARY: McConnell tells Republicans he expect impeachment articles as soon as tomorrow, trial to start next week. https://t.co/fukRAQ9TZp

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) January 9, 2020

But not immediately next week?  Or not to interfere with other Senate business, like confirmations of appointees?

McConnell setting up votes on FEMA administrator nominee Gaynor for next week

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) January 9, 2020

So, "CANCEL THE REST OF JANUARY," except?  And while that's going on, this is wholly unimportant and not worthy of media attention:

Asked re his vague call for NATO to get more involved in the Middle East, Trump says he has come up with a "beautiful" name, "NATOME," for NATO Middle East. He says he is great at names, like USMCA, which is like the song YMCA. "Doesn't that work beautifully?...'NATO' plus 'ME.'"

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 9, 2020

But this!

Asked re his vague call for NATO to get more involved in the Middle East, Trump says he has come up with a "beautiful" name, "NATOME," for NATO Middle East. He says he is great at names, like USMCA, which is like the song YMCA. "Doesn't that work beautifully?...'NATO' plus 'ME.'"

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 9, 2020

And this!

So what Adam Smith wants you to believe is he said this quite detailed comment, and it was just a slip of the tongue. he actually meant the exact opposite. https://t.co/W601mc5DLX

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 9, 2020

(What Rep. Smith said was this:

Reminds me of when Pelosi flashed a look at her cheering caucus after they passed impeachment & signaled for them to cut it out, which they immediately did. https://t.co/BgDTkfRZqY

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 9, 2020

Is VERY IMPORTANT and keeping Jake Sherman employed by Politico! So double-plus significant!