It is stated that when somebody makes a constructive or impartial assertion, then follows it with a “however,” what follows negates what went earlier than, and displays the speaker’s actual opinion.
Thus it was that on Sunday’s version of CNN’s State of the Union, host Jake Tapper thrice talked about that Russian assaults killed 5 Ukrainians after President Trump’s assembly with Putin ended with out a ceasefire.
In his ultimate point out, Tapper stated to Mike Pence:
“I am not blaming it on President Trump, it is clearly President Putin’s fault. However, if the ceasefire had occurred on Friday, these 5 Ukrainians can be alive.”
Gotcha, Jake. You are not blaming Trump for 5 useless Ukrainians, however . . . you will let viewers learn between the strains: yeah, it kinda is Trump’s failure. Journalists get to guage presidents, however they do not just like the scenario reversed.
Tapper ought to know higher. In actual fact, he does know higher.
Biden’s precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members at Abbey Gate on the Kabul Worldwide Airport.
In response, Tapper made a scathing assertion, condemning Biden’s rejection of an in depth Military report blaming the Biden administration for ignoring warnings of what was taking place on the bottom.
Tapper stated he couldn’t perceive why Biden did not take the report extra significantly, and ponder “the apparent failures of his administration–failures that value lives.” Tapper dismissed Biden’s declare to care concerning the troops as “simply phrases.”
So, since Tapper is aware of what actual presidential duty for deaths overseas seems like, why would he slyly counsel that Trump was in a roundabout way responsible for these Ukrainian deaths?
Here is the transcript.
CNN
State of the Union
8/17/25
9:05 am EDTSTEVE WITKOFF: We’re intent on making an attempt to hammer out a peace deal that ends the combating completely very, in a short time, faster than a ceasefire.
JAKE TAPPER: How would it not be faster than a ceasefire? I perceive the concept of like a bigger peace deal is a vital level.
Nevertheless it was President Trump that had stated that he wished a ceasefire agreed to on the assembly on Friday. And he did not get it. And there are actually 5 Ukrainians who’re useless as a result of the Russians proceed to bombard Ukraine.
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[Addressing Mike Pence] As you famous, there was no ceasefire agreed to. President Trump appeared to point earlier than the summit that that needed to occur, or he stated there can be very extreme penalties. Because the summit, he is dropped calls for for a right away ceasefire.
5 Ukrainians had been killed in a single day.
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Are you able to clarify, or do you perceive in any respect, how the summit might finish with out a ceasefire agreed to, and that might be acceptable?
I imply, there are 5 Ukrainians who are actually useless. I am not blaming it on President Trump. It is clearly President Putin’s fault. However, if the ceasefire had occurred on Friday, these 5 Ukrainians can be alive.
