President Donald Trump lashed out against Chelsea Manning Thursday after Manning turned on the president who commuted his sentence for leaking American secrets to WikiLeaks in 2010.
“Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader. Terrible!” Trump tweeted.
Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader. Terrible!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2017
WikiLeaks noted in a response that Trump had used similar language to describe the former president.
Trump denounces Manning for agreeing with him. Compare: https://t.co/HxL1crB75M pic.twitter.com/zxoocRmvTY
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 26, 2017
WikiLeaks also defended Manning from any charge of being a traitor.
Trump is wrong. Manning was found innocent of “aiding the enemy” & Pentagon admitted under oath no-one harmed https://t.co/HxL1crB75M
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 26, 2017
Manning, who before his sex change operations was known as Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for intentionally leaking U.S. secrets. That sentence was commuted by Obama last week. Manning is now scheduled to leave prison in May.
Trump’s tweets followed a column from Manning published in The Guardian in which he bemoaned the lack of progress achieved under Obama, saying Obama left behind “hints of a progressive legacy” but “very few permanent accomplishments.”
“The one simple lesson to draw from President Obama’s legacy: do not start off with a compromise. They won’t meet you in the middle. Instead, what we need is an unapologetic progressive leader,” Manning wrote.
Manning also commented negatively about how America will change under Trump.
” … we are moving into darker times. Healthcare will change for the worse, especially for those of us in need. Criminalization will expand, with bigger prisons filled with penalized bodies – poor, black, brown, queer and trans people. People will probably be targeted because of their religion. Queer and trans people expect to have their rights infringed upon,” he added.
14 minutes apart: Fox says “ungrateful traitor,” Trump says “ungrateful traitor,” Fox says “weak leader,” Trump says “weak leader.” pic.twitter.com/f7urTOUG1L
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 26, 2017
Although Manning did not use the words attributed to him by Trump, those words were used in a Fox News summary of Manning’s column.
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Source: westernjournalism.com
