U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz' bogus claim that the media used anonymous sources to report that low munitions levels were a national security threat blew up in his face when CNN's Kaitlan Collins explained that the information was made public in a Inspector General's report from the Pentagon.
On Monday, Trump upped the ante when he said reporting on him and his administration was fake news and now a national security threat on Truth Social.
Today, at the United Nations, Mike Waltz tried to promote the lie that anonymous sources were also national security threat when it comes to munitions levels. The quick-witted Collins quickly dispatched that nonsense.
"The president is making an argument now that it's a national security threat. He did not make that argument on Friday or Saturday or Sunday," Collins said." How is reporting on the president a national security threat?"
WALTZ: When we have outlets that are relying on anonymous sources and talking about the levels of ammunition we have in the middle of conflict, when we're talking about vulnerabilities that the United States have, when in fact we're talking about deployment orders for our soldiers, our Navy, our Air Force, that are highly classified, that's absolutely a national security threat and should be investigated and prosecuted.
COLLINS: Well, that's not what the president cited when he banned CNN and the two other outlets, but on the munitions, that was in the inspector general's report from the Pentagon talking about shortages.
I mean, that was a, that is really obligated to give that report to Congress, right?
Trying to recover, Waltz cited the IG report as being investigative in nature which strengthened Collins' argument before he started whining about anonymous reports that have not been debunked by the administration.
"But there's also been a whole slew of anonymous sources and we know our adversaries pay attention to headlines and when you're essentially signaling to the world that the United States is out of ammunition, when in fact that's not true, that's a legitimate concern and it certainly is a threat to our national security," Waltz whined.
"But the IG report talked about munition shortages, did it not?" Collins shot back.
Waltz' argument is moot and sounds childish since his own administration released the information to Congress that he whines about our enemies supposedly using.
If the US has won the Iran war, as Trump routinely claims, why is any news report a threat? Losing the argument, Waltz turned to reporting on national disgrace Pete Hegseth.
Collins proves once again she is no push-over.
