In front of the Memorial Wall, Trump repeated false claims about having the biggest inaugural turnout, which had just taken place the day prior. He also claimed to have the most covers on Time Magazine, which is untrue even when counting the fake ones Trump hung at his properties.
Trumps remarks, made at the intelligence community’s equivalent of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, were derided as extremely inappropriate.
The Hill – Why Trump’s CIA speech was simply inappropriate
The Washington Post -Trump called it ‘a very special’ wall. For the CIA it is sacrosanct.
The Atlantic – How Not to Smooth Things Over with the CIA
