On Thursday, The Atlantic published an article, citing four anonymous sources who claim that in 2018, President Trump called fallen soldiers buried at France's Aisne-Marne American cemetery "suckers" and that the grounds were "filled with losers," and "blamed rain" for canceling a planned visit to the site.

The report has been vehemently refuted by Trump administration officials, and is already beginning to unravel.

Techno Fog @Techno_Fog

On that Atlantic Story -

@JeffreyGoldberg and his "four sources" claim Trump's helicopter flight to the US/French cemetery wasn't cancelled due to weather.

FOIA docs prove this to be false.

Their "sources" are failing basic fact checks - making them essentially worthless.

Judd Deere @JuddPDeere45

Not a soul brave enough to put their name on any of these accusations. That's because they are false. Just another anonymously sourced story meant to tear down a Commander-in-Chief who loves our military and has delivered on the promises he's made. What a disgrace! https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldber

Meridith McGraw @meridithmcgraw

Bolton, no fan of Trump’s, on the decision for Trump to skip Belleau Woods

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The Atlantic's EIC, Jeffrey Goldberg, said the sources wanted to remain anonymous because "They don't want to be inundated with angry tweets and all the rest."

Daniel Chaitin @danielchaitin7

Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg explains why he used unnamed sources in report about Trump insulting dead soldiers:

"They don’t want to be inundated with angry tweets and all the rest..."

https://twitter.com/i/status/1301880528480673793

Perhaps even more interesting is an anti-Trump ad from 'VoteVets' based on the Atlantic article which cropped up a mere 12 hours later, raising questions over whether this was a coordinated hit.

Tom Elliott @tomselliott · servicemen saying “my son was not a loser.” Amazing how quickly they were able to produce a commercial corresponding w/ an article that just came out yesterday.

Tom Elliott

https://twitter.com/i/status/1301865083233087488