Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward, interviewed by CBS News' David Martin. CBS News
AFP: Trump spooked Pentagon with almost-sent tweet on N.Korea: Woodward
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump spooked the Pentagon leadership with a tweet that -- had it been sent -- North Korea would have read as a sign of an imminent US attack, journalist Bob Woodward said in an interview that aired Sunday.
Woodward, whose new book "Fear: Trump in the White House" hits book stores on Tuesday, described the incident in the interview with CBS as the most dangerous moment of Trump's nuclear standoff with North Korea.
"He drafts a tweet saying 'We are going to pull our dependents from South Korea -- family members of the 28,000 people there,'" Woodward said on "CBS Sunday Morning," referring to families of US troops stationed on the Korean peninsula.
The tweet never was sent because of a back-channel message from the North Koreans that they would view it as a sign the US was preparing to attack, according to CBS.
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Update #1: Woodward: Draft Trump tweet alarmed Pentagon officials (The Hill)
Update #2: Trump Almost Sent a Tweet That Could Have Signaled War With North Korea (Mother Jones)
WNU Editor: President Trump is known to post tweets at all times during the day, with no one supervising and/or telling him what to post. Bob Woodward is saying the opposite .... that he drafted a tweet, sent it to the Pentagon/intel community/etc., who in turn sent it to North Korea via through a back-channel .... who then replied that this was a signal for war. Hmmmm .... to say that I am skeptical of this Bob Woodward claim is an understatement. Of course .... his sources are all anonymous.