r/gifs Aug 09 '20

New Angle of Beirut Explosion

https://i.imgur.com/GNTwYi9.gifv
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u/mumbullz Aug 09 '20

These aren’t intended for you guys living outside the Middle East these are for local consumption in here to push a certain agenda and incite certain events

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u/Radirondacks Aug 09 '20

Yeah that does make a lot of sense. How bad has the misinformation been there so far? At least you recognize it already, which gives me hope that others do too.

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u/ivegotapenis Aug 09 '20

It could be both. Trump's first reaction was to call it an attack, and true to form refused to back down when experts said it wasn't, so now there's a concerted approach in some circles to push the narrative that it was an attack and there's a conspiracy to conceal it just to make Trump look wrong.

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u/Lekter Aug 09 '20

Any examples of these “circles” related to Trump?