'Crazy in the middle of the night' texts: Watchdog details storm of political pressure in Sharpiegate

By the time the two tweets were posted, Alabama was no longer in the hurricane center’s warning cone, although it had been in previous days. One hurricane center graphic at the time showed a “non-zero” chance of tropical storm force winds for a tiny corner of Alabama, something NOAA officials later scurried to highlight, according to the report.

Four days after the tweets, then acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney sent Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross an email after 9 p.m., saying “it appears as if the NWS intentionally contradicted the president. And we need to know why. He wants either a correction or an explanation or both.” The eventual unsigned statement from NOAA said: “The Birmingham National Weather Service’s Sunday morning tweet spoke in absolute terms that were inconsistent with probabilities from the best forecast products available at the time.”and had no major impact on Alabama, which is about 600 miles away.

Trump is the smartest, smarter than all the generals and scientists and meteorologists so if he says they're wrong, everyone had better agree or face having funds cut off from their dept or getting fired. Truth doesn't matter. impotus45

Now the Weather Channel is supposed to lie for dtrump? No!!!

Uh oh! Looks like another IG will be biting the dust for telling the truth.

I was worried there for a minute when I saw 'Sharpie' trending. It doesn't bode well for those of 'US' weathering this storm right now, it's a doozy. Who knows what travesty he'd send our way. You certainly got the 'crazy' part right.

Insecure tyrant with nothing better to do

So, NewHampshire becomes the new 'Alabama.' Sharpiegate😳🤔🧐

💥While the president reaches out with his texts to the American people and calling out fake news when he see it the socialist media does not like it too bad!!😝

Oh boy, fakenewsmedia is diggin deep now. Dem-panic?

He’s crazy 😜

Wasn't that the distraction away from giving Putin and Erdogan a clear run at Syrian oil?

🎯Loosers 🎯

This is you’re best anti Trump rant for today?

…….

He managed to politicize a weather forecast. Spectacular.

SophiaLipschul1 TO realdonaldtrump U dont know how to read a weather map or any map you never went to school, u paid someone to take ur tests, go to classes 4 u how u made it to the WH, ah I know U had Putin do it for U uuj Scoundrel

Seriously. This is what you are spending time on? 🙄

Is this all you have?

Don’t worry, he’ll correct the report in sharpie.

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