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Trump had just tweeted about qatar. one adviser read the tweet allowed and with that the policymakers in mid conference call had no other choice but to rework their plans to reflect the president's tweeted assertion. that nation was funding terrorism. it was an assertion that had never been announced with such indelicacy. so whether or not you care about american policy toward various middle eastern countries and who we side with and who we side against, this was just a strange moment in trump administration year one. what was all that about? what was that big, fast, abrupt turn against qatar?...

Outside the administration. this is a dramatic associated press report about what happened at the time. quote, aides to president trump were in deep talks with how to defuse tensions between qatar and other arab nations when the door to the secure room at the white house burst open. the urgent message? trump had just tweeted about qatar. one read it aloud and the policymakers had no other choice but to rework their plans to reflect the president's tweeted assertion. that nation was funding terrorism. it was an assertion that had never been announced with such indelicacy. >> this was just a str...

Pretty extraordinary times to be covering an extraordinary white house. >> well, i do believe that the congressional deadline is a powerful force here. the president could have cleared this up instantly in the day after he made the first tweeted assertion. they chose not to do that for whatever reason. and because of that deadline, let me just say that initially the plan for the off camera gaggle which is a shortened form of a briefing, a gaggle is a journalism term of art -- >> it's supposed to be the warm-up for the on camera briefing so they get a sense of where all of you guys were -- wher...