Later that same Thursday -- in the wake of even more reports that Trump had decided it was time for McMaster, specifically, to go , White House press secretary Sarah Sanders took to Twitter to push back. McMaster -- contrary to reports they have a good working relationship and there are no changes at the NSC," she tweeted. And this is hardly the first time the White House has cried "fake news" about a story of staff turmoil that later -- and not even much later -- wound up being 100% accurate. What the events of the past 10 days should remind us of is that anything and everything that comes from this president and this White House -- especially denials of so-called "fake news" -- needs to be looked at very, very skeptically. In fact, their track record suggests that we should not assume that what the White House is saying on virtually anything is based on take-it-to-the-bank facts and reality.

Source: CNN March 23, 2018 11:37 UTC