White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in an appearance Wednesday that he "made a mistake" by making a comparison to the Holocaust in comments about Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons. WASHINGTON—An accidental foray into Holocaust revisionism was merely the capstone to an edifice of error erected this week by the spokesman for Donald Trump’s White House. Read more: The White House cited the Quebec mosque attack to justify Trump’s policiesOther flubs have been more serious. He suggested from the White House podium that the use of barrel bombs by Syrian President Bashar Assad could provoke an American attack, just like chemical weapons. Read more: See Melissa McCarthy steal the show as Sean Spicer on SNL“Sean Spicer has made a thorough mess of an impossible job,” said Scott Reid, a former Martin adviser.

Source: thestar April 12, 2017 19:07 UTC