Huffington Postさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Huffington PostInstagram)「At Thursday night’s NBC News town hall, host Savannah Guthrie confronted President Donald Trump for retweeting conspiracy theories, telling him, “You’re the president; you’re not someone’s crazy uncle.”⁠ ⁠ The NBC News anchor had asked the president to explain why he had retweeted yet another absurd conspiracy about former President Barack Obama on Tuesday.⁠ ⁠ “Why would you send a lie like that to your followers? You retweeted it,” Guthrie asked. ⁠ ⁠ “That was a retweet. That was an opinion of somebody and that was a retweet. I’ll put it out there. People can decide for themselves,” Trump replied. ⁠ ⁠ “I don’t get that. You’re the president, you’re not like someone’s crazy uncle who can retweet whatever,” Guthrie shot back.⁠ ⁠ This particular conspiracy theory — that Trump’s predecessor in the White House had ordered the killing of SEAL Team 6 — was one of many Trump amplified to his 87 million followers on Tuesday.⁠ ⁠ It’s something he’s persistently done throughout his presidency, using his huge platform to spread false and obscure claims from unverified accounts that sometimes only have a few followers. After repeatedly amplifying disinformation, Trump then defends himself by saying he is simply passing it along.⁠ ⁠ The moment blew up on social media. Many of the president’s critics praised Guthrie for calling the president out.⁠ ⁠ But Mary Trump, the president’s niece and author of a critical tell-all book about Donald Trump, reminded Guthrie that her claim wasn’t entirely true, tweeting "Actually..." // 📝 @josieharvey // 📷 AP Photo」10月16日 23時11分