White House officials prepared and circulated internally a statement to be issued on the President's behalf the day after the attack. But the statement, obtained Wednesday by Politico and confirmed by CNN, was never officially released.
It wasn't until nearly two weeks later that the President, an avid Twitter user, mentioned the deaths when he was asked about them during an impromptu news conference Monday in the White House Rose Garden.
Johnson's body was left behind in the initial rescue and recovery.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/18/politics/president-donald-trump-niger-statement/index.html
It wasn't until nearly two weeks later that the President, an avid Twitter user, mentioned the deaths when he was asked about them during an impromptu news conference Monday in the White House Rose Garden.
Johnson's body was left behind in the initial rescue and recovery.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/18/politics/president-donald-trump-niger-statement/index.html
