President Donald Trump and the White House can’t seem to agree on whether the dog involved in al-Baghdadi raid is a very good girl or a very good boy.
Conan the dog took part in the mission that resulted in ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death in October. The confusion began on Monday when Trump awarded Conan. Trump, along with Vice President Mike Pence, referred to Conan with male pronouns.
A reporter then said a White House official confirmed “on background” that Conan is actually female, according to Slate. Later on, according to a White House official, it was declared that Conan is a male.
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/1199041601298927616
On Tuesday, the Department of Defense (DoD) got involved to seemingly set the record straight: Conan is a female.
Just in: #Conan, the hero dog from the al-Baghdadi raid, is in fact a GIRL, a US defense official tells ABC News. Yesterday, a WH official told the pool that Conan was a girl but later said the dog was actually a boy — after POTUS & VPOTUS used male pronouns to refer to Conan.
— Elizabeth Beals (McLaughlin) (@Elizabeth_McLau) November 26, 2019
“Conan, the hero dog, dilemma: Monday: Trump says male WH then says Conan is a female WH then corrects to say Conan is a male Today: DoD says female Then, WH stands by story that Conan is male. Then, DoD says male, after *triple checking*,” Twitter user @KFaulders wrote.
Conan, the hero dog, dilemma:
— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) November 26, 2019
Monday:
Trump says male
WH then says Conan is a female
WH then corrects to say Conan is a male
Today:
DoD says female
Then, WH stands by story that Conan is male.
Then, DoD says male, after *triple checking*
Then, another DoD official said that “for sure Conan the hero dog is a male based on multiple internal checks,” according to ABC reporter Luis Martinez.
UPDATE to the Conan gender: Another US defense official now says that for sure Conan the hero dog is a male based on multiple internal checks.
— luis martinez (@LMartinezABC) November 26, 2019
The dog’s gender has not changed from male since mid-Tuesday.
People used the photo Trump tweeted of Conan in October to speculate about the dog’s gender, with most accusing Trump, along with White House and DoD officials, of lying about Conan’s “confirmed” gender.
We have declassified a picture of the wonderful dog (name not declassified) that did such a GREAT JOB in capturing and killing the Leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi! pic.twitter.com/PDMx9nZWvw
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28, 2019
“Gender reveal: girl dog #ConanTheDog #Conan #dogs Just because Trump called it a boy, you can’t rewrite biology,” Twitter user @LauraK9doc wrote, along with the photo of Conan marked with a circle around the dog’s crotch.
https://twitter.com/LauraK9doc/status/1199080844867956737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1199080844867956737&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2019%2Fnov%2F26%2Ftrump-conan-dog-gender-controversy
https://twitter.com/LouiseMensch/status/1199421337921630209
My dog = Boy
— Robert Merrill (@merrillrobert) November 26, 2019
Conan = Girl
Dumbest White House ever… pic.twitter.com/xU3toUafO1
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