This is why you don't burn your credibility lying about crowd sizes.
Agree.
But that is only one out of many things (lies) that the orange-haired clown has done, that have destroyed this administration's credibility.
Also, the fact that higher-ups in the military have no idea about this is not surprising. The severe day-to-day bumbling from this White House is just common (and incompetent) practice. Just one big circus.
Trump does not trust the generals. Also remember, he has said that he knows more than them.