President Donald Trump claimed Maryland Governor Wes Moore called him "the greatest president of my lifetime" and suggested Moore accepted an invitation to join him. Archival Fox News footage shows Moore declining, saying "Nah, I'm good," directly contradicting Trump’s repeated account presented at a Cabinet meeting. The videotape exposed the discrepancy between Trump’s recounting and the recorded interaction. Television commentators highlighted the contradiction and observed a broader pattern of Trump making untrue or embellished statements about opponents, their actions, or their praise, sometimes sustaining those claims despite clear documentary evidence to the contrary.
Over the course of two days and several photo ops, Trump told a fake story about being called the greatest president of my lifetime by Moore, sticking with the story at his marathon Cabinet meeting even after a Fox News host showed the claim was false by going to the videotape. The tape even shows Trump inviting Moore to join him, and Moore replying Nah, I'm good.
HABERMAN: He says things that are not true quite often. I think we all know this. We got to see many examples of it, over the course of three hours, during the Cabinet meeting earlier today. But he often says this about people who are oppositional to him, in any way, which is that they did something, or they asked something, or they praised him, or whatever. So, it's not real
Collection
[
|
...
]