"Trump officials became concerned when Trump asked if he could get a reverse mortgage on the White House and one of those Terry Bradshaw walk-in tubs, Kimmel joked. The report noted that Trump probably sent the national guard to Portland, Oregon, based on footage he saw on Fox News of the Black Lives Matter protests from summer 2020, mistaking them for current unrest. He still might think that's happening in real time, said Kimmel. He's on a five-year delay from the rest of us."
"It is frightening to know that the president of the United States is being briefed on world events by the same source as everyone at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport Chili's To-Go. But one thing you can say about Donald Trump though: he has a vivid imagination, he said. He has created a dangerous organization to get the old people excited and fired up, a supervillain called antifa."
Fox News misinformation has alarmed members of Trump's inner circle and is influencing presidential decision-making. Examples include proposals to secure a reverse mortgage on the White House and install luxury walk-in tubs, and apparent confusion that led to deploying the National Guard after mistaking older protest footage for current unrest. Media-fueled narratives have fabricated an organized 'antifa' threat based on matching signs. Some pundits and officials falsely asserted that thousands of protesters used pre-bought, pre-assembled signs and suggested external funding, and some vowed to pursue alleged funding sources.
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