During his press conference today, President Donald Trump took a shot at his predecessor by claiming that Barack Obama and other past presidents didn’t make calls to families of fallen soldiers.
Trump was subsequently called out on this and hedged, saying, “I don’t know if he did. I was told that he didn’t often, and a lot of presidents don’t. They write letters.”
People who served in the Obama White House were particularly appalled:
Trump is a deeply disturbed ignoramus who is a pathological liar, but Mitch McConnell is cool with it cuz tax cuts or something https://t.co/8GwjnD3t9b
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) October 16, 2017
Now he’s lying about his own lie https://t.co/P79tUbezq3
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) October 16, 2017
that’s a fucking lie. to say president obama (or past presidents) didn’t call the family members of soldiers KIA – he’s a deranged animal.
— Alyssa Mastromonaco (@AlyssaMastro44) October 16, 2017
And a lot of other people on Twitter were shocked too:
.@POTUS said Obama did not call families of killed soldiers. But Obama did call them.
— Anita Kumar (@anitakumar01) October 16, 2017
In a jaw-dropping lie, Trump falsely said Obama didn’t call the families of dead soldiers.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 16, 2017
Unbelievable. Republicans, this is your leader. https://t.co/bPOswPhP59
— Pierre Omidyar (@pierre) October 16, 2017
This is ugly & easily falsifiable thing for Trump to claim. https://t.co/qOkIhtsJph
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 16, 2017
In a really ghastly lie, Trump says that Obama, unlike him, didn’t call the families of dead soldiers.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 16, 2017
What a gross, slanderous thing for Trump to say that other presidents didn’t call the families of dead soldiers.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) October 16, 2017
Imagine the right’s reax if it took Obama nearly 2 weeks to call the families of fallen soldiers. https://t.co/nfnDCYsUJ9
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 16, 2017
This is absolutely false. https://t.co/hnxKoUjvF6
— David French (@DavidAFrench) October 16, 2017
. @realDonaldTrump says “most” of his predecessors, Obama included, didn’t make calls to families of slain service members WHICH IS UNTRUE.
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) October 16, 2017
“Pres.Obama I think probably did sometimes, and maybe he didn’t, I don’t know, that’s what I was told,” @realDonaldTrump. #ohboy
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) October 16, 2017
Shameless https://t.co/mNBL1srSYU
— Arthur MacMillan (@arthurmacmillan) October 16, 2017
The one consistently predictable thing about Trump is he can always find a way to be worse https://t.co/qGvw84ql5T
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 16, 2017
Trump: Don’t believe the media, they spread false info
Also Trump: Here’s a thing about Obama I heard, maybe, idkhttps://t.co/ouNK7AMOBK
— Mark Berman (@markberman) October 16, 2017
A fact that’s too good to verify https://t.co/5uAMMcrjC7
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) October 16, 2017
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