went on a Twitter rant against the governor of California, threatening to deny emergency funding amid widespread wildfires?

Trump argued that the governor was failing in managing the forest fires because he refused to “‘clean’ his forest floors,” and instead was doing what “his bosses, the environmentalists, demand.” The fires were not located in forested areas, and clearing brush from forests is already a widely employed tactic. Trump previously referred to this as “raking” the forest floors.

Politico – Trump threatens to end federal aid to California in tweets slamming Gov. Gavin Newsom
ABC News – Trump threatens to cut off federal funding for California wildfires

misspelled the name of his Secretary of Defense and made multiple false claims in a tweet?

Trump referred to his Secretary Defense Mark Esper as Esperanto. He repeated false claims that US soldiers being withdrawn from Syria were coming home when they were actually redeployed to Iraq, and that some kind of source of oil had been secured without any further explanation. The tweet has since been deleted.

Trump has also misspelled his wife’s name and his own name.

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Trump Twitter Archive
The New York Times – Mark Esperanto? Trump Misnames His Defense Secretary in Tweet
USA Today – Trump accidentally refers to Defense Secretary Esper as ‘Mark Esperanto’ in tweet defending Syria withdrawal
Newsweek – ‘ESPERANTO’ TRENDS AS TRUMP MISSPELLS NAME OF HIS OWN DEFENSE SECRETARY MARK ESPER

misspelled his own name on Twitter?

The tweets, which have since been deleted, were railing against Google allegedly trying to influence elections:

Aaron Rupar on Twitter: "Lol Trump misspelled his own name on ...

@sundarpichai of Google was in the Oval Office working very hard to explain how much he liked me, what a great job the Administration is doing, that Google was not involved with China’s military, that they didn’t help Crooked Hillary over me in the 2016 Election, and that they…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2019

Trump has also misspelled his wife’s name.

Trump Twitter Archive
Mashable – Jimmy Kimmel rinses Trump for misspelling his own name
Washington Press – Trump just misspelled his own name and Twitter cannot stop laughing

called the impeachment probe “a lynching”?

Trump made the remark about the probe into his into his abuse of power regarding withholding Ukrainian military aid. He also claimed that the probe was “without due process or fairness or any legal rights,” despite the House’s use of investigative and impeachment powers as outlined in the Constitution. One would assume that the single chamber of Congress would not be able or allowed to conduct an ostensibly illegal investigation into the President. The probe was to investigate Trump’s call to the President of Ukraine where he asked for damaging information on Joe Biden in exchange for military aid that had already been granted by Congress.

Politico – Trump provokes outrage by calling impeachment inquiry ‘a lynching’
NPR – Trump Calls Impeachment Inquiry A ‘Lynching’

printed out positive articles and tweets to sign and send back to the author?

Throughout his career and Presidency, Trump had aides print out positive articles for him to sign and send to the author.

News article with Trump writing
Politico

Republican Representative and Trump ally Matt Gaetz also said how he received a printout of his own tweet, signed by Trump.

While Trump was known for this even before becoming President, reports depict how it became more problematic while in office. Aides would print cherry-picked articles and tweets for Trump in order to sway his view or opinion, reflecting his Chief of Staffs’ difficulty controlling his media diet.

According to Politico,

“The unofficial channels of sending the president newspaper articles for all kinds of political purposes never ended. It continues,” one person close to the White House said. “It’s a practice that has never been able to be halted and will continue on forever. No chief of staff has been able to stop people around Trump handing him articles to try to influence his opinion.”

Politico – The print reader in chief: Inside Trump’s retro media diet
Business Insider – Trump reportedly prints out tweets about him he likes, signs them, and mails them to the author

claimed he didn’t know Prince Andrew despite photos together and having called him “a lot of fun”?

Trump was asked about Prince Andrew during a London NATO conference amid revelations of the prince’s history with child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Trump claimed he didn’t know the prince, but that it was “a very tough story.” However, there are various photos of them together and speaking, with the oldest dating to 2000. They were also photographed together 6 months prior at multiple events during another of Trump’s visits to London. Trump had also previously described Prince Andrew as “a lot of fun to be with.”

Trump has also distanced himself from Epstein in the past, despite his having gone to various Epstein-hosted events in the past, and saying of in a 2002 interview that Epstein is “terrific” and “likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

Reuters – Trump on Britain’s Prince Andrew: a very tough story
Business Insider – Trump claimed he doesn’t know Prince Andrew. These photos say otherwise.
NBC News – Trump claims he doesn’t know Prince Andrew, but once called him ‘a lot of fun’
New York Magazine – Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery

pardoned a soldier convicted of murdering an unarmed and naked Iraqi prisoner?

The soldier, Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, had captured the prisoner in a raid where an arms cache was also discovered. The prisoner was held by military intelligence in connection to a roadside bomb that had killed two soldiers. No evidence was found connecting the prisoner to the bomb, and he was ordered released. While returning the prisoner, Behenna claimed that he sought to question him further. He stripped the prisoner of his clothes and shot him.

Behenna was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years, and received parole after 5 in 2014. Trump’s pardon removes all prior restrictions from his parole.

NPR – Trump Pardons Michael Behenna, Former Soldier Convicted Of Killing Iraqi Prisoner
USA Today – ACLU blasts Trump’s pardon of soldier Michael Behenna as ‘endorsement of a murder’
Wikipedia – Michael Behenna

pardoned two soldiers convicted of war crimes?

Trump announced the pardons in November, 2019.

One soldier, Maj. Mathew L. Golsteyn, killed an unarmed Afghan that he suspected of being a bomb-maker. He was convicted of second-degree murder.

The other, 1st Lt. Clint Lorance, gave orders to open fire on unarmed Afghan civilians, resulting in two deaths. He was sentenced to 19 years in prison.

Neither intervention was welcomed by military leaders. Defense Secretary Mark Esper warned that this would undermine the military code of justice.

Trump has also intervened on behalf of other soldiers convicted of war crimes, including a Navy SEAL whose own unit had turned against him.

A year later, Trump pardoned four former Blackwater contractors convicted of perpetrating a massacre.

USA Today -Trump pardons service members in high profile war crimes cases
The New York Times – Trump Clears Three Service Members in War Crimes Cases

claimed that he is “in a struggle for the survival of democracy in America” at a rally in which he attacked various political enemies?

Trump spent some 40 minutes attacking his various enemies at a Minneapolis rally. He accused the Washington establishment of pillaging America, despite being in power for three years and himself constituting the establishment. He called Democrats “very sick,” and said Nancy Pelosi is “either really stupid or she’s really lost it.”

He again made claims about the Biden family, calling Hunter Biden a loser, and saying of his father Joe Biden, “He was only a good vice president because he understood how to kiss Barack Obama’s ass.” He denounced recent surveys and news reports about the White House as “crooked” and bad for America.

Trump targeted the Mueller investigation and FBI agents Lisa Page and Peter Strzok, mimicking them their amorous relationship: “‘Oh, I love you so much. I love you, Peter!’ ‘I love you too, Lisa! Lisa, I love you. Lisa, Lisa! Oh God, I love you, Lisa.’”

He also targeted the more recent inquiry into his withholding military aid from Ukraine in exchange for political favors, saying, “The do-nothing Democrat extremists have gone so far to the left that they believe it should not be a crime to cross our border illegally and that it should be a crime to have a totally appropriate, casual, beautiful, accurate phone call with a foreign leader.”

Finally, Trump targeted the mayor of the host city, as well as the state’s freshman US Representative Ilhan-Omar, who he called an “America-hating socialist.”

The New York Times – At Minneapolis Rally, an Angry Trump Reserves Sharpest Attack for Biden
Politico – ‘These people are sick’: Trump’s ire against Washington boils over
Newsweek – Nancy Pelosi is ‘either really stupid or she’s really lost it,’ says Trump in fiery Minneapolis political rally

refused to send legal representation to impeachment hearings?

Ahead of impeachment hearings, Trump claimed multiple times that he was being denied legal representation and due process during the Congressional impeachments hearings.

However, Trump refused to send any form of legal representation.

Trump justified the White House’s refusal to participate by claiming that the entire investigation was a hoax.

The Democrats, the radical-left Democrats, the do-nothing Democrats, decided when I’m going to NATO – this was set up a year ago – that when I’m going to NATO, that was the exact time – this is one of the most important journeys that we make as president, and for them to be doing this and saying this and putting impeachment on the table, which is a hoax to start off with.

The Hill – Trump rips ‘No Due Process Scam’ as public impeachment hearings loom
ABC News – Trump: Won’t send lawyer to impeachment hearing ‘because it’s all a hoax’
Reuters – White House tells House Democrats that it will not participate in Wednesday impeachment hearing

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