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called the investigation into Russian election interference an “attempted coup”?

He made the claim multiple times, including on Fox News and on the White House lawn to reporters.

He explained to reporters, “It was an illegal investigation…Everything about it was crooked — every single thing about it. There were dirty cops. These were bad people. If you look at McCabe and Comey, and you look at Lisa and Peter Strzok, these were bad people.” He continued, “And this was a — an attempted coup.  This was an attempted takedown of a President.”

Since then, Trump’s own Department of Justice has determined that the FBI acted appropriately when they first launched the probe into election interference in July 2016, before Trump was elected, and that it was not tainted by political bias.

WhiteHouse.gov – Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
The Washington Post – Trump says he was the target of ‘an attempted coup’ with Mueller investigation
Politico – Trump: Russia investigations an attempted ‘coup’
The Wall Street Journal – Justice Department Watchdog Finds Proper Legal Basis, But Errors, in Russia Probe
CNBC – Justice Department watchdog finds Trump-Russia probe was not tainted by political bias

called the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution “phony”?

Trump gave no elaboration as to how the clause from the Constitution that he has sworn to uphold is phony. The clause, from Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution reads,

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince or foreign State.

Trump has also said that Article II of the Constitution gave him “the right to do whatever I want.”

The emoluments remark came two days after he reversed his decision to host the 2020 G-7 meeting at his Doral, Florida golf resort amid widespread media and political backlash.

The claim was part of a larger statement that that evokes the infamous “having nuclear” speech. In it, Trump said no other President gave up his salary and boasted about his prowess at real estate and his financials, despite never having released tax returns as promised. He complained about Obama’s book and Netflix deals and claimed that being President has already cost him $2 to $5 billion dollars.

Trump reiterated that he had placed his private interests in trusts, referencing when he claimed that he divested himself from potential conflicts of interest using stacks of unlabeled folders as proof.

He then launched into a deviation about rallies that echoed other remarks on setting greater records than Elton John, attacked Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, and claimed that Obama failed to solve the North Korea problem because of a lack of respect, unlike what they had for Trump and he had for them.

Law and Crime – The President of the United States Just Called the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution ‘Phony’
The New York Times – Trump Dismisses ‘Phony Emoluments Clause,’ Defending Doral
C-SPAN – Trump Administration Cabinet Meeting
The Washington Post – Fact-checking Trump’s wild Cabinet session

tweeted, “Louisiana, I’ll see you tonight,” despite being headed to Mississippi?

The tweet was later deleted, though it can still be found in Twitter’s archives.

"Louisiana, I'll see you tonight," Trump tweeted Friday. But Trump's schedule said he's holding a rally Friday in Tupelo, Mississippi.

“The Democrat party has gone completely insane,” he later told the Mississippi audience.

USA Today – ‘Louisiana, I’ll see you tonight’: Trump tweets he’s visiting Louisiana Friday – but he’s going to Mississippi
The New York Times – Trump Rails Against Impeachment in First Rally Since House Vote
Trump Twitter Archive

shared classified intelligence with Russia?

Trump discussed counter terrorism operations in Syria with two Russian officials that he met with in the Oval Office the day after firing FBI Director James Comey, which he claimed would ease pressure from the Russia investigation. Russia’s ally in the region, Iran, is a longtime enemy of Israel, and funds the terrorist organization Hezbollah. The CIA was so concerned with security leaks that they later withdrew a high level informant from the Russian government.

Trump also told the officials that he was unconcerned with Russian interference in US elections.

The Wall Street Journal – Israel Provided Intelligence Trump Shared With Russia, Officials Say
The New York Times – Israel Said to Be Source of Secret Intelligence Trump Gave to Russians
Vanity Fair – Exclusive: What Trump really told Kislyak after Comey was canned
The Washington Post – Trump told Russian officials in 2017 he wasn’t concerned about Moscow’s interference in U.S. election

said that he was building a wall in Colorado, which shares no border with Mexico?

“We’re building a wall in Colorado…We’re building a beautiful wall,” Trump said during a speech in Pittsburgh. He had been listening multiple states in which new walls were being erected. He later claimed that he was joking. Border officials also confirmed that no new segments of wall had been built, and that it only extended to areas where prior wall or fencing already existed.

The New York Times – Trump Mentions a Wall in Colorado, Then Says He Was Kidding
CNN – Trump claims US is building border wall … in Colorado
The National Memo – Border Officials Confirm: Government Has Built No New Wall

claimed that he predicted Osama bin Laden’s attacks a year before 9/11?

Trump has made the claim multiple times, such during his campaign on the Alex Jones Radio Show, on Twitter, and after the raid on ISIS leader al-Baghdadi when he claimed that the event was more important than the death of bin Laden. Trump did in fact mention Osama bin Laden in his 2000 book The America We Deserve in the context of how the Clinton administration was mishandling multiple threats, referencing a 1998 air strike on bin Laden’s compound. While Trump originally asserted that no one had heard of bin Laden, he was a well-known and reported on threat at the time, which owed to the reasoning behind the airstrikes in the first place. Trump’s book also did warn of a large terror attack, although this was already the driving force of concern about bin Laden and other possible sources of terrorism.

Business Insider – Trump claims the killing of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi is more significant than Osama bin Laden’s assassination.
FactCheck.org – Trump’s bin Laden ‘Prediction’

said that the death of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi was more significant than that of Osama bin Laden?

Trump said, “this is the biggest there is. This is the worst ever. Osama bin Laden was big, but Osama bin Laden became big with the World Trade Center. This is a man who built a whole, as he would like to call it, a country.” He went on to repeat a past claim that he had warned of bin Laden a year before his attack on the World Trade Center, but never received due credit.

The Washington Post – Bigger than bin Laden? 3 striking things about Trump’s announcement that Baghdadi is dead.
Business Insider – Trump claims the killing of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi is more significant than Osama bin Laden’s assassination
Axios – Trump on Baghdadi raid: “Bin Laden was big but this was bigger”

told Russia and Turkey about a raid on the leader of ISIS, but not Congress?

Trump defended the unusual decision to avoid telling any Congressional leaders about the raid by claiming that Washington DC too frequently leaks important information. Trump had repeatedly leaked sensitive information, including on spy satellites, covert operatives, and the methods used in this very raid on al-Baghdadi.

The Washington Post – Pelosi says Trump notified Russians of Baghdadi raid before telling congressional leaders
Fox News – House Dems angered that Trump told Russia, Turkey of al-Baghdadi raid, but not Pelosi
Independent – Trump-Isis raid: Democrats demand to know why president told Russia about Baghdadi operation before Congress

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