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revealed special operations tactics and other classified information by providing a detailed description of the raid on ISIS leader al-Baghdadi?

Some of the remarks Trump made about the raid had been classified, while others seemed too fantastical to be true. Trump said of the raid that the ISIS leader “died like a dog,” having been “whimpering and crying and screaming all the way,” though Department of Defense officials said it was made up, as the feed of the raid had no audio.

Business Insider – National security officials say Trump revealed secret US tactics by describing the raid that killed ISIS leader al-Baghdadi, possibly compromising future operations
NBC News – Officials cringed as Trump spilled sensitive details of al-Baghdadi raid
Business Insider – Official says ISIS leader al-Baghdadi ‘whimpering’ and ‘crying’ before his death sounds like something Trump ‘made up’
The New York Times – The ‘Whimpering’ Terrorist Only Trump Seems to Have Heard

revealed sensitive information on a US spy satellite in a tweet about Iran?

Trump’s inclusion of a photo taken from a spy satellite in his tweet revealed the resolution and location of the US’ best surveillance satellites. Using the angle of the photo, it was even possible for amateurs to determine exactly which satellite took it.

Forbes – Trump Accidentally Revealed The Amazing Resolution Of U.S. Spy Satellites
Wired – Trump Tweeted a Sensitive Photo. Internet Sleuths Decoded It
NPR – Amateurs Identify U.S. Spy Satellite Behind President Trump’s Tweet

caused the CIA to extract a high-level informant in the Russian government?

Trump and his regular unsecured discussions with Russian officials led him to be considered such a massive security risk to any intelligence operations in Russia. After Trump gave classified intelligence to Russians about Israeli counter-terrorism operations, there was mounting concern in the intelligence community about a CIA operative inside the Russian government. The information was withdrawn from Russia in 2017, despite having been in place for decades passing on information to the US government.

The New York Times – C.I.A. Informant Extracted From Russia Had Sent Secrets to U.S. for Decades
New York Magazine – U.S. Intelligence Had to Pull Spy From Russia Because Trump Is a Security Risk
CNN – Exclusive: US extracted top spy from inside Russia in 2017

 

praised authoritarian Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte?

Duterte had become infamous for his use of extrajudicial killings against those perceived as drug users and sellers, as well as against journalists and political enemies. He has bragged about murdering people himself, and compared himself favorably to Hitler. The State Department estimated at the time that there had been over 6,000 executions of suspected drug dealers with little regard for due process.

In a released transcript of a phone call between Trump and Duterte, Trump offered praise for Duterte’s “unbelievable job on the drug problem.” He also shared information on American nuclear submarines in the vicinity of North Korea, a significant security risk.

During a 2017 visit to the Philippines, Trump boasted of his “great relationship” with Duterte. During that same visit, Duterte sang a song dedicated to the US President.

 

The Washington Post – Trump calls Kim Jong Un a ‘madman with nuclear weapons,’ according to transcript of Duterte call
Politico – Trump praises Duterte for ‘unbelievable job’ cracking down on drugs in the Philippines
MSNBC – Trump’s chat with Philippine President Duterte raises alarms

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

sold the failed Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City?

Trump purchased the hotel and casino in 1984. It spiraled into being ranked last among those in Atlantic City before finally being shuttered in 2014.

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A regular visitor described its last years as being in slow but perpetual decline: “It did slip every year. This year they had no bedspreads and they totally gave up on the ice machines. This year the Plaza bar was closed and the 24 hour cafe closed at 2 p.m. The higher-end restaurants were closed. It was so sad to see it get a little worse every year. They really seemed to give up about five years ago.”

USA Today – Trump Plaza: 4th Atlantic City casino shutdown
Atlantic City News – Thousands out of work in Atlantic City as big casinos shut doors
The Guardian – Atlantic City Trump Plaza shuts its doors as embattled town loses another casino
Wikipedia – Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino

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 wife’s name in a tweet welcoming her home from the hospital?

The tweet read, “Great to have our incredible First Lady back home in the White House. Melanie is feeling and doing really well.”

It was quickly deleted and replaced with one that spelled Melania’s name correctly.

Trump misspells Melania's name in initial tweet welcoming her back to White House

Among others, Trump has also misspelled his own name.

The Hill – Trump misspells Melania’s name in initial tweet welcoming her back to White House
Business Insider – Trump misspelled his wife’s name in a tweet welcoming her home from the hospital

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’

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