Remember when Trump…

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 He repeated false claims that US soldiers being withdrawn from Syria were coming home when they were actually redeployed to Iraq, and that some kind of source of oil had been secured without any further explanation.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’

called the press “the enemy of the people”?

Trump has repeated the remark several times at rallies, in interviews, and over Twitter, disparaging anything critical as fake news. He has also suggested taking the press credentials of those critical of him.

The New York Times – Trump Calls the News Media the ‘Enemy of the American People’
Business Insider – Trump tweets the media is ‘the enemy of the American People’
The Hill – Trump ramps up rhetoric on media, calls press ‘the enemy of the people’
USA Today – Trump again calls media ‘enemy of the people’

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

called Jeffrey Epstein “a terrific guy”?

Trump also said of Epstein, and “likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

Trump's Warm Words for Ghislaine Maxwell: 'I Just Wish Her Well' - The New York Times
Trump and Melania with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, FL, Feb. 12, 2000. Davidoff Studios / Getty Images

Trump made the comments in a 2002 interview, noting that he’d known Epstein for over a decade. In 2008, Epstein was convicted of procuring an underage girl for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute.

Trump tried to distance himself from the child sex trafficker after his 2019 arrest, saying “I don’t think I’ve spoken to him in 15 years” and that he “was not a fan.” A tape surfaced of them chatting and laughing together at a party from 1992, amid reports of Trump having gone to various Epstein-hosted events, including testimony by Epstein’s brother Mark that Trump had flown on Jeffrey’s plane multiple times. Additionally, one of Epstein’s alleged teenage victims claims to have been recruited from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

After Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested for allegedly helping Epstein traffic children, Trump said “I wish her well.”

New York Magazine – Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery
The New York Times – Jeffrey Epstein Was a ‘Terrific Guy,’ Donald Trump Once Said. Now He’s ‘Not a Fan.’
The Washington Post – Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein partied together. Then an oceanfront Palm Beach mansion came between them.
NBC News – Tape shows Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein discussing women at 1992 party
Politico – Unsealed documents detail alleged Epstein victim’s recruitment at Mar-a-Lago

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 Scooter Libby?

In a 2007 trial, the former Vice President Cheney chief of staff was was found guilty of four felony counts of perjury and obstruction of justice regarding the leak of CIA officer Valerie Plame’s identity.

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Irving “Scooter” Libby. Wikipedia

Though President Bush refused to pardon him at the time, Trump did so in 2018. Some political commentators theorized that this was to indicate Trump’s willingness to provide legal cover to allies amid the investigation into Trump’s own obstruction of the Mueller probe into Russian election interference.

Politico – Trump issues pardon for Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby
The New York Times – Trump Pardons Scooter Libby in a Case That Mirrors His Own

pardoned conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza?

D’Souza, who served as policy analyst in the Reagan administration, is a prolific conservative commentator and author. He is known for such works as The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left where he makes the academically fallacious claim that Nazism was leftist and that modern American liberals draw their ideology from Nazism. He has also created conservative documentaries, such as the critically panned film 2016: Obama’s America.

About Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh D’Souza. www.dineshdsouza.com

D’Souza’s past commentary includes defending conditions at prison Abu Ghraib, in which multiple Iraqi prisoners were tortured, claiming it to be comparable to typical Middle Eastern hotels. He was condemned by liberal and conservative commentators alike for mocking the survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

In 2014, he pleaded guilty to making $20,000 in illegal contributions to the New York Senate campaign of Wendy Long, who ultimately lost to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Trump pardoned him of the crime in 2018.

The New York Times – A Look at Dinesh D’Souza, Pardoned by Trump
The Atlantic – Dinesh D’Souza and the Decline of Conservatism: Under President Trump, the most outrageous and aggrieved polemicists are thriving.
USA Today – Trump pardons Dinesh D’Souza — and might do the same for Rod Blagojevich and Martha Stewart
Wikipedia – Dinesh D’Souza

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