forgot the words to “God Bless America”?
Chicago Tribune – Trump appears to forget words to National Anthem and ‘God Bless America’
BBC News – Trump accused of not knowing words to God Bless America
rescinded an invitation to the White House for the Philadelphia Eagles?
Within a day of offering a White House invitation to the Philadelphia Eagles for becoming the 2017 NFL season Super Bowl champions, it was rescinded after several members said they wouldn’t attend. Trump has prepared platters of fast food for other visiting teams.
USA Today – President Trump cancels White House invitation for Super Bowl champion Eagles
NBC Sports – Eagles release statement after invite to White House rescinded
was called “a f*cking moron” by his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson?
After a July 20, 2017 meeting at the Pentagon, the New Yorker reported that then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson referred to Trump as “a f*cking moron.”
When asked about it, Tillerson said he wouldn’t be resigning, but also didn’t deny whether he’d said the remark.
After the report emerged, Trump publicly challenged his Secretary of State to an IQ test.
Tillerson was fired the following year.
Time – The Rise and Fall of Rex Tillerson: A Timeline
New York Magazine – Tillerson, Who Privately Called Trump ‘Moron,’ Pretty Much Confirms It in Public
Quartz – All the ways Trump’s closest confidants insult his intelligence
BBC News – Rex Tillerson – Trump’s former top diplomat
thought Canada had burned down the White House?
The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Trump how he could justify tariffs against Canada for “national security” purposes. Trump replied, “Didn’t you guys burn down the White House?”
The Week – Trump reportedly thinks Canada burned down the White House. That was Britain. In 1812.
unilaterally instituted tariffs against the EU, Mexico, and Canada for “national security” purposes?
Trump claimed that some imported vehicles and parts pose a national security threat. However, for as long as six months he delayed a decision on whether to impose tariffs to allow for more time for trade talks with the European Union and Japan.
Reuters – Trump declares some auto imports pose national security threat
opposed and delayed sanctions on Russia, despite bipartisan support in Congress?
The sanctions were passed with a veto-proof majority because of Russian election interference in 2016. They followed sanctions passed in 2012 for human rights violations, called the Magnitsky Act.
Trump later lifted sanctions on firms connected to Russian oligarchs.
ABC News – Timeline of Trump’s delays on Russia sanctions
Reuters – Trump administration holds off on new Russia sanctions, despite law
Wikipedia – Magnitsky Act
lifted US sanctions on three companies linked to a Russian oligarch?
The companies in question, aluminium giant US Rusal, En+ Group, and JSC EuroSibEnergo were partly owned by Oleg Deripaska, an ally to Russian President Putin. Deripaska has also been linked to Russian interference in US elections.
Trump previously attempted to obstruct sanctions on Russia that had been passed with bipartisan support in Congress.
BBC News – US lifts sanctions on Putin ally’s firms
The Guardian – Trump lifts sanctions on firms linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska
said of the Constitution, “I have an Article II, where I have to the right to do whatever I want”?
Trump has made the assertion about Article II several times. This claim is, of course, false.
Trump has also derided the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution as “phony.”
The full text of Article II can be found here.
The Washington Post – While bemoaning Mueller probe, Trump falsely says the Constitution gives him ‘the right to do whatever I want’
Newsweek – ‘Article 2’ trends after Trump falsely claims it grants him unlimited powers as President
Newsweek – Trump insists the Constitution’s Article II ‘allows me to do whatever I want’
Wikipedia – Article Two of the United States Constitution
Senate.gov – Constitution of the United States, Article II
said “China has total respect for Donald Trump and for Donald Trump’s very, very large brain.”
Trump had made previous references to his “large brain,” such as when he said he was consulting with himself on foreign policy.
