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wanted Russia to be reinstated to the G7, despite its removal for invading Ukraine?

Trump has repeatedly called for Russia’s inclusion to the international economic forum, and has said that its removal Russia in 2014 was a mistake Obama made “because he got outsmarted.” Russia was dis-invited from the economic forum after it invaded neighboring Ukraine and annexed Crimea.

After the annexation - Crimea is still in limbo five years after ...

The Hill – Trump calls for Russia to be reinstated into G-7
NPR – Trump Says Russia Should Be Allowed Into G-7; Moscow Wants Talks To Continue

dissolved his charity due to its “persistently illegal conduct”?

Charges were filed by the state of New York regarding the illegal manner in which Trump Foundation funds were disbursed for political campaigning purposes. The filing noted the charity’s “persistently illegal conduct.”

The charity had also been used to purchase a 6-foot tall portrait of Trump, and shifted away funds earmarked for cancer-stricken children.

Trump tweeted his anger at the unfairness of the situation, claiming that he would never settle.

Trump was then ordered by the court to pay $2 million to settle charges over his fraudulent charity, which he agreed to later that year. He had made similar claims about Trump University before it was also shut down and he was forced to settle for $25 million.

The Washington Post – New York files suit against President Trump alleging his charity engaged in illegal conduct
Reuters – Trump charity to dissolve under deal with N.Y. attorney general
Talking Points Memo – Trump Coughs Up $2 Million To Settle Charges Over His Scammy Foundation
Wikipedia – Donald J. Trump Foundation

tweeted, “Despite the negative press, covfefe”?

The tweet was up for several hours before being removed. Then-press secretary Sean Spicer defended the tweet, saying, “No, I think the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant.”

Trump soon after tweeted, “Who can figure out the true meaning of “covfefe” ??? Enjoy!”

In reference to the tweet, the COVFEFE Act was introduced in the House of Representatives, which sought to amend the Presidential Records Act to preserve social media interactions by the President and to require the National Archives to store them.

Trump had previously said he “has the best words,” but covfefe appeared to simply be a typo that was accidentally tweeted. In another instance, he crammed five typos into a single tweet. He has also misspelled his officials’ name, his wife’s name, and his own name.

Wired – The Internet Defines ‘Covfefe’
USA Today – Sean Spicer says ‘covfefe’ wasn’t a typo: Trump knew ‘exactly what he meant’
Wikipedia – COVFEFE Act

considered pardoning Muhammed Ali, even though his conviction had already been overturned?

Ali’s conviction had already been overturned almost 50 years prior, so it is unclear what Trump sought to pardon. Ali’s family and estate attorney responded that while they “appreciate President Trump’s sentiment…a pardon is unnecessary.”

Muhammad Ali in 1978.
Muhammad Ali in 1978. Dave Pickoff / Associated Press

In 1971 the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned Muhammad Ali’s conviction to refuse a draft into the Vietnam War. Ali’s lawyer remarked that “there is no conviction from which a pardon is needed.”

The New York Times – Trump Says He’s Considering a Pardon for Muhammad Ali

threw paper towels at Puerto Ricans in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria?

2,975 people on the island died in the disaster. Trump claimed that the death toll was exaggerated by a Democrat conspiracy.

Trump later addressed his throwing paper towels into a crowd by saying, “They had these beautiful, soft towels. Very good towels.” 

Despite claiming that he’s the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico, he withheld disaster relief funding.

NBC News – Trump Defends Throwing Paper Towels to Hurricane Survivors in Puerto Rico
Business Insider – Trump is reportedly upset about old video footage showing him throwing rolls of paper towels at first-responders in Puerto Rico

installed a red button on his desk that summons someone to bring a Coke?

A press of the button summons a staff member to bring Trump a Coke. During an interview, he pointed it out, and described its appearance as “ominous.”

In another interview, Trump was quoted as saying, “No no, everyone thinks it is,” when asked if the button was a nuclear launch button.

He reportedly drank about a dozen Diet Cokes per day.

Trump also warned North Korea about his “bigger and more powerful” nuclear button.

The New York Times – Inside Trump’s Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation
Time – President Trump Presses a Button in the Oval Office to Get a Coke
Business Insider – Trump’s presidential desk has a tiny red button that he presses to order Coke
Yahoo News – Donald Trump has a button on his desk to summon a butler to bring him a Coke

called Democrats “un-American” and “treasonous” for not applauding enough during his State of the Union address?

Trump said of the Democratic reaction to his 2018 State of the Union address,

Even on positive news, really positive news like that, they were like death. and Un-American. Un-American. Somebody said ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess. Why not? Can we call that treason? Why not. They certainly didn’t seem to love our country very much.

USA Today – Trump blasts ‘treasonous’ Democrats for not applauding at his State of the Union address
Time – President Trump Said Democrats Who Didn’t Clap at the State of the Union Were ‘Treasonous’
NPR – Trump: Democrats ‘Un-American,’ ‘Treasonous’ During State Of The Union

incorrectly colored the US flag?

Trump was surrounded by children coloring flags at a pediatrics hospital when the photo was taken. While Trump’s appeared to be incorrect, other children present successfully completed the task.

Rawstory

It is of course possible and far preferable that Trump did so intentionally, for some reason.

Newsweek – Donald Trump colored the American flag in wrong
Rawstory – Trump managed to botch a photo-op with Ohio kids by coloring his American flag wrong
Snopes – Did President Trump Incorrectly Color the American Flag?

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