said a report about having prepared talking points was fake news, before photos of the talking points were released?

The talking points in question were various disparaging remarks about four Congressional lawmakers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.). While his tweet claimed there were no talking points prepared, clear pictures of them surfaced. He had also said the four women, despite being US citizens, should “go back” to their own countries, and said that they were “incapable of loving America.”

Additionally, the upper right corner of the page had the words, “some people,” and “alcaida” prominently hand-written. The former is a common justification that Trump uses (e.g. “I’m intelligent. Some people would say I’m very, very, very intelligent”), while the latter appears to be a misspelling of Al-Qaeda. Trump has also misspelled his officials’ name, his wife’s name, and his own name.

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The Week – Trump claims he didn’t have ‘talking points’ to degrade Rep. Ilhan Omar. Here’s a picture of him holding them.
Newsweek – DONALD TRUMP FALSELY CLAIMS HE DIDN’T HAVE ‘TALKING POINTS’ ON MINORITY CONGRESSWOMEN, DESPITE PHOTOS

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

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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