There was a great deal of confusion over where Trump got the figure, given that it was 230% more than the correct number.
The Hill – Trump tweets 303K job claim after report of 128K new jobs
“We’re building a wall in Colorado…We’re building a beautiful wall,” Trump said during a speech in Pittsburgh. He had been listening multiple states in which new walls were being erected. He later claimed that he was joking. Border officials also confirmed that no new segments of wall had been built, and that it only extended to areas where prior wall or fencing already existed.
The New York Times – Trump Mentions a Wall in Colorado, Then Says He Was Kidding
CNN – Trump claims US is building border wall … in Colorado
The National Memo – Border Officials Confirm: Government Has Built No New Wall
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 He repeated false claims that US soldiers being withdrawn from Syria were coming home when they were actually redeployed to Iraq, and that some kind of source of oil had been secured without any further explanation.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.
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
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.
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
The tweets, which have since been deleted, were railing against Google allegedly trying to influence elections:
@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
….are NOT planning to illegally subvert the 2020 Election despite all that has been said to the contrary. It all sounded good until I watched Kevin Cernekee, a Google engineer, say terrible things about what they did in 2016 and that they want to “Make sure that Trump losses…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2019
….in 2020.” Lou Dobbs stated that this is a fraud on the American public. @peterschweizer stated with certainty that they suppressed negative stories on Hillary Clinton, and boosted negative stories on Donald Ttump. All very illegal. We are watching Google very closely!
— 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
The centennial in question was the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Coin Act. Trump remarked, “I’m curious why wasn’t it done a long time ago? And also, I guess the answer to that is because now I’m President, we get things done.” He appeared unaware of what a centennial is.
New York Magazine – Trump: Why Wasn’t 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage Observed ‘Years Ago?’
Greenland is a territory of Denmark. The government of Greenland replied, “We have a good cooperation with USA…Of course, Greenland is not for sale.” The Danish PM also unequivocally rejected the idea. Trump took offense to the Danish PM’s “nasty” response.
NPR – No Joke: Trump Really Does Want To Buy Greenland
The New York Times – Trump’s Interest in Buying Greenland Seemed Like a Joke. Then It Got Ugly.
Trump had recently announced that he would be ending joint military exercises with South Korea, at the North’s request. During an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Trump was asked if North Korea was trying to drive a wedge between the US and South Korea when he made the remark.
WSJ: You think North Korea is trying to drive a wedge between the two countries, between you and President Moon?
Mr. Trump: I’ll let you know in—within the next 12 months, OK, Mike?
WSJ: Sure.
Mr. Trump: I will let you know. But if I were them I would try. But the difference is I’m president; other people aren’t. And I know more about wedges than any human being that’s ever lived, but I’ll let you know. But I’ll tell you, you know, when you talk about driving a wedge, we also have a thing called trade. And South Korea—brilliantly makes—we have a trade deficit with South Korea of $31 billion a year. That’s a pretty strong bargaining chip to me.
The Wall Street Journal – Transcript of Donald Trump Interview With The Wall Street Journal
Trump made a similar tweet referencing losers and haters on the anniversary of 9/11. He has also described himself as a whiner, and has said that his temperament hasn’t changed since the first grade.
When Trump was asked who he was consulting with on foreign policy, he could only specify himself. Of any others, he said, “I listen to a lot of people, I talk to a lot of people, and at the appropriate time I’ll tell you who the people are, but I speak to a lot of people, but my primary consultant is myself, and I have a good instinct for this stuff.”
Trump went on to make similar remarks about his “large brain” after becoming President.
Politico – Trump: I consult myself on foreign policy
The Hill – Trump’s top foreign policy advisor? ‘I’m speaking with myself’
