used the “yank and pull” handshake method on various people, including heads of state?

Trump’s style of handshake became so infamous that other leaders began to preempt it. He has employed it against not just other leaders or oppositional politicians, but even with his own Vice President and Supreme Court nominees.

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Time – How President Trump Turned Handshakes Into a High-Stakes Showdown
USA Today – From Macron to Trudeau, a short history of President Trump’s awkward handshakes
Independent – DONALD TRUMP’S HANDSHAKE: THE REAL MEANING EXPLAINED BY BODY LANGUAGE EXPERT
The Guardian – The Trump handshake: how world leaders are fighting back

 

looked directly into the sun during a partial eclipse?

On August 21 of 2017, Trump witnessed a solar eclipse alongside fifth child Barron and third wife Melania. Despite being issued safety glasses, Trump was photographed looking directly at the eclipse.

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While Trump’s glance into the eclipse lasted only a moment, he quickly did it twice before someone in attendance shouted, “don’t look!”

Business Insider – Trump looked at the solar eclipse without glasses despite a shouted warning from an aide
The Guardian – The moment Donald Trump is warned not to look directly at the sun – video
CNN – Yes, Donald Trump really did look into the sky during the solar eclipse

said he lost the popular vote because of fraud?

Trump claimed that he lost the popular vote because of millions of double votes and illegal immigrants committing voter fraud. Though he repeated the claims many times, no evidence has been provided. He has asserted that voter ID laws are necessary to curb fraud, saying that Americans need ID to buy groceries but not to vote.

The claims began immediately after Trump’s election victory.

Trump repeated the assertions even after inauguration. Then-Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in Trump’s defense,

I think he’s stated his concerns of voter fraud and people voting illegally during the campaign and he continues to maintain that belief based on studies and evidence people have presented to him.

Spicer also defended the President’s claim that he had the largest inaugural crowd size ever. After six months, Spicer resigned and was replaced by Anthony Scaramucci, who held the office for a record 11 days.

Though the Trump administration created an elections integrity commission to find evidence of fraud, none was ultimately found. He has continued to repeat the claim.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Congressional proposals included an expansion of voting by mail. Trump said that such measures would never allow for a Republican to be elected again.

BBC News – Trump claims millions voted illegally in presidential poll
Politico – Spicer makes misleading voter fraud claim to defend Trump’s false voter fraud claim
NBC News – Trump Again Makes Debunked Claim: ‘Illegals’ Cost Me Popular Vote
Politifact – No proof of Trump’s conspiracy theory that millions voted many times
Washington Post – Yet again, Trump falsely blames illegal voting for getting walloped in California

abruptly ended an interview when asked about his claims of being wiretapped by Obama?

Trump had previously asserted by tweet that President Obama had placed an illegal “tapp” on Trump, but provided no evidence.

In an interview held in the Oval Office with CBS’ John Dickerson, when asked to elaborate on his claims, Trump abruptly ended the interview.

RESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: — and I thought that — well, you saw what happened with surveillance. And I think that was inappropriate, but that’s the way–
 
JOHN DICKERSON: What does that mean, sir?
 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You can figure that out yourself.
 
JOHN DICKERSON: Well, I– the reason I ask is you said he was– you called him “sick and bad”.
 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Look, you can figure it out yourself. He was very nice to me with words, but– and when I was with him — but after that, there has been no relationship.
 
JOHN DICKERSON: But you stand by that claim about him?
 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I don’t stand by anything. I just– you can take it the way you want. I think our side’s been proven very strongly. And everybody’s talking about it. And frankly it should be discussed. I think that is a very big surveillance of our citizens. I think it’s a very big topic. And it’s a topic that should be number one. And we should find out what the hell is going on.
 
JOHN DICKERSON: I just wanted to find out, though. You’re– you’re the president of the United States. You said he was “sick and bad” because he had tapped you– I’m just–
 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You can take– any way. You can take it any way you want.
 
JOHN DICKERSON: But I’m asking you. Because you don’t want it to be–
 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You don’t–
 
JOHN DICKERSON: –fake news. I want to hear it from–
 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You don’t have to–
 
JOHN DICKERSON: –President Trump.
 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: –ask me. You don’t have to ask me.
 
JOHN DICKERSON: Why not?
 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Because I have my own opinions. You can have your own opinions.
 
JOHN DICKERSON: But I want to know your opinions. You’re the president of the United States.
 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Okay, it’s enough. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Time – President Trump Suddenly Ends Interview When Asked About Obama Wiretapping Claim
CNN Money – Trump abruptly ends interview with CBS’ Dickerson after wiretapping questions
CBS News – President Trump’s interview in the Oval Office: Full Transcript

signed off on a high-risk raid in Yemen that led to several deaths?

The raid was one of the first high-profile military actions of the administration. Trump was reportedly told that the proposal had been considered too aggressive by Obama before he signed off on it. It led to the death of a Navy SEAL, 23 civilians including an 8 year old girl, and the crash of a $90 million aircraft.

People walk on the rubble of a house destroyed by an airstrike in Sana’a in Yemen
A house destroyed by an airstrike in Sana’a in Yemen. Mohamed Al-Sayaghi / Reuters

This was the first direct American intervention in Yemen, which had been in the middle of a civil war.

US Senator John McCain referred to it as botched, and refused to retract the statement despite a request to do so by the White House.

NPR – FACT CHECK: Trump’s Yemen Raid — ‘Winning Mission’ Or ‘Failure’? It’s Not So Simple
Politico – McCain rebuffs White House’s call for apology over Yemen raid
Wikipedia – Raid on Yakla

took credit for $700 million in cuts to the F-35 program’s price that was agreed upon before he was President?

Trump had previously tweeted about the F-35 program and its exorbitant costs.

During a visit to MacDill AFB in 2017, Trump made a variety of claims. Among them, like how “our Navy is at a point almost as low as World War One – that’s a long time ago, that’s a long time ago,” Trump also claimed “I saved over $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35.”

Politico – How Trump got credit for slashing price of fighter jet when he didn’t
Politifact – Trump overstates credit for $700 million in savings for F-35s
Impact 2020 – Trump’s boasts aside, here’s the real reason those F-35s wound up costing less

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

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

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