said, “I’m very highly educated. I know words – I have the best words” while calling Obama stupid?

Addressing the Syrian civil war, Trump disparaged the Obama administration: “The world has blown up around Barack Obama.” He continued, “It is the level of stupidity that is incredible. I’m telling you, I used to use the word incompetent. Now I just call them stupid. I went to an Ivy League school. I’m very highly educated. I know words, I have the best words. I have the best, but there is no better word than stupid. Right? There is none, there is none. There’s no, there’s no, there’s no word like that.”

As far as having the best words, he has misspelled his officials’ name, his wife’s name, and his own name, coined the word “covfefe,” and sent a tweet packed with five typos.

Gawker – Yet Another Bold Claim From Donald Trump: “I Know Words”
Daily Caller – Trump: ‘I Know Words, I Have The Best Words’ — Obama Is ‘Stupid’ [VIDEO]

 

 

said he was the least anti-Semitic and least racist person “you’ve ever seen in your entire life”?

Trump made the remark to Jake Turx of the Jewish publication Ami Magazine, who had not accused Trump of being Anti-Semitic.

Number one, I am the least anti-Semitic person that you’ve ever seen in your entire life. Number two, racism. The least racist person.

Politico – Trump, asked about reports of anti-Semitic threats nationwide, says he’s not anti-Semitic
CNBC – Donald Trump: I am the least anti-Semitic person that ‘you’ve ever seen in your entire life’

said he had the best temperament of any presidential candidate ever?

Trump said to a crowd in July 2016,

I think I have the best temperament or certainly one of the best temperaments of anybody that’s ever run for the office of president. Ever. Because I have a winning temperament. I know how to win.

He made similar claims at other campaign rallies and during the debates with Hillary Clinton.

ABC News – Donald Trump Says He Has One of the ‘Best Temperaments’ of Any Presidential Candidates
US News & World Report – Temperament Tantrum

said, “I support the Great Lakes. Always have. They’re beautiful. They’re big. Very deep. Record deepness”?

Trump made the remarks at a rally in Michigan to explain why he backed funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. His 2020 budget planned to cut funding for the initiative by 90 percent.

The Hill – Trump contradicts his own budget proposal, tells rally crowd he’ll give more money for Great Lakes restoration
Associated Press – Trump backtracks on call to gut $300M Great Lakes program

said he had broken more records than Elton John with only a mouth and “the brain attached to the mouth”?

The full statement was,

“I have broken more Elton John records. He seems to have a lot of records. And I, by the way, I don’t have a musical instrument. I don’t have a guitar or an organ. No organ. Elton has an organ. And lots of other people helping. No, we’ve broken a lot of records. We’ve broken virtually every record. Because you know, look, I only need this space.

 

They need much more room. For basketball, for hockey and all of the sports, they need a lot of room. We don’t need it. We have people in that space. So we break all of these records. Really, we do it without, like, the musical instruments. This is the only musical – the mouth. And hopefully the brain attached to the mouth, right? The brain. More important than the mouth is the brain. The brain is much more important.”

As awkward as Trump’s phrasing was, he has in fact drawn larger audiences than Elton John. Trump has been a longtime fan of the artist, despite Elton John having turned down an offer to perform at Trump’s inauguration.

The New York Times – Despite Turning Down Inauguration Gig, Elton John Has a Recurring Role in Trump’s Presidency
CNN – Trump’s Elton John crowd size boast is actually true

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

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