claimed that the “deep state” was delaying a COVID-19 vaccine?

There was no proof or elaboration on the claim.

The Food and Drug Administration is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, part of the executive branch. The head of the FDA, Stephen Hahn, was nominated by Trump on November 5, 2019.

At the time of his tweet, the United States totaled 5,861,632 cases and suffered 180,202 deaths.

Trump has referred to the “deep state” in the past, including the “Deep State Department,” prompting Dr. Anthony Fauci to struggle in holding his laughter.

Reuters – Trump says without proof that FDA ‘deep state’ slowing COVID trials
The Hill – Democrats tear into Trump’s ‘deep state’ tweet: His ‘lies and recklessness’ have ‘killed people’
Wikipedia – Food and Drug Administration
Wikipedia – Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Worldometer – Coronavirus, United States

called for a boycott of Goodyear Tires?

Ahead of the election, Goodyear Tires banned its employees from having any kind of clothing with political messaging or slogans.

In response, Trump called for a boycott on Goodyear via Twitter.

Goodyear is located in Akron, Ohio, and employees approximately 65,000 people. Both the Mayor of the city and Goodyear itself responded via tweet:

Politico – Trump calls for Goodyear boycott after company bans MAGA attire among employees
CBS News – Trump calls for boycott of Goodyear, claiming company banned MAGA hats
Raw Story – Ohio Republicans doing damage control after Trump ‘assault’ on Goodyear infuriates workers: report

claimed that the Democratic National Convention removed “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance?

Trump made the claim via tweet on the fourth and last day of the DNC in which Joe Biden formally accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination.

The claim was false, as each day of the DNC opened with the full Pledge of Allegiance.

Day 1:

Day 2:

Day 3:

Day 4:

“Under God” was omitted from two smaller individual caucus events, the LGBTQ caucus meeting and the Muslim Delegates Assembly. Each day of the DNC consistsed of some half dozen different individual caucuses.

The phrase “under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 amid the Cold War.

Associated Press – AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s distortion on Dems and the pledge
Snopes – Did Democrats Omit ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance?
Wikipedia – Pledge of Allegiance, Addition of “under God”

retweeted a meme of himself playing the fiddle amid the COVID-19 pandemic?

On the day of his tweet, the United States had 541 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Trump dismissed concerns about COVID-19 for months as it spread across the United States.

Boston Globe – Trump tweets a meme of himself fiddling, drawing a comparison to Roman emperor Nero
Worldometer – Coronavirus, United States

tweeted “SAVE THE POST OFFICE!” days after admitting to undermining it?

Trump made the tweet four days after openly admitting to withholding funds from the USPS in order to prevent mail-in voting. Trump also selected Louis DeJoy as Postmaster General, who has been accused of conflicts of interest and working to degrade the USPS’ operations.

CBS17 – ‘SAVE THE POST OFFICE!,’ tweets President Trump amid recent USPS controversy
Politico – Voters sue Postal Service and Trump over changes ahead of election

tweets congratulations to a QAnon supporter who won the GOP primary for a Georgia House seat?

The candidate, Marjorie Taylor Greene, is a vocal supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory and had also been criticized for a variety of racist comments. The Republican House minority leader called her remarks appalling.

After her primary win, Trump tweeted his support.

Trump has long been supported by QAnon, a conspiracy theorist movement that alleges Trump is leading the charge against a supposed left-wing cabal of pedophiles and Satan worshipers.

Chicago Tribune – Trump tweets congratulations for QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene after she wins GOP nomination for US House in Georgia
Politico – Republicans called her videos ‘appalling’ and ‘disgusting.’ But they’re doing little to stop her.
Wikipedia – QAnon

asked about getting his face on Mount Rushmore?

Governor of South Dakota Kristi Noem (R) recounted her first meeting with Trump in 2018 at the Oval office:

“He said, ‘Kristi, come on over here. Shake my hand. I shook his hand, and I said, ‘Mr. President, you should come to South Dakota sometime. We have Mount Rushmore.’ And he goes, ‘Do you know it’s my dream to have my face on Mount Rushmore?’ I started laughing. He wasn’t laughing, so he was totally serious.”

According to The New York Times, a Presidential aide reached out to her later to inquire about the process for being added to Mount Rushmore. Trump immediately derided it as “fake news,” because immediately saying “sounds like a good idea to me!”

Trump brought up the idea of being put on Mount Rushmore in a July 2017 rally, though he said he was “totally joking.”

CNN – New York Times: White House reached out to South Dakota governor about adding Trump to Mount Rushmore
ABC News – Trump denies WH asked about adding him to Mount Rushmore, then calls it a ‘good idea’
Argus Leader – Mount Trumpmore? It’s the president’s ‘dream,’ Rep. Kristi Noem says

demanded that his preferred Florida candidates win without counting absentee and military voters?

In the 2018 Florida midterm and gubernatorial election, Republicans alleged widespread voter fraud. Neither the state’s monitors or law enforcement had any reason to believe it was the case.

Trump took to Twitter to demand that absentee ballots, which are largely from active duty military members, be ignored.

Trump also alleged widespread voter fraud in 2016, and created a commission to investigate, which found no evidence of fraud.

Snopes – Would a Proposal by President Trump Exclude Overseas Military Votes in Florida’s Elections?
Military Times – Are those Florida ballots that Trump says showed up ‘out of nowhere’ from military absentee voters?
Time – President Trump Attacked Mail-In Ballots in Florida. Here Are the Facts

claimed that a defective section of border wall was to make him “look bad”?

Trump made the claim after a segment of wall on the US-Mexico border began showing severe “signs of erosion“ months after being completed. Fisher Industries of North Dakota, which built the segment for $42 million, referred to the design a “Lamborghini.”

The same company won an additional $300 million contract in August, 2020, in addition to $1.5 billion in contracts it previously had.

Other segments of the wall had previously collapsed from strong winds.

Politico – Trump on private border wall segment: ‘It was only done to make me look bad’
Valley News – New border wall contract for North Dakota’s Fisher Industries

had his Twitter temporarily restricted for spreading misinformation about COVID-19?

In a video posted to Twitter and Facebook, Trump claimed that children were “mostly immune” to COVID-19. The videos, part of a campaign to re-open schools across America amid record case and death numbers, was flagged by Twitter and Facebook for misinformation.

Though the suspension was for 12 hours, the video was quickly removed from both platforms and the suspension dropped.

Twitter had taken action against Trump’s misinformation before, including flagging a manipulated video of Biden. He later threatened to leave social media after another tweet was flagged.

The Wall Street Journal – Facebook, Twitter Take Down Video of Trump Saying Children ‘Almost Immune’ From Covid-19
Los Angeles Times – Twitter and Facebook take action on COVID-19 misinformation from Trump accounts 
CNN – Twitter temporarily restricted Trump campaign’s ability to tweet over false Covid-19 claims

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