Snopes: The Lies of Donald Trumps Critics, and How They Shape His Many Personas

[alp227]

Good article from Snopes, which attacks all sorts of untruths whether from the left or right. Especially relevant regarding the recent G7 summit:

Take, for example, the claim that Trump was the only world leader at a G7 summit in May not to take notes, based on a photograph posted to Twitter by French President Emannuel Macron. Here Trump was portrayed as unprepared and out of his depth on the world stage, with a “ten-second attention span”. However, the claim was entirely untrue, with other images and video of the meeting showing that Trump did indeed have notes and a pen. Not only that, but the very image used to make the false claim clearly shows two other world leaders sitting with no note-taking paraphernalia. In this case, even the cherry-picked evidence chosen to make the point undermines it.

Also, Snopes questions the accuracy of certain websites like Resistance Report:

A teenaged boy asked him to sign his “Make America Great Again” hat, and the President obliged, but appeared to toss the hat in the air...This was presented as a callous act from a bullying, villainous Donald Trump by observers such as the Resistance Report web site, which wrote ” Trump Just Ruined This Kid’s Day at the Easter Egg Roll.” However, another camera angle clearly shows that Trump was playfully tossing the hat back to the boy, who happily receives the hat and walks away.

[Pholus]

1. Isn't it ironic...

that not a single conservative will take a word Snopes says seriously because it's made them look too bad too many times?

Most of the things in that article are serious nitpicking though. I think I remember the poem kerfluffle and after the Russia news of the day it was like sixth or seventh down the list in importance to me.

[gratuitous]

2. All right, let's say President Trump WAS taking notes at the G-7 summit in May

Anyone want to ask Trump a question about those proceedings and see just what he remembers? The "he wasn't taking notes" charge may be bogus, I'll practically guarantee that his "ten-second attention span" didn't retain one thing.

[Dem2]

3. They are quick to point out these little things on FB etc.

Can't stand sites like resistance report, bipartisan report and other stupid supposedly liberal feeds that put out this garbage that I have to just assume is false if I don't see another source for it.

Why? It's not helpful.