Trump Tweets: The Covfefe Collection

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If you have to distill the Trump presidency into a word, let it be "covfefe."

Dan Evon

Published 19 January 2021

There’s no doubting that U.S. President Donald Trump had an uncanny ability to influence the news cycle with his Twitter account. While Trump’s political rise can be attributed, at least in part, to his social media presence, Trump ended his presidency banned from most social networks.

Here are some of our most memorable Trump Twitter fact checks.

Is ‘Covfefe’ a Word in Arabic? Yiddish? ‘Antediluvian’? After President Donald Trump mistyped (then deleted) a tweet, some hurried to ascribe meanings to...

Fact Check

False

Was ‘Covfefe’ A Secret Nuclear Code? The confusion surrounding President Donald Trump's infamous tweet was fodder for a satirical news site.

Fact Check

Labeled Satire

Did Trump Tweet That He Was Pardoning Bill Cosby? One famous person was not among the many people Trump indicated an intention to pardon.

Fact Check

False

Debunking Trump Tweets: Fraudulent ‘Vote Dumps’ Gave Biden the Election Do not attribute to conspiracy what can easily be explained by demographics.

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False

Did Trump Tweet ‘My Blood IS the Vaccine’? There's a tweet for everything, especially when you include the fake ones.

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False

An American flag draped over a Confederate flag.

Did Trump Tweet That the Confederate Flag Is a ‘Symbol of Love’? Confederate flags, monuments and military base names have become a national flashpoint since the death...

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False

Trump Tweets Video with ‘White Power’ Chant, Then Deletes It President Donald Trump tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white...

AP News

Did Trump Tweet That South Dakota Should Close Its Border with California? A fake tweet fooled some.

Fact Check

False

Twitter Bans Trump, Citing Risk of Violent Incitement The platform "permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence."

AP News

Has Trump Suggested He Wants His Image on Mount Rushmore? Apparently the U.S. president has discussed the subject in both seriousness and in jest.

Fact Check

True

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