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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts) Tue Nov 14, 2017, 04:10 PM Nov 2017

Trump spreads fake news about his enemy President Obama in the Philippines

Before and after his trip to the Philippines this week, President Donald Trump pumped himself up by repeating a story about his predecessor, Barack Obama, being barred from even touching down in the island nation.

The problem: That's not true.

As pointed out by political journalists Tuesday, Trump's claim that Obama "didn't land" in the Philippines because of his "horrible" relationship with the nation misinterprets the entire situation.

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/trump-spreads-fake-news-about-obama-in-the-philippines/

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Trump spreads fake news about his enemy President Obama in the Philippines (Original Post) UCmeNdc Nov 2017 OP

He cannot hide his racism spanone Nov 2017 #1

Unfortunately many in this country believe the lying sack of excrement. CatMor Nov 2017 #2

Punchline ... GeorgeGist Nov 2017 #3

spanone

(135,862 posts)

1. He cannot hide his racism

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Tue Nov 14, 2017, 04:11 PM

Nov 2017

CatMor

(6,212 posts)

2. Unfortunately many in this country believe the lying sack of excrement.

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Tue Nov 14, 2017, 04:17 PM

Nov 2017

GeorgeGist

(25,322 posts)

3. Punchline ...

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Tue Nov 14, 2017, 10:52 PM

Nov 2017

It was Obama, in fact, who canceled a meeting with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in September 2016 after the two leaders got into a tiff over the mass killings in the Philippine drug war.

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