excalibur
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It was just more of that fake news from the MSM/deep state useful idiots. Knowing full well that lesser useful idiots would lap it up and repeat the lie across the blogosphere. And they did.
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But Trump didn’t mistakenly call his wife the wrong name. The claims take Trump’s comments during his Feb. 24 speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference out of context.
During the speech, at around the 54-minute mark,Trump praised former first lady Melania Trump.
"She was a great first lady, people love her," Trump said.
The crowd erupted in cheers and gave the former president a standing ovation.
"Oh look at that, wow," Trump responded, looking to his left at the audience. "Mercedes, that's pretty good."
Trump was talking to Mercedes Schlapp, his former White House strategic communications director and wife of CPAC chair Matt Schlapp. We found no information in media reports about whether Melania Trump attended CPAC.
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But Trump didn’t mistakenly call his wife the wrong name. The claims take Trump’s comments during his Feb. 24 speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference out of context.
During the speech, at around the 54-minute mark,Trump praised former first lady Melania Trump.
"She was a great first lady, people love her," Trump said.
The crowd erupted in cheers and gave the former president a standing ovation.
"Oh look at that, wow," Trump responded, looking to his left at the audience. "Mercedes, that's pretty good."
Trump was talking to Mercedes Schlapp, his former White House strategic communications director and wife of CPAC chair Matt Schlapp. We found no information in media reports about whether Melania Trump attended CPAC.
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Donald Trump did not mistakenly call his wife the wrong name
News headlines and social media posts claim former President Donald Trump forgot his wife’s name. "Experts warn Donald T
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