AP FACT CHECK: Trump spins tale on London protests, Brexit on WTOP| WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is spinning a tall tale about crowd sizes and the protests in London. In a news conference Tuesday with British Prime Minister Theresa May, he asserted there have been few protests over his…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is spinning a tall tale about crowd sizes and the protests in London.
In a news conference Tuesday with British Prime Minister Theresa May, he asserted there have been few protests over his visit to the United Kingdom, insisting instead there was an outpouring of “great love” for him from thousands of people. That’s not the case. He also once again falsely says that he predicted Brexit a day before it happened.
A look at the claims:
TRUMP: “There were thousands of people (Monday) on the streets cheering. And even coming over today, there were thousands of people cheering and then I heard that there were protests. I said, ‘Where are the protests? I don’t see any protests.’ I did see a small protest today when I came, very small, so a lot of it is fake news, I hate to say… There was great love.… And I didn’t see the protesters until just a little while ago and it was a very, very small group of people.
