In Trumpland, the truth is what you say it is. Donald Trump says he was at his golf course at Turnberry, in Scotland, the day before the Brexit vote, and that he predicted then that Brexit would happen. He told the Sun newspaper yesterday.
Clearly, nobody has told him otherwise, because the President doubled down on the claim at his press conference with Theresa May this afternoon. He said:
‘I was opening Turnberry the day before Brexit and all they wanted to talk about was Brexit and I said I think Brexit would happen and it did happen.’
Never mind that Donald Trump in fact cut the ribbon at Turnberry on June 24, the day after the Brexit vote. Steerpike was there. You can watch it here. You can check it anywhere.
But Stephanie Grisham, the First Lady’s head of press, is adamant.
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