Trump Spox Insists He Has Visited Gaza (He Has Not)

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale reports:

After Donald Trump was asked in a Monday interview about the future prospects of Gaza, the former president made a curious claim: “You know, I’ve been there, and it’s rough.” There is no public evidence of Trump ever having been to Gaza, which has been governed by militant group Hamas since 2007. He certainly didn’t go to Gaza as president, and CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post have all found no proof he made a prior visit.

Trump’s campaign said Monday night that he meant what he said about having been to Gaza in particular – and the campaign insisted the claim is true. “President Trump has been to Gaza previously and has always worked to ensure peace in the Middle East,” campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told CNN. And she did not respond when we repeatedly asked for even the most basic information, like the year of the supposed visit.

Read the full article. Previously the Trump campaign claimed that Gaza is “in Israel” – it is not – and therefore he can say that he visited Gaza. And now even that stupid lie isn’t enough.

Trump’s campaign, which has no idea when Trump supposedly went to Gaza or who he was with on his supposed trip to Gaza, says Trump definitely went to Gaza and didn’t misspeak when he said he’d been there: https://t.co/4FQ9lc6JaZ

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 8, 2024