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"I picked you because frankly, I never heard of you - but that's okay. But you're not being very nice..."
Trump grew visibly frustrated during a heated interview exchange with ABC News' Terry Moran, whom the president accused of not being “very nice” after being pressed on whether a White House photo of a migrant with MS-13 tattoos was digitally altered.
The testy back-and-forth came after Moran challenged Trump’s claim that a photo clearly showed Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father deported to El Salvador, with gang tattoos on his knuckles. The image has come under scrutiny as being “contested,” Moran told Trump.
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“You know, you’re doing the interview,” Trump said Tuesday as he fired back. “I picked you because frankly, I never heard of you – but that’s okay. But you’re not being very nice.”
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“This is why people no longer believe the news – because it’s fake news,” the president said. “It’s such a disservice,” he added. “Why don’t you just say, ‘yes,’ he does, and go on to something.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-el-salvador-2671866006/
The testy back-and-forth came after Moran challenged Trump’s claim that a photo clearly showed Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father deported to El Salvador, with gang tattoos on his knuckles. The image has come under scrutiny as being “contested,” Moran told Trump.
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“You know, you’re doing the interview,” Trump said Tuesday as he fired back. “I picked you because frankly, I never heard of you – but that’s okay. But you’re not being very nice.”
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“This is why people no longer believe the news – because it’s fake news,” the president said. “It’s such a disservice,” he added. “Why don’t you just say, ‘yes,’ he does, and go on to something.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-el-salvador-2671866006/
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trump is caught in yet another lie
https://bsky.app/profile/fdrtoday.bsky.social/post/3lo2tqoo2qs2n
PolitiFact
Trump stated yesterday in ABC interview: Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed. He had ‘MS’ as clear as you can be. Not 'interpreted.’”
Pants on Fire!
They don’t appear in other photos including one shared by Salvadoran government--and more
Trump stated yesterday in ABC interview: Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed. He had ‘MS’ as clear as you can be. Not 'interpreted.’”
Pants on Fire!
They don’t appear in other photos including one shared by Salvadoran government--and more
Link to tweet
In an interview with ABC News’ Terry Moran, President Donald Trump doubled and tripled down on whether deportee Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has MS13, representing the MS-13 gang, tattooed on his knuckles. Trump cited an altered image as evidence.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/apr/30/donald-trump/trump-abrego-garcia-hand-tattoos-abc-news/
Our ruling
Trump said Abrego Garcia "had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed. … He had ‘MS’ as clear as you can be. Not 'interpreted.’"
The figures M, S, 1 and 3 and the words below the symbols don’t appear in other photographs of Abrego Garcia’s hand, including one shared by the Salvadoran government.
Experts in MS-13 and other gangs say the pictorial tattoos shown are not typical designs for MS-13 or other gangs, and they say that several of those tattoos are commonly used by people unaffiliated with gangs.
We rate the statement Pants on Fire!
Trump said Abrego Garcia "had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed. … He had ‘MS’ as clear as you can be. Not 'interpreted.’"
The figures M, S, 1 and 3 and the words below the symbols don’t appear in other photographs of Abrego Garcia’s hand, including one shared by the Salvadoran government.
Experts in MS-13 and other gangs say the pictorial tattoos shown are not typical designs for MS-13 or other gangs, and they say that several of those tattoos are commonly used by people unaffiliated with gangs.
We rate the statement Pants on Fire!
