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White House struggles to defend Trump’s ‘Unabomber’ anecdote amid ridicule
A reporter asked Karoline Leavitt about a weird anecdote the president shared this week about his uncle, MIT and Ted ...
Fact check: Trump tells fictional story about his uncle and the Unabomber
President Donald Trump likes to boast about the brilliance of his late uncle John Trump, who spent decades as a professor of ...
CNN Guest Roasts MAGA Panelist’s ‘Kool-Aid’ Defense of Trump’s Wild Memory Lapse
The debate, which also featured host Abby Phillip and CNN MAGA contributor Scott Jennings, centered on Trump’s newest ...
Trump, Cornered on Epstein Files, Invents Personal Connection to the Unabomber
Trump’s uncle John, the MIT professor, died in 1985—11 years before the FBI determined that the Unabomber was a math Ph.D.
White House stonewalls when pressed to explain Trump’s implausible Unabomber story
Press Secretary offers non-answer when asked about Trump’s impossible claim that his MIT professor uncle once taught future ...
CNN anchor slams Trump loyalist with snarky one-liner: ‘You sound like Joe Biden’s aides!’
Trump, 79, is the oldest president to be sworn into office. On Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt ...
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Trump’s Brag About His ‘Great’ Uncle Takes A Truly Wild Turn
President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that his uncle, John Trump, taught Ted Kaczynski, the “Unabomber” terrorist who used ...