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TrumpThe Possible Source of Trump’s False $2 Gasoline Claim The national average price of a gallon o...<br><br><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/the-possible-source-of-trumps-false-2-gasoline-claim/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/the-possible-source-of-trumps-false-2-gasoline-claim/</a><br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactCheck" target="_blank">#FactCheck</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Posts" target="_blank">#Posts</a><br><br><a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=DCxeYRKwlSGSdMz9KWcPkUWfxs8&amp;interestId=Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Result Details</a>
TrumpWas Record of Heroic Nurse Wiped from Defense Department Archives? Q: Did President Donald Trump ...<br><br><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/was-record-of-heroic-nurse-wiped-from-defense-department-archives/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/was-record-of-heroic-nurse-wiped-from-defense-department-archives/</a><br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ask" target="_blank">#Ask</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactCheck" target="_blank">#FactCheck</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debunking" target="_blank">#Debunking</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Viral" target="_blank">#Viral</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Claims" target="_blank">#Claims</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactCheck" target="_blank">#FactCheck</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Posts" target="_blank">#Posts</a><br><br><a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=NF22NLcvrEDUxLuplQrVrjvjL9s&amp;interestId=Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Result Details</a>
Impish4249<p>I know we've all heard thing like "fight fire with fire" but we must fight lies with truth, not more lies.</p><p>Here's an example that went from spoof to misinformation in the blink of an eye. It gives the likes of Fox News fodder to feed the gullible people...like my own elderly father.</p><p>Please use services like Snopes or NewsGuard to be sure you're not just making things worse.</p><p>Did I boost this myself? Yep! Guilty! Going back to fix that now.</p><p><a href="https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/163211332/viral-posts-claim-harvard-responded-to-threatening-letter-from-education-department-with-a-tough-edit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/16</span><span class="invisible">3211332/viral-posts-claim-harvard-responded-to-threatening-letter-from-education-department-with-a-tough-edit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/factcheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factcheck</span></a></p>
SnowshadowII :maple:<p>Fact Checking Trump ✅ ❌ <br>(We need a lifetime! Imagine the wasted electricity)</p><p>Trump says Trudeau responsible for Russia's G8 removal, which took place under Harper</p><p>False ❌ PMJustin Trudeau and former U.S. president Barack Obama "headed" the decision. <br>"They were the ones that really fought hard to get Russia out," he said. [of the G8]</p><p>Truth ✅ Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 prompted the other seven member countries, the president of the European Council and the president of the European Commission to issue a declaration condemning the action. </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/G7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>G7</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/fact_checking/trump-says-trudeau-responsible-for-russias-g8-removal-which-took-place-under-harper/article_8b0c1406-a17f-5e7a-a2c6-8c5f168d3eb1.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecanadianpressnews.ca/fact_c</span><span class="invisible">hecking/trump-says-trudeau-responsible-for-russias-g8-removal-which-took-place-under-harper/article_8b0c1406-a17f-5e7a-a2c6-8c5f168d3eb1.html</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>. Misleads About Safety of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccine</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/rfk-jr-misleads-about-safety-of-covid-19-vaccine-in-children/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">factcheck.org/2025/05/rfk-jr-m</span><span class="invisible">isleads-about-safety-of-covid-19-vaccine-in-children/</span></a><br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/trump-pull-covid-vaccine-recommendation-children-00304091" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/04/22/t</span><span class="invisible">rump-pull-covid-vaccine-recommendation-children-00304091</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FACTCHECK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FACTCHECK</span></a></p>
TrumpWas Record of Heroic Nurse Wiped from Defense Department Archives? Q. Did President Donald Trump ...<br><br><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/was-record-of-heroic-nurse-wiped-from-defense-department-archives/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/was-record-of-heroic-nurse-wiped-from-defense-department-archives/</a><br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ask" target="_blank">#Ask</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactCheck" target="_blank">#FactCheck</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debunking" target="_blank">#Debunking</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Viral" target="_blank">#Viral</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Claims" target="_blank">#Claims</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactCheck" target="_blank">#FactCheck</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Posts" target="_blank">#Posts</a><br><br><a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=D5m40j0wmWRWyJX46UBlVufBU8W&amp;interestId=Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Result Details</a>
TrumpThe Possible Source of Trump’s False $2 Gasoline Claim The national average price of a gallon o...<br><br><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/the-possible-source-of-trumps-false-2-gasoline-claim/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/the-possible-source-of-trumps-false-2-gasoline-claim/</a><br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactCheck" target="_blank">#FactCheck</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Posts" target="_blank">#Posts</a><br><br><a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=AwUMqEWPtorltR63elMoOumF0hE&amp;interestId=Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Result Details</a>
TrumpTrump’s Stock Market Blame-Shifting President Donald Trump said the faltering stock market "...<br><br><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/trumps-stock-market-blame-shifting/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/trumps-stock-market-blame-shifting/</a><br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactCheck" target="_blank">#FactCheck</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Posts" target="_blank">#Posts</a><br><br><a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=LfVOg5q1xSfg8EiQUwvURopYiJM&amp;interestId=Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Result Details</a>
A. Rivera<p>&gt; Fact check: Has Canadian tourism to Florida dropped by 80 percent? <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/8/fact-check-has-canadian-tourism-to-florida-dropped-by-80-percent?traffic_source=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/8/fa</span><span class="invisible">ct-check-has-canadian-tourism-to-florida-dropped-by-80-percent?traffic_source=rss</span></a></p><p>Is it down? Yes. Is it 80% as they claim? Most likely no. This is a case of taking a number, rounding up, then rounding up again and cherry picking it out of context, as politicians often do. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAFO</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Floriduh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Floriduh</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BoycottUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottUSA</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a></p>
TrumpBondi Far Overstates the Impact of Fentanyl Seizures on American Lives In the April 30 meeting of...<br><br><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/bondi-far-overstates-the-impact-of-fentanyl-seizures-on-american-lives/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/bondi-far-overstates-the-impact-of-fentanyl-seizures-on-american-lives/</a><br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactCheck" target="_blank">#FactCheck</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Posts" target="_blank">#Posts</a><br><br><a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=H7b4CheX0ixr24WKnxjYXSUxfZQ&amp;interestId=Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Result Details</a>
TrumpTrump’s False Claims about Gas, Egg Prices Several times over the last week, President Donald T...<br><br><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/04/trumps-false-claims-about-gas-egg-prices/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.factcheck.org/2025/04/trumps-false-claims-about-gas-egg-prices/</a><br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactCheck" target="_blank">#FactCheck</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Posts" target="_blank">#Posts</a><br><br><a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=INzsIY40zt6bUQKnueSoMKswNbU&amp;interestId=Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Result Details</a>
Nonilex<p>More unbelievable <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaslighting</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> made the argument that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is “a genuine humanitarian,” &amp; said “he just wants the killing to stop.”</p><p>Right, the guy deporting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> who are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UScitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UScitizens</span></a>, sending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/asylum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asylum</span></a> seekers to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CECOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CECOT</span></a> &amp; now <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Libya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libya</span></a>, separating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>families</span></a>, canceling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> to combat <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfectiousDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfectiousDisease</span></a> &amp; to make heart pumps for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/babies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>babies</span></a> w/ heart defects, yeah he’s a real <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a>. Go fuck yourself JD.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VanceLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanceLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a>'s Vice President effectively acknowledges that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin's claim that the United States doesn’t have the power to retrieve the people it sent there is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lie</span></a>.</p><p>“we don't see this as an issue of international law or international conflict insofar as what we're doing is providing a service. The status of the detainees or the people who come here isn't assessed by El Salvador; it's assessed by the state that requests the service.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Declassified National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> Council, Sense of the Community Memo:</p><p>"The Maduro regime probably does not have a policy of cooperating with TDA &amp; is not directing TDA movement to &amp; operations in the United States."</p><p>Yet <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> lawyers argue the opposite to courts &amp; is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> rationale for invoking the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienEnemiesAct</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a>: <br>Photo Of Man In <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SS</span></a> Uniform Is NOT <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeorgeSoros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeSoros</span></a> -- It's Oskar Gröning, A Corporal in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a>'s Waffen SS At <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Auschwitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auschwitz</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/05/fact-check-man-in-photo-of-ss-officer-is-not-george-soros.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">leadstories.com/hoax-alert/202</span><span class="invisible">5/05/fact-check-man-in-photo-of-ss-officer-is-not-george-soros.html</span></a></p>
Maxime Combes<p>A Paris, E. Macron organise <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/ChooseEuropeForScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChooseEuropeForScience</span></a> pour attirer les chercheurs US</p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> : <br>1⃣budget Enseignement sup &amp; recherche 2025 : -1,5 milliard €<br>2⃣1,6 Md € de crédits annulés sur 2024-2025<br>3⃣Les dépenses de recherche baissent<br>4⃣Le budget par étudiant chute</p><p>CQFD ?</p>
Mr Tech King<p>Grok AI on X keeps giving MAGA users headaches. Instead of boosting conspiracies, it serves up facts, nuance, and calls out misinformation, even from Musk. A reality check for the platform. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GrokAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrokAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a></p>
TrumpTrump’s Stock Market Blame-Shifting President Donald Trump said the faltering stock market "...<br><br><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/trumps-stock-market-blame-shifting/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/trumps-stock-market-blame-shifting/</a><br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FactCheck" target="_blank">#FactCheck</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Posts" target="_blank">#Posts</a><br><br><a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=CcEs1eZ2cXHbrqR3QZTOfdTElxw&amp;interestId=Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Result Details</a>
Nonilex<p>While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> insisted he did not know about the image of himself as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pope</span></a>, it was posted by the White House on X &amp; by HIS OWN Truth Social account, which has shared several apparently AI-generated images.</p><p>Asked by reporters last week who he would like to be pope, Trump first made the joke that he was his own “No. 1” choice. He then referred to Cardinal Dolan as “a very good” option. (Dolan is not a likely candidate.)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heresy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heresy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idolatry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idolatry</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Umm. There’s proof he did just that. ↑</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said he had “nothing to do with” an image depicting him as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pope</span></a> that was posted by his &amp; the White House social media accounts, drawing criticism from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Catholics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catholics</span></a> around the globe. Trump, who previously told reporters that he was his own “No. 1” choice to be the next pope, insisted on Monday, “The Catholics loved it.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heresy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heresy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idolatry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idolatry</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/trump-pope-photo-ai.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-pope-photo-ai.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
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