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Search results for "White House lashes out at reporters who show Trump dozing off in Oval Office calling them 'morons.'"

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Donald Trump stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says a Ted Cruz ad has "got me bull-dozing down a house. I never bulldozed it down. It's false advertising."
By Lauren Carroll• January 24, 2016
X posts stated on April 21, 2026 in an X post:
“Newly released FOIA door logs show that former President Joe Biden didn't enter the Oval Office once after the 2024 election.”
By Maria Briceño• April 22, 2026
Bloggers stated on July 01, 2014 in various posts on the Internet:
"Justice John Roberts Signed Off On Obama’s Arrest For Treason."
By Louis Jacobson• July 9, 2014
X posts stated on November 06, 2025 in an X post:
“RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.”
By Maria Briceño• November 7, 2025
Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Clint Eastwood called Barack Obama an "incompetent, lying, insincere, narcissistic, double-talking, socialist hypocrite, and fiscally irresponsible moron who spent eight years in the White House trying to … turn our wonderful country into a Muslim loving, socialist sh--hole like the one he came from, and I don’t mean Hawaii!"
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 5, 2019
Julián Castro stated on September 04, 2012 in a keynote speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
"Seven presidents before (Barack Obama) -- Republicans and Democrats -- tried to expand health care to all Americans."
By Louis Jacobson• September 5, 2012
Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House.
By Samantha Putterman• September 11, 2019
Hogan Gidley stated on January 17, 2021 in a Fox News interview:
President Donald Trump “can’t say anything (about the U.S. Capitol riot) because the platforms have removed him.”
By Bill McCarthy• January 18, 2021
X posts stated on July 25, 2024 in X posts:
Videos show Jill Biden alone in Paris and at White House with Joe Biden at the same time.
By Jeff Cercone• July 25, 2024
YourNewsWire.com stated on February 08, 2018 in in a fake news blog post :
Says Melania Trump hired exorcist to "cleanse White House of Obama demons."
By Mica Soellner• February 19, 2018
Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden’s inauguration was fake and he is not the legitimate president.
By Samantha Putterman• January 29, 2021
Jimmy Kimmel stated on June 06, 2019 in on "Jimmy Kimmel Live":
"Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached."
By Bill McCarthy• June 13, 2019
Ken Langone stated on July 28, 2011 in an interview on CNBC:
In contrast to President Barack Obama, who "is not acting presidential," President Ronald Reagan "would never go into the Oval Office without his jacket on — that's how much he revered the presidency."
By Louis Jacobson• August 1, 2011
Glenn Grothman stated on January 15, 2018 in a public forum:
"The past president (Barack Obama) brought Al Sharpton into the White House something like 80 times."  
By D.L. Davis• February 9, 2018
Donald Trump stated on April 09, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.
By Amy Sherman• April 9, 2025
Donald Trump stated on August 07, 2017 in a tweet:
Says his time away from Washington coincides with a "long planned renovation" for the White House.
By Manuela Tobias• August 8, 2017
Viral image stated on October 23, 2022 in an Instagram post:
There are no photos of “Biden in the Oval Office” from after early 2021.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 24, 2022
Viral image stated on October 09, 2017 in Internet posts:
A viral image shows LeBron James wearing a T-shirt that reads, "We march, y’all mad. We sit down, y’all mad. We speak up, y’all mad. We die, y’all silent."
By Joshua Gillin• October 12, 2017
Viral image stated on October 21, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Clint Eastwood called Joe Biden an “incompetent, lying, flip-flopping, insincere, double-talking, radical socialist.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 28, 2020
Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video shows the Bitcoin whitepaper “was spotted at the White House.”
By Loreben Tuquero• March 27, 2025

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