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Fact-Check Exposes Trump’s Fabricated Brexit Anecdote and Wider Pattern of False Stories

CNN’s Daniel Dale highlights eight additional fabricated anecdotes Trump used to inflate his image at the expense of rivals

In this June 25, 2016 photo, Donald Trump speaks to the media on the golf course at his Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland.
President Donald Trump puts on a "Make America Great Again" hat on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on Friday, July 4.
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Overview

  • On July 30, CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale debunked Trump’s claim that he visited Scotland the day before the 2016 Brexit referendum and made a correct prediction.
  • Travel records confirm Trump’s Turnberry visit occurred the day after the vote, contradicting his account of pre-referendum foresight.
  • Dale’s analysis identifies at least eight other false narratives from Trump, including bogus quotes on opposing the 2003 Iraq invasion and deploying the National Guard during Minneapolis unrest.
  • Media experts say Trump’s vivid but fictional anecdotes are part of a deliberate strategy to project prescience on policy issues and diminish opponents.
  • The July 27–28 Turnberry summit with UK Labour leader Keir Starmer illustrates how Trump leverages private resort settings to blend diplomacy with personal image-building.