Donald Trump took to Twitter on Thursday to double down on his false claim that Hurricane Dorian was on a path to hitting Alabama, a day after he held up a forecast amended in marker to show the Yellowhammer State in Dorian’s path.
It is truly remarkable at this point that Trump refuses to admit he was wrong.
Trump, who started the controversy when he tweeted Sept. 1 that Alabama would be impacted by Dorian despite forecasts not backing up the claim, tweeted again Thursday with National Weather Service maps from Aug. 29 and Aug. 30 that showed part of Alabama with a 5 to 10 percent chance of tropical storm force winds:
Just as I said, Alabama was originally projected to be hit. The Fake News denies it! pic.twitter.com/elJ7ROfm2p [1]
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2019 [2]
Trump failed to mention that those forecasts were outdated by the time he declared Alabama in the danger zone on Sunday.
Trump also retweeted Thursday an Aug. 30 tweet from the Alabama National Guard in an attempt to back up his claim:
I was with you all the way Alabama. The Fake News Media was not! https://t.co/gO5pwahaj9 [3]
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2019 [4]
Trump’s Thursday tweetstorm came a day after he gave an update on Dorian holding an earlier forecast of the hurricane amended with black marker to include Alabama in the storm’s path.
At this point, Twitter is in shock:
oh my god he's still going https://t.co/xZVT6cvjQu [5]
— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) September 5, 2019 [6]
As the storm is literally battering the Carolinas, Trump is showing forecasts from Wednesday/Thursday of last week to justify tweeting on Sunday of this week that "Alabama will most likely be hit (much) harder than anticipated." https://t.co/WcsFYW7ZLv [7]
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) September 5, 2019 [8]
It. Never. Ends. https://t.co/1tlkZtE1lf [9]
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 5, 2019 [10]
.@realDonaldTrump [11]'s insistence on being right, regardless of the facts, should terrify you.
This isn't funny anymore. https://t.co/eHLYVkV7nw [12]
— Proud Navy Veteran 🎖️🌊⚓️ (@naretevduorp) September 5, 2019 [13]
Either Trump is spending his days being an internet troll or he's really this unhinged.
What a time to be alive. https://t.co/Z65Mvx53eX [14]
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) September 5, 2019 [15]
He's obviously not going to let this go and these maps are not at all vindicating. Three days after these were produced when Dorian's track had shifted dramatically east, Trump falsely claimed "Alabama, will most likely be hit (much) harder than anticipated" confusing the public https://t.co/fx9Ncacghq [16]
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) September 5, 2019 [17]
Narcisitic Personality Disorder, said what? https://t.co/Jt9o4oxQzh [18]
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) September 5, 2019 [19]
Determined to prove he is very crazy instead of a little wrong. #memegasoline [20] https://t.co/UljaCInakC [21]
— J. Elvis Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) September 5, 2019 [22]