Trump reposts quote attributed to Denzel Washington praising him
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Covered by 5 outlets, all left-leaning.
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MeidasTouch, The Independent, The Daily Beast and HuffPost report that President Donald Trump shared a social media post with a quote attributed to actor Denzel Washington praising him. HuffPost says the post came from the X account Red Eagle Updates. The Independent says the made-up praise has been circulating online for years. Citing the fact-checking site Snopes, HuffPost reports that Snopes found no reporting that Washington spoke favorably of Trump on major news outlets and rated the repost false. The Daily Beast says Washington has never said anything about the president.
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President Donald Trump shared a social media post containing a quote attributed to Denzel Washington praising him.
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- MeidasTouch, The Daily Beast, HuffPost
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- The Independent
The quote was first posted on X by the account Red Eagle Updates.
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- The Daily Beast, HuffPost
Fact-checking site Snopes found no reporting that Washington spoke favorably of Trump on major news outlets and rated the repost 100% false.
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The Daily Beast reports that Washington never actually said anything about the president.
One outletThe Daily Beast· Far Left
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All four outlets report that Trump shared a made-up quote attributed to Denzel Washington praising him, and that a fact-check found no record of Washington saying it. Only the left is present; it frames the story as Trump falling for a fabrication, with Far Left outlets using sharper wording.
the left
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Headlines call the quote fake and say Trump fell for it; Far Left outlets add ‘brutally fact-checked’, while The Independent states only that he shared a made-up quote.
Trump, 80, Loaded verb“Falls for”The verb presents Trump as having been deceived, which is a judgement the headline states as fact.More neutral: sharesDisagree with this highlight? Fake Gushing Praise From Oscar Winner
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Falls forMore neutral: shares
The verb presents Trump as having been deceived, which is a judgement the headline states as fact.
Trump Falls for Fake Denzel Washington Endorsement
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Brutally Fact-CheckedMore neutral: Trump Is Fact-Checked for Sharing a False Claim About Denzel Washington
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Trump Gets Brutally Fact-Checked For Claiming Denzel Washington Called Him A ‘Great Friend’
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From the left
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- Trump falling for a fake quote
- Snopes fact-check
- Red Eagle Updates as the origin
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- TheGrioLeft
Fake Denzel Washington quote praising Trump resurfaces on the president’s social media account
Donald Trump shared a fake Denzel Washington quote on Truth Social. The actor’s representative confirmed the praise attributed to him
- HuffPostFar Left
Trump Gets Sensational language“Brutally Fact-Checked”The word ‘brutally’ adds drama beyond the fact that a fact-check was published.More neutral: Trump Is Fact-Checked for Sharing a False Claim About Denzel WashingtonDisagree with this highlight? For Claiming Denzel Washington Called Him A ‘Great Friend’
The phony post alleged the Oscar winner said he will “never apologize” for being a supporter of the president.
- The Daily BeastFar Left
Trump, 80, Loaded verb“Falls for”The verb presents Trump as having been deceived, which is a judgement the headline states as fact.More neutral: sharesDisagree with this highlight? Fake Gushing Praise From Oscar Winner
Donald Trump has shared a quote by Denzel Washington praising him, even though the Oscar winner never actually said anything about the president. Trump, 80, reshared a quote attributed to Washington, 71, in which the Oscar winner praised the president. …
- The IndependentLeft
Trump shares made-up Denzel Washington quote backing the president
Made-up praise has been circulating online for years
- MeidasTouchFar Left
Trump Loaded verb“Falls for”The verb presents Trump as having been deceived, which is a judgement the headline states as fact.More neutral: sharesDisagree with this highlight? Fake Denzel Washington Endorsement
The president shared a debunked quote praising him as “smarter” than anyone the actor had ever met.
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- MeidasTouchFar LeftOct 12, 9:34 AM EDT
- The IndependentLeftOct 12, 10:26 AM EDT
- The Daily BeastFar LeftOct 12, 12:20 PM EDT
- HuffPostFar LeftOct 12, 5:37 PM EDT
- TheGrioLeftOct 13, 12:58 PM EDT
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