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Trump says again of the U.S. percentage of NATO members' defence spending: "Anywhere from 70 to 90, and I choose 90." He is choosing to lie. It's 72%.
Trump is asked to elaborate on how immigrants have damaged the "culture" of Europe. He says: "I think it's been very bad for Europe...Europe is a place I know very well and I think what has happened is very tough...you see the same terror attacks that I do."
Trump doesn't explain what he meant by "culture." He says: "I know it's politically not necessarily correct to say that, but I'll say it, and I'll say it loud. I think they better watch themselves, because they are changing culture."
After Trump's anti-immigrant monologue, May begins by standing up for them: "The UK has a proud history of welcoming people who are fleeing persecution...people who want to come to our country to contribute...Immigration has been good for the UK."
Trump says he has given NATO more "spirit" "than NATO probably has ever had."
Trump: "We've become an oil exporter, which wouldn't have happened under the past regime or a new regime if it weren't us." The U.S. has official data on oil exports going back 100 years. It's still not a net exporter.
Trump: "We have been far tougher on Russia than anybody."
For the 45th time, Trump falsely claims, of China, "We're behind, every year, for many years, $500 billion." The U.S. has never once had a $500 billion trade deficit with China. It was $337 billion last year.
Trump is bashing U.S. media outlets, including NBC and CNN. He adds, "We have a lot of false reporting in this country. I don't think you have that in your country, prime minister." May does a forced laugh.
Standing beside May, Trump repeats, "Boris Johnson I think would be a great prime minister." He says he also said May herself is doing a "fantastic job."
For the 9th time, Trump falsely claims the EU won't take American farm products. (The U.S. sold $11.6 billion in agricultural products to the EU last year.) For the 20th time, Trump falsely claims the trade deficit with the EU is $151 billion. ($102 billion including services.)
Trump on his Brexit advice to May: "I think she found it maybe too brutal."
Trump to a CNN reporter trying to ask a question: "CNN is fake news. I don't take questions from CNN. John Roberts of Fox."
Trump on his challenge trying to watch the Strzok testimony yesterday: "Here it's a different time zone, to put it mildly."
Told that Russia continues to "illegally occupy" Crimea, Trump says, "Yes, they do." (I wouldn't make much of this.) He proceeds to bash Obama, saying Obama failed "badly" on Crimea.
Trump: "I'm not bad at doing things. If you look at what I've done compared to what other people have done 160 days in, there's nobody even close, I don't believe."

He's been president for 540 days.
Trump adds new imaginary details - "at the 9th hole, overlooking the ocean" - to his total lie about being in Scotland the day before Brexit and predicting it. (He wasn't in Scotland until the day after, didn't predict it the day before.) Says we all probably remember this.
Trump cites his smart scientist uncle in saying he has a good understanding of nuclear proliferation: "I understand nuclear. Look up Dr. John Trump at MIT...I used to talk nuclear with him."
Trump says he can't overestimate how big yesterday's imaginary developments at NATO were: "I mean, they had spirit..I'll tell you what, every single person in that room was gung-ho to get it done, get the money in."
Trump says he said nice things about May. "I wish they put that in the headline." He says he told May he wanted to apologize, and that he said "such good things" about her to the Sun, and May told him not to worry, it's "only the press."
Trump calls the gas pipeline from Russia "horrible," repeats his false claim that Germany is getting "70% of their energy" from Russia.
To be clear, he suggested he "apologized" because he wasn't quoted the way he wanted to be - with the headline emphasizing the "nice" things he said about May - not for the content of his remarks.
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