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Trump told The Hill that "Obama thought it was gonna be war" with North Korea. Former Obama aides say Obama didn't think that and certainly didn't say that to Trump, as Trump has claimed. We know Obama told Trump North Korea would be the most urgent or hardest problem he'd face. 
Speaking of Iran, Trump told the Hill that John Kerry "talks to them all the time." A source close to Kerry told CNN that Kerry hasn't spoken to the Iranians in over a year, since Trump announced his withdrawal from the nuclear deal in May 2018. cnn.com/2019/05/09/pol…
In a Sir Story, Trump said he is personally responsible for the return of fireworks to Mount Rushmore.
Trump claimed that the New York Times's David Sanger did not ask the White House for comment for his story on US cyber efforts related to Russia's power grid. The story says they contacted National Security Advisor John Bolton and the National Security Council.
Interesting sequencing and phrasing of interview questions here.
Trump regularly claims that the US is the only country, or one of the only countries, where people are granted temporary entry and access to a legal process if they arrive and claim asylum. It's not. This is what happens in countries around the world.
