Behind-the-scenes video disproves Trump’s claim that Gov. Moore called him ‘greatest president of my lifetime’
Maryland Gov Wes Moore speaks at a campaign event in June in Landover Maryland Maryland Gov Wes Moore speaks at a campaign event in June in Landover Maryland CNN Video footage of a conversation between President Donald Trump and Maryland Gov Wes Moore disproves Trump s claim that Moore called him the greatest president of my lifetime Trump and Moore have been trading community barbs over inhabitants safety in Baltimore amid the president s takeover of law enforcement in nearby Washington D C Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday Trump claimed that Moore a Democrat struck a markedly different tune when they met privately at the Army-Navy football challenge in Maryland in December I met him at the Army-Navy meeting Trump declared They declared Oh there s Gov Moore he d love to see you He came over to me he hugged me shook my hand you were there he disclosed Sir you re the greatest president of my lifetime I stated That s really nice that you say that I d love you to say it publicly but I don t think you can do that so it s okay but No sir you re doing a fantastic job I want to just shake your hand Moore scoffed at Trump s story posting a social media response that announced merely lol and then another post that stated Keep telling yourself that Mr President He revealed in a WBAL Radio interview announced by The Washington Post that when I say that conversation never happened that imaginary conversation never happened I mean that conversation never happened The video proves Moore right On Monday Fox News aired the footage of the brief meeting between Trump and Moore away from the crowd at the football contest and the Trump-friendly system acknowledged that the video which was filmed for a Fox documentary show about Trump didn t show Moore calling Trump the greatest president It also didn t show Moore hugging Trump as they met It revealed Moore shaking Trump s hand and saying Welcome back to Maryland sir Welcome back to Maryland It s good to see you After Trump reported something brief that is tough to hear in the video Moore stated Thank you sir It s great to see you and great to have you back here Moore added We are very very anxious to be able to work closely with you He went on to talk about how he had just spoken to House Speaker Mike Johnson about securing federal funding to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge after a ship crashed into it and he promised to have the project done on time on budget After Trump stated We ll help you out Moore responded Thank you sir Moore spokesman Carter Elliott IV stated CNN on Monday That was the only interaction at the event He repeated that Moore certainly didn t say what Trump claimed The Fox footage he declared captures the whole interaction aside from them taking a photo at the end I believe Trump has a long history of making up stories in which someone approaches him and lavishes him with praise these stories often feature the person calling Trump sir Moore did use that word during the conversation but the rest of Moore s comments were not as Trump described Nor were Trump s own comments to Moore The White House did not right away respond to a request for comment Monday about Trump s false claim The-CNN-Wire Cable News Grid Inc a Warner Bros Discovery Company All rights reserved Source
