Watch: Trump Claims—Wrongly—That Obama “Didn’t Make Calls” to Families of Dead American Soldiers

This happened during a press conference held on Monday afternoon:

Trump claims that Obama and “most” other presidents “didn’t make calls” to families of fallen American soldiers. pic.twitter.com/TQJtkbyc1s

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) October 16, 2017

Here’s what Obama’s former deputy chief of staff had to say:

that’s a fucking lie. to say president obama (or past presidents) didn’t call the family members of soldiers KIA – he’s a deranged animal.

— Alyssa Mastromonaco (@AlyssaMastro44) October 16, 2017

Trump was pressed on his statement, and immediately backed down:

Called out on his lie about Obama not calling families of fallen soldiers, Trump tries to pin blame on his generals pic.twitter.com/0KUlKWQR4j

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2017