Trump Shows Hurricane's Path With Apparent Doctored Bubble To Include Alabama

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Source: TPM





U.S. President Donald Trump (R) references a map while talking to reporters following a briefing from officials about Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office at the White House September 04, 2019 in Washington, DC. Trump... MORE
By Kate Riga
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September 4, 2019 2:53 pm


President Donald Trump on Wednesday displayed a map of Hurricane Dorian’s path that appeared to feature a bubble scribbled on to include Alabama, a state which Trump had earlier insisted, against direct proof, would be hit.

For reference, here’s a zoomed-in picture of Trump’s map:
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

“It was going to be hitting directly, and it would have affected a lot of other states,” Trump said in the Oval Office Wednesday, alongside Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan. “But that was the original chart. You see, it was going to hit not only Florida, but Georgia. It was going toward the Gulf. That was what was originally projected.”

And here’s Dorian’s official path from the National Hurricane Center website (though the storm moves, it never crosses Alabama’s border and there is no black bubble):
National Hurricane Center

Since Sunday morning, Trump repeatedly and emphatically insisted that Hurricane Dorian could hit Alabama, even as meteorologists from the local and federal level — aka his own weather service — refuted the claim..........................

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-hurricane-alabama-dorian-weather-service

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For reference, here’s a zoomed-in picture of Trump’s map:

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