FACT CHECK: In attempt to attack the special counsel’s credibility, the president again claimed on Thursday that Robert Mueller really wanted to be his FBI director, but that he had to turn him down because of 'conflicts of interest.'
President Donald Trump held an impromptu news conference with a small number of reporters at the White House on Thursday during an event calling for new laws to protect patients from unexpectedness medical bills.
Puerto Rico has not received $91 billion -- that number represents one reported government estimate of money needed for recovery on the island over many years. In fact, that estimate was considered to be on the"high end" and Congress hasn't even considered giving Puerto Rico that much money. “[Mueller] wanted to become the FBI director. We chose Director [Christopher] Wray instead and told him I'm sorry,” Trump said.
"Even in Ohio, the great state of Ohio yesterday, General Motors at my very strong urging, to put it mildly, very strong urging, I wasn't even nice about it, but I appreciate what they did, they sold the--the beautiful plant, Lordstown," he said. His repeated assertion that the tariffs he has imposed on Chinese goods flow directly to the U.S. Treasury is simply not true.
“These massive payments go directly to the Treasury of the U.S.,” the president claimed in a tweet on Friday.
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