Donald Trump’s White House spokespeople have a favorite two-step reply when reporters ask them to comment on one of the president’s false claims. First: They say, “President Trump is right.”Second: They defend some related point that isn’t the one Trump actually made. Trump’s communications team has returned to this “President Trump is right” template again and again during his second presidency. A highly unusual White House tacticThe White House on March 2. So why do his second-term aides habitually put their names on “President Trump is right” quotes when he plainly isn’t right?

Source: CNN March 23, 2026 14:00 UTC