President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that a top Democrat and vocal critic of his presidency told him that he would be “one of the great presidents in the history of our country.”In one of several specious claims from his interview with The New York Times, Trump told reporter Maggie Haberman that Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) TRUMP: And then he went out and I watched him on television yesterday and I said, “Was that the same man?” [Laughter.] As it turns out, Trump was, unsurprisingly, exaggerating this conversation ― and he omitted a major “if,” according to Cummings. Not quite “one of the great presidents in the history of our country.”At that same meeting, Cummings said that he confronted Trump about his unfounded claims of massive voter fraud and the offensive way in which he characterized the black community during his campaign. “When we hear those words about carnage and we are living in depressed situations, I told him it was very hurtful,” Cummings said last month.

Source: Huffington Post April 06, 2017 13:18 UTC