(Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)President Trump clearly and unmistakably exaggerated the “horror and devastation” he witnessed in Texas. Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that he had seen this horror and devastation “first hand.”After witnessing first hand the horror & devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey,my heart goes out even more so to the great people of Texas! Personally, I would not claim to have seen Harvey's horror and devastation first hand. Those people may have been witnessing the devastation firsthand, but passing along that information doesn't make Trump's account firsthand. But Trump's tweet leaves an incorrect assessment of his initial trip to Texas after Hurricane Harvey and his level of direct engagement with the storm's effects.

Source: Washington Post August 31, 2017 12:21 UTC