President Trump accused NBC News of “purposely” changing the meaning of his comments about Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, saying his remarks were really a “shoutout” to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
“NBC News has totally and purposely changed the point and meaning of my story about General Robert E Lee and General Ulysses Grant. Was actually a shoutout to warrior Grant and the great state in which he was born,” he wrote on Twitter Sunday. “As usual, dishonest reporting. Even mainstream media embarrassed!”
Trump, in a speech last Friday, began a monologue on the Ohio-born Grant, alleging that despite the Union general’s drinking problem, President Abraham Lincoln turned to him to defeat Lee, referring to the Confederate military leader as a “true great fighter.”
The president, during the rally in Lebanon, Ohio, said Lincoln had developed a phobia about Lee and lamented that he couldn’t defeat the southern general – so he called on Grant.
“And he went in and he knocked the hell out of everyone. And you know the story. They said to Lincoln, ‘You can’t use him anymore, he’s an alcoholic.’ And Lincoln said, ‘I don’t care if he’s an alcoholic, frankly, give me six or seven more just like him.’ He started to win. Grant really did – he had a serious problem, a serious drinking problem, but man was he a good general. And he’s finally being recognized as a great general,” Trump told the crowd.
The headline on NBC’s online story said Trump “praises” Lee during rally.
Other news outlets also described the president’s comments as “praising” Lee.
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