One tweet to make a mockery of this claim, that’s all it took.
Donald Trump is currently under pressure and experiencing intense media scrutiny after a New York Times report claimed the president asked former FBI director James Comey to drop an investigation into Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser.
Congressman calls for the impeachment of Donald Trump with incredibly passionate speech https://t.co/UioUJbP8Qc
— JOE (@JOE_co_uk) May 17, 2017
The Trump administration denied the report, and the president faced further scrutiny when the Washington Post reported that he divulged highly classified material to Russian diplomats in a meeting.
So, it’s been an eventful few weeks for Trump, even by his own standards.
He used an address to graduates of the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut on Wednesday to hit back at his critics
“Look at the way I’ve been treated lately, especially by the media,” Trump said.
“No politician in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly.”
"No politician in history…has been treated worse, or more unfairly" – @POTUS delivers the commencement speech at US Coast Guard Academy pic.twitter.com/QagG7OP1yP
— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 17, 2017
Of course, such a claim is absolute nonsense. Countless politicians have been treated worse than Trump.
Regardless of which political party has earned your allegiance, where you fall on the political spectrum or whether you’re a fan of the 45th President of the United States or not, that was a ridiculous thing to say.
Historian Dan Snow perfectly summed up how nonsensical Trump’s claim was with a series of tweets. He compared Trump’s plight with that of politicians and leaders throughout history, and needless to say, Donald has had it easy by comparison.
Well, the Emperor Valerian was captured in battle, enslaved, used as a foot-stool, forced to drink molten gold and then skinned and stuffed. https://t.co/GoDXp0ZJEq
— Dan Snow (@thehistoryguy) May 17, 2017
After Oliver Cromwell died his corpse was exhumed, hung, drawn and quartered.
— Dan Snow (@thehistoryguy) May 17, 2017
Patrice Lumumba: Congo's 1st democratically elected Prime Minister. Faced Belgian sabotage, insurgency, a coup, was shot & dissolved in acid
— Dan Snow (@thehistoryguy) May 17, 2017
Edward II had his lover murdered, his wife invaded with her boyfriend, he was deposed & murdered, possibly with a red hot poker in the arse
— Dan Snow (@thehistoryguy) May 17, 2017
