A post by US President Donald Trump has been given a fact-check label by Twitter for the first time.

President Trump tweeted: "There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent."

Twitter placed a warning label under that message and a subsequent tweet.

The US president has made several unsubstantiated claims about the validity of mail-in ballots over the past week.

Twitter's notification displays a blue exclamation mark underneath the tweets, suggesting readers "get the facts about mail-in ballots".

The social media company had pledged to increase the warning labels under false or misleading information on its site but it has been slow to take steps against the US president.

Twitter said the message "contain potentially misleading information about voting processes".

The company updated its policies on warning labels early this month.

The move comes on the heels of Twitters decision not to remove comment President Trump made about the death Lori Klausutis in 2001. The president has tweeted several messages promoting a conspiracy theory that Ms Klausutis was murdered by MSNBC host Joe Scarborough.

Her widower Timothy Klausutis asked twitter to remove the post.

The company declined to take down those tweets but told Mr Klausutis it was "deeply sorry" about the pain caused by the president's statements.

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Leave trump alone

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The chief "Fake News" provocateur has been multiply busted as a purveyor of such fake, or at the very least misleading news himself.

Twitter is basically calling Trump a liar, and they aren't the only ones!

There are two types of publicity.

The good kind: good image, butter can't melt in mouth type, prim and proper -its very hard to sustain but can last several lifetimes.


The bad kind: anything goes, from zero to hero in a second, loves drama ,brash, weird , shocking. Just like tv ratings -only good for a day or two. Shoots you to the limelight but you have to do more horrible things to stay in the spotlight.

The first is the example of the Obamas, the British aristocracy, etc

The second is the Trump, Kardashians etc.

And many celebrities use a combination of the two.

The only solution is to IGNORE, IGNORE AND IGNORE.


and watch them curl up and ..........