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| Images of Trump in a bathrobe flood Twitter after Spicer says he 'doesn't own one' | |
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| Photographs of Donald Trump wearing a bathrobe have been shared on social media in response to his press secretary’s assertion he “definitely doesn’t wear one”. | Photographs of Donald Trump wearing a bathrobe have been shared on social media in response to his press secretary’s assertion he “definitely doesn’t wear one”. |
| An article published in the New York Times on Sunday painted an unsettling picture of life in the White House, with aides unable to locate light switches being forced to meet in the dark, visitors being left to find their own way out of the building after meetings and a “darkened, mostly empty West Wing”. | An article published in the New York Times on Sunday painted an unsettling picture of life in the White House, with aides unable to locate light switches being forced to meet in the dark, visitors being left to find their own way out of the building after meetings and a “darkened, mostly empty West Wing”. |
| The president, it was reported, spent considerable time “watching television in his bathrobe” and marking up negative news reports with a black Sharpie. | The president, it was reported, spent considerable time “watching television in his bathrobe” and marking up negative news reports with a black Sharpie. |
| The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, said the story was “so riddled with inaccuracies and lies” that the New York Times owed Trump an apology. | The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, said the story was “so riddled with inaccuracies and lies” that the New York Times owed Trump an apology. |
| Trump, too, tweeted that the report by the “failing” newspaper was “total fiction”. | Trump, too, tweeted that the report by the “failing” newspaper was “total fiction”. |
| The failing @nytimes writes total fiction concerning me. They have gotten it wrong for two years, and now are making up stories & sources! | The failing @nytimes writes total fiction concerning me. They have gotten it wrong for two years, and now are making up stories & sources! |
| Spicer took particular issue with the bathrobe report, which he said was “literally the epitome of fake news”. | Spicer took particular issue with the bathrobe report, which he said was “literally the epitome of fake news”. |
| “I don’t think the president owns a bathrobe,” he said. “He definitely doesn’t wear one.” | “I don’t think the president owns a bathrobe,” he said. “He definitely doesn’t wear one.” |
| Some on social media wondered about the basis for Spicer’s assertion. | Some on social media wondered about the basis for Spicer’s assertion. |
| I pray I go the rest of my life not knowing how Sean Spicer became aware of Trump not owning a bathrobe | I pray I go the rest of my life not knowing how Sean Spicer became aware of Trump not owning a bathrobe |
| The press secretary’s priorities were also called into question, given that the Times had also reported that Trump was not fully briefed on the specifics of an executive order he signed granting his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, a seat on the National Security Council. | The press secretary’s priorities were also called into question, given that the Times had also reported that Trump was not fully briefed on the specifics of an executive order he signed granting his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, a seat on the National Security Council. |
| Seems to me the part of the story to refute is the part where the President doesn't know what he's signing. https://t.co/l2F1MTtRuK | Seems to me the part of the story to refute is the part where the President doesn't know what he's signing. https://t.co/l2F1MTtRuK |
| But Spicer’s statement that the president “definitely” did not wear a bathrobe was called into question when old photographs of Trump rugged up in towelling and terry cloth were circulated on social media. | But Spicer’s statement that the president “definitely” did not wear a bathrobe was called into question when old photographs of Trump rugged up in towelling and terry cloth were circulated on social media. |
| Sean Spicer: "I don't think the president owns a bathrobe."Anyone with internet access: pic.twitter.com/SNZBoG0Zcn | Sean Spicer: "I don't think the president owns a bathrobe."Anyone with internet access: pic.twitter.com/SNZBoG0Zcn |
| This is not a montage of Donald Trump in a bathrobe.#spicerfacts #alternativefacts #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/zL7WmUJSTR | This is not a montage of Donald Trump in a bathrobe.#spicerfacts #alternativefacts #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/zL7WmUJSTR |
| Donald Trump would never wear a bathrobe. pic.twitter.com/uGo1unhwE6 | Donald Trump would never wear a bathrobe. pic.twitter.com/uGo1unhwE6 |
| That a hotel magnate would not have a bathrobe struck some as unlikely. | That a hotel magnate would not have a bathrobe struck some as unlikely. |
| .@seanspicer Trump has hotels. Each room has a bathrobe. There's probably a warehouse full of bathrobes. He definitely has a bathrobe. | .@seanspicer Trump has hotels. Each room has a bathrobe. There's probably a warehouse full of bathrobes. He definitely has a bathrobe. |
| "Uh, yeah, I don't think hotel owner Mr Trump owns a bathrobe, or a tiny thing of shampoo, or a mini tube of Pringles, or a shower cap..." | "Uh, yeah, I don't think hotel owner Mr Trump owns a bathrobe, or a tiny thing of shampoo, or a mini tube of Pringles, or a shower cap..." |
| In July last year, the television personality Mike Rowe auctioned off a robe from Trump Tower that had been autographed by the now-president. | In July last year, the television personality Mike Rowe auctioned off a robe from Trump Tower that had been autographed by the now-president. |
| Speaking of Donald Trump and bathrobes, Mike Rowe once auctioned an autographed Trump bathrobe https://t.co/gxBktjoCYd pic.twitter.com/V7vB6mQ6xT | Speaking of Donald Trump and bathrobes, Mike Rowe once auctioned an autographed Trump bathrobe https://t.co/gxBktjoCYd pic.twitter.com/V7vB6mQ6xT |
| Many more expressed displeasure at seeing dated pictures of Trump donning a robe. | Many more expressed displeasure at seeing dated pictures of Trump donning a robe. |
| What in the hell? My feed is full of Trump bathrobe photos. pic.twitter.com/giltIo42fq | What in the hell? My feed is full of Trump bathrobe photos. pic.twitter.com/giltIo42fq |
| Me: "Time to log onto the ol' Twitter!"*HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS OF TRUMP IN A BATHROBE*Me: pic.twitter.com/mTGg5OfUbl | Me: "Time to log onto the ol' Twitter!"*HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS OF TRUMP IN A BATHROBE*Me: pic.twitter.com/mTGg5OfUbl |