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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Examining claim Trump's mom called him an 'idiot' who would be 'disaster' in politics
In summer 2025, a years-old quote attributed to U.S. President Donald Trump's mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, made the rounds online again. The alleged quote read: "Yes, he's an idiot with zero common sense, and no social skills, but he IS my son. I just hope he never goes into politics. He'd be a disaster." Many internet users shared the quote in the form of what appeared to be a newspaper clipping. Examples appeared in posts on social media platforms including Threads (archived), Facebook (archived) and Bluesky (archived). (Threads user @luverd3) We first looked into the authenticity of this quote in 2019 and found no evidence Trump's mother had ever made such a statement. Other publications, such as PolitiFact and Reuters, also fact-checked the quote and found no proof it was real. Because digital archives of newspapers, books, and magazines grow and change over time — meaning that it's always possible for new evidence for historical claims to become available — we took another look at the quote after it began circulating again in the months during and after Trump's campaign and eventual victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. In short, just as in 2019, we found no compelling evidence to support claims of the quote's veracity at the time of this writing. We ran searches for the full quote as well as the distinctive clauses "he's an idiot with no common sense" and "I just hope he never goes into politics" on and Gale OneFile, both of which are large databases of periodicals, and found no evidence to support the quote's authenticity. We also searched for the quote on Google Books and the Internet Archive, which likewise returned no evidence that the quote ever appeared with secure attribution in any legitimate publication. A Google search for the quote found no instances of it at all before 2019, nearly two decades after Mary Anne MacLeod Trump's August 2000 death. The absence of any evidence of a quote dating within the alleged originator's lifetime is a common red flag for fake or misattributed quotes. One development since 2019 was the emergence of the supposed newspaper clipping showing the quote underneath a photo of Trump and his mother, which appeared (archived) to have first circulated (archived) online in June 2020. Examples of the clipping, which did not include the name of the paper in which it was allegedly published or a date, appeared (archived) in numerous (archived) posts on X (archived). (X user @RobertCStern) However, we found no evidence that the clipping was genuine. Although the alleged clipping included a genuine photo of Trump and his mother that was prominently featured in a 2016 New Yorker article, titled, "Donald Trump's Immigrant Mother," we found no instances of the photo paired with the quote in any real newspaper or magazine. It remains possible that a primary source proving the quote's authenticity exists somewhere — for example, in a newspaper archive that had not been digitized by the time of this writing — and for that reason we've refrained from issuing a definitive rating. Previously, we looked into the claim that Trump's mother was an undocumented immigrant. Emery, David. "Here's How to Authenticate Viral Quotes Attached to Historical Figures." Snopes, 5 Dec. 2022, Evon, Dan. "Did Trump's Mom Once Call Him an 'Idiot'?" Snopes, 12 Dec. 2019, Fact Check Ratings | Accessed 31 Dec. 2024. "False Claim: Donald Trump's Mother Said He Would Be a Disaster in Politics." Reuters, 17 Apr. 2020. Kasprak, Alex. "FACT CHECK: Was Donald Trump's Mother an Undocumented Immigrant?" Snopes, 30 Jan. 2017, "Mary MacLeod Trump Philanthropist, 88." The New York Times, 9 Aug. 2000, Pilon, Mary. "Donald Trump's Immigrant Mother." The New Yorker, 24 June 2016. Putterman, Samantha. "No Evidence Trump's Mother Called Him an Idiot." @politifact, Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Examining claim Trump's mom called him an 'idiot' who would be 'disaster' in politics
In summer 2025, a years-old quote attributed to U.S. President Donald Trump's mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, made the rounds online again. The alleged quote read: "Yes, he's an idiot with zero common sense, and no social skills, but he IS my son. I just hope he never goes into politics. He'd be a disaster." Many internet users shared the quote in the form of what appeared to be a newspaper clipping. Examples appeared in posts on social media platforms including Threads (archived), Facebook (archived) and Bluesky (archived). (Threads user @luverd3) We first looked into the authenticity of this quote in 2019 and found no evidence Trump's mother had ever made such a statement. Other publications, such as PolitiFact and Reuters, also fact-checked the quote and found no proof it was real. Because digital archives of newspapers, books, and magazines grow and change over time — meaning that it's always possible for new evidence for historical claims to become available — we took another look at the quote after it began circulating again in the months during and after Trump's campaign and eventual victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. In short, just as in 2019, we found no compelling evidence to support claims of the quote's veracity at the time of this writing. We ran searches for the full quote as well as the distinctive clauses "he's an idiot with no common sense" and "I just hope he never goes into politics" on and Gale OneFile, both of which are large databases of periodicals, and found no evidence to support the quote's authenticity. We also searched for the quote on Google Books and the Internet Archive, which likewise returned no evidence that the quote ever appeared with secure attribution in any legitimate publication. A Google search for the quote found no instances of it at all before 2019, nearly two decades after Mary Anne MacLeod Trump's August 2000 death. The absence of any evidence of a quote dating within the alleged originator's lifetime is a common red flag for fake or misattributed quotes. One development since 2019 was the emergence of the supposed newspaper clipping showing the quote underneath a photo of Trump and his mother, which appeared (archived) to have first circulated (archived) online in June 2020. Examples of the clipping, which did not include the name of the paper in which it was allegedly published or a date, appeared (archived) in numerous (archived) posts on X (archived). (X user @RobertCStern) However, we found no evidence that the clipping was genuine. Although the alleged clipping included a genuine photo of Trump and his mother that was prominently featured in a 2016 New Yorker article, titled, "Donald Trump's Immigrant Mother," we found no instances of the photo paired with the quote in any real newspaper or magazine. It remains possible that a primary source proving the quote's authenticity exists somewhere — for example, in a newspaper archive that had not been digitized by the time of this writing — and for that reason we've refrained from issuing a definitive rating. Previously, we looked into the claim that Trump's mother was an undocumented immigrant. Emery, David. "Here's How to Authenticate Viral Quotes Attached to Historical Figures." Snopes, 5 Dec. 2022, Evon, Dan. "Did Trump's Mom Once Call Him an 'Idiot'?" Snopes, 12 Dec. 2019, Fact Check Ratings | Accessed 31 Dec. 2024. "False Claim: Donald Trump's Mother Said He Would Be a Disaster in Politics." Reuters, 17 Apr. 2020. Kasprak, Alex. "FACT CHECK: Was Donald Trump's Mother an Undocumented Immigrant?" Snopes, 30 Jan. 2017, "Mary MacLeod Trump Philanthropist, 88." The New York Times, 9 Aug. 2000, Pilon, Mary. "Donald Trump's Immigrant Mother." The New Yorker, 24 June 2016. Putterman, Samantha. "No Evidence Trump's Mother Called Him an Idiot." @politifact, Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
The Guardian
09-07-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Police in Scotland braced for large-scale protests if Trump visits new golf course
Police in Scotland are gearing up for a possible visit by Donald Trump later this month that is expected to take in his golf resort in Aberdeenshire. The long-rumoured visit is not expected to include a meeting with King Charles, despite earlier suggestions the US president could meet the monarch at either Balmoral or Dumfries House in Ayrshire. It is thought Trump will officially open a new 18-hole golf course at his resort on the North Sea coast at Menie, north of Aberdeen, being named in honour of his mother Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. He is not expected to visit London during the trip. The assistant chief constable Emma Bond said on Wednesday: 'Planning is under way for a potential visit to Scotland later this month by the president of the United States. While official confirmation has not yet been made, it is important that we prepare in advance for what would be a significant policing operation.' Preparations are already under way for a rare second state visit to the UK in September, which would involve a state dinner mooted for Windsor Castle and possibly an address to parliament by Trump. Bond made clear Police Scotland was braced for large-scale protests. There were demonstrations in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen during Trump's last official visit as president in 2018, with protesters flying a paraglider over the site during his visit to Turnberry. Controversy around his policies has escalated sharply since then. Various people have been arrested for allegedly causing criminal damage to holes and buildings at Turnberry earlier this year. Trump has made numerous visits to his course in Aberdeenshire, which he bought as a small country estate and opened in 2012, and several trips to his far more prestigious resort at Turnberry in Ayrshire. Mary Anne MacLeod Trump was born in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, and Trump has frequently claimed that has given him a close bond to Scotland. He has visited Lewis once and spent little over a minute in her former home. Sign up to First Edition Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what's happening and why it matters after newsletter promotion Trump and his son Eric broke ground on the MacLeod course at Menie in 2023 and it has since been completed. Eric Trump was in Scotland in March to inspect progress, when he also met John Swinney, Scotland's first minister. Traditionally, US presidents are not offered state visits in their second term, but the political and diplomatic case for doing so this year, given the trade wars Trump has unleashed and his quixotic stance on Russia's war in Ukraine, is seen by Downing Street to be overwhelming. It is thought the proposal for Trump to informally meet Charles in Scotland this month, something mooted in the letter officially offering him the state visit, was discarded after it become clear their schedules made such a meeting impossible.
