‘He’s Lying!’: Donald Trump’s Pal Steve Witkoff Donates Half a Million to Hurricane Helene GoFundMe as Ex-President Caught Redhanded In Fib About Joe Biden’s Disaster Response

Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, got caught in a bald-faced lie Monday after falsely asserting that President Joe Biden had not contacted Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which devastated the state and several others last week. Trump made the bogus remarks during a campaign appearance at a damaged furniture store in Valdosta, in south Georgia, where he told a phony story that Kemp “has been calling the president, but has not been able to get him.” Trump, wearing a red “Make America Great Again” cap, praised Kemp, saying, “The governor’s doing a very good job,” while claiming that the real issue was Kemp’s difficulty in reaching Biden by phone. Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to guests at a campaign event on December 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. Iowa Republicans will be the first to select their party’s nomination for the 2024 presidential race when they go to caucus on January 15, 2024. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) However, earlier that day, Georgia’s Republican governor clarified that he had initially missed President Joe Biden’s call but later spoke with him on Sunday night to discuss the state’s emergency needs...