Esquire Fires Up The Time Machine To Go Back To 2004 And Fact-Check Trump

Republican Candidate for President Donald Trump arrives to speak at Conservative Party of New York State's 2016 Presidential Reception on September 7, 2016 at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City, NY, USA. ... Republican Candidate for President Donald Trump arrives to speak at Conservative Party of New York State's 2016 Presidential Reception on September 7, 2016 at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City, NY, USA. Photo by Dennis Van Tine/Sipa USA MORE LESS
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Esquire added an editor’s note to its August 2004 profile of Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon that fact-checks the GOP nominee’s claims that he opposed the Iraq War from the beginning.

During NBC News’ Commander-In-Chief forum on Wednesday night, Trump continued to deny that he had supported the Iraq War, citing the old Esquire story as proof.

Esquire appended an editor’s note to the story in question to set the record straight.

“During the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed to have been against the Iraq War from the beginning, and he has cited this story as proof,” the note reads. “The Iraq War began in March 2003, more than a year before this story ran, thus nullifying Trump’s timeline.”

Deputy editor John Hendrickson tweeted an explanation for the update: “Donald Trump won’t stop lying.”

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  1. Because Donald Trump won’t stop lying, we’ve updated our 2004 story with an editor’s note.

    Let the Drumpf media inquisition finally begin. Spanish, Mexican, Muslim, I don’t care, just do it.

  2. Careful, you’ll get lectured for using “fat”.

  3. No more interviews for Esquire. They’re cut off…

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