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.”
Because Donald Trump won’t stop lying, we’ve updated our 2004 story with an editor’s note: https://t.co/dhHfecJkaz pic.twitter.com/6rp7da1Sod
— John Hendrickson (@JohnGHendy) September 8, 2016
