Trump Continues To Talk About Alabama, As It’s Reported That He Was The One Who Used The Sharpie

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 04: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) references a map held by acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan while talking to reporters following a briefing from officials about Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office at the White House September 04, 2019 in Washington, DC. The map was a forecast from August 29 and appears to have been altered by a black marker to extend the hurricane's range to include Alabama. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

In case there was any doubt in your mind as to who used a Sharpie to doctor a NOAA map that Donald Trump used as a prop, The Washington Post reports:

It was Trump who used a black Sharpie to mark up an official National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration map, which he displayed during an Oval Office briefing on Wednesday, according to a White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
“No one else writes like that on a map with a black Sharpie,” the official said of the map.

I can't even imagine being a Trump supporter and having to pretend that that sharpie crap wasn't the weirdest, saddest thing a president has ever done
— John Iadarola (@johniadarola) September 5, 2019

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson adds:

“I know it’s a minor episode, but I hope that doctored map makes its way into the Smithsonian someday. Like Washington’s uniform or Jefferson’s desk, Trump’s bogus map embodies the man”
“As smooth moves go, it was lamer than trying to forge a $100 bill by taking a Monopoly $1 bill and writing a couple of extra zeros on it.”

TONIGHT: Trump keeps trying to fix his Alabama map mistake the only way he knows how: with more tweets. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/pllt1nuBCe
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) September 6, 2019