56 false claims last week
By Daniel Dale and Tara Subramaniam, CNN
Updated 5:07 PM ET, Tue August 6, 2019
... Trump's stories are peppered with unnamed validators -- "many people" who say he's right about something, "tough guys" backstage who break down crying in his presence, a "friend" who just called him to say something dramatic.
Last week, as he faced accusations of racism for his attack on Baltimore as "disgusting, rat and rodent infested" and unfit for human habitation, he turned the black community into a validator.
"What I've done for African Americans, no president, I would say, has done," he told reporters, citing his criminal justice legislation, the low black unemployment rate and the criticism of Baltimore itself. "Now, I'll say this: They are so happy, because I get the calls" ...
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/06/politics/weekly-fact-check-trump-early-august/index.html