{"id":605312,"date":"2021-07-28T18:05:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T22:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=605312"},"modified":"2021-07-28T18:05:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T22:05:31","slug":"fact-check-did-donald-trump-tweet-he-will-personally-support-william-ruto-during-kenyas-2022-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-donald-trump-tweet-he-will-personally-support-william-ruto-during-kenyas-2022-election\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump Tweet He Will \u2018Personally Support\u2019 William Ruto During Kenya\u2019s 2022 Election?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-donald-trump-tweet-he-will-personally-support-william-ruto-during-kenyas-2022-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=605312&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An image&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/charismatic.ke\/posts\/213716704005790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid%3D127347639586923%26set%3Dgm.2052855328187205&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1627571846267000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkYu5COy5Vjp-qVRVUr8L7ES_eIQ\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows former President Donald Trump tweeting he will \u201cpersonally support\u201d Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto in Kenya\u2019s 2022 general election.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7247109\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7247109\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7247109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DonaldTrumpWilliamRutoTweet.jpeg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DonaldTrumpWilliamRutoTweet.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DonaldTrumpWilliamRutoTweet-102x120.jpeg 102w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DonaldTrumpWilliamRutoTweet-620x731-1.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DonaldTrumpWilliamRutoTweet-768x906-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DonaldTrumpWilliamRutoTweet-1536x1812-1.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DonaldTrumpWilliamRutoTweet-2048x2416-1.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7247109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot\/Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of Trump tweeting he will support Ruto in the upcoming Kenyan election. Both the tweet and Ruto\u2019s reply have been fabricated.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kenya is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndi.org\/2022-kenya-general-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">set to hold<\/a> a general election in early August of next year. Ruto, who seeks to succeed Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya\u2019s president, has been campaigning for the upcoming 2022 presidential election, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-star.co.ke\/news\/2021-07-28-ruto-set-for-two-day-visit-to-mt-kenya-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=127347639586923&amp;set=gm.2052855328187205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleged July 23 tweet<\/a>, Trump appears to state, \u201cI will personally support the Deputy president of Kenya @WilliamsRuto in the next years election.\u201d The image also shows Ruto purportedly replying to the tweet, saying, \u201cAm so glad the whole world can see how we are transforming our great nation with wheelbarrows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/company\/2020\/suspension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">permanently suspended<\/a> Trump\u2019s account, @realDonaldTrump, in early January, making it impossible for him to have sent the tweet on July 23. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/11\/26\/fact-check-donald-trump-tweet-leave-country-joe-biden-wins\/\">(RELATED: Did Donald Trump Tweet That He Would \u2018Leave The Country\u2019 If Joe Biden Wins?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is also no record of the former president sending it prior to his suspension from the platform. A <a href=\"https:\/\/factba.se\/biden\/topic\/twitter?q=kenya&amp;f=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">search<\/a> of Trump\u2019s tweets on Factba.se, a website housing a database of his public statements, turned up no matching tweets. ProPublica\u2019s archive of his deleted tweets <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/user\/realDonaldTrump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">does not show<\/a> Trump posting such a message.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet and Ruto\u2019s supposed reply have been fabricated. In the fake Trump tweet, the letter \u201cI\u201d in \u201cIPhone\u201d is capitalized, whereas \u201cTwitter for iPhone\u201d is <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/a\/2010\/twitter-for-iphone-1https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/a\/2010\/twitter-for-iphone-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spelled<\/a> with a lowercase \u201ci\u201d on the platform. Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WilliamsRuto\/with_replies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">didn\u2019t find<\/a> any instance of Ruto replying to one of Trump\u2019s tweets with the statement about wheelbarrows.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the fact-checking organization Africa Check debunked <a href=\"https:\/\/africacheck.org\/fact-checks\/fbchecks\/no-us-president-trump-hasnt-tweeted-support-kenyas-deputy-president-ruto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another fake tweet<\/a>&nbsp;made to like Trump had expressed support for Ruto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook allegedly shows former President Donald Trump tweeting he will \u201cpersonally support\u201d Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto in Kenya\u2019s 2022 general election. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-605312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}