Donald Trump is catching heat for getting a Patrick Mahomes factoid completely wrong and then compounding it with a blatant lie.
Trump, now in his second term as United States President, signed an order banning transgenders from participating in women’s sports on Wednesday and would make a speech thereafter.
While speaking, the POTUS pointed out United States Senator Tommy Tuberville in the crowd and mentioned the latter’s time as a college football head coach.
“… And Tommy Tuberville, a great coach. You know, his quarterback was named Mahomes, he was a great college coach,” Trump said.
Trump’s recollection of Tuberville’s time at Texas Tech can’t be accurate, as he left two years before Mahomes even got to the university, taking a job at Cincinnati.
Donald Trump Made It Worse With False Claims
Kliff Kingsbury was actually the head coach under whom Mahomes played for the Red Raiders before going to star in the NFL, but Trump also recalled a conversation he had with Tuberville about the Kansas City Chiefs star.
“And I said, ‘How good was he?’ (Tuberville) said, ‘You don’t want to know how good … he made me into a great coach.’ He’s a pretty good quarterback, right? Yeah, he was very good, and he’s a good guy too.”
It’s safe to assume that no such conversation ever took place because Tuberville never coached Patrick Mahomes, but this will soon be water under the bridge.
Meanwhile, Trump is looking to become the first sitting U.S. president to attend a Super Bowl, as he has plans to be in New Orleans for the game on Sunday.
