White House fails to clear up Trump’s Unabomber story

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White House fails to clear up Trump's impossible Unabomber storySource: Reuters

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00:00So on Tuesday, the president told a very detailed story about his uncle, noted scientist, John Trump, and Theodore Kaczynski, the late Unabomber.

00:11He said that Dr. Trump taught Ted Kaczynski.

00:16Ted Kaczynski was not identified as the Unabomber until 1996, 11 years after John Trump passed away.

00:26It would have been impossible for John Trump to have ever discussed the Unabomber with the president.

00:33So what was he talking about? And I have one follow-up.

00:36Andrew, with so many issues going on in the world, I'm a little bit surprised you would ask such a question, although I'm not.

00:43Sometimes coming from you, I will say, but I'm willing to give you an answer.

00:46Nevertheless, the president's uncle did, in fact, teach at MIT.

00:50He was a very intelligent professor. The president's very proud of his family.

00:55In fact, I have a, or the president has a letter from his uncle on the MIT letterhead that sits in the Oval Office dining room.

01:01Maybe we'll let you see it sometime.

01:03Go ahead.

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