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      Fake Tweet Alert: Donald Trump Did Not Mistake Maradona For Madonna

      BOOM found that the screenshot circulating is fake and doctored and no such tweet was tweeted by the US President.

      By - Anmol Alphonso |
      Published -  26 Nov 2020 7:20 PM IST
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      Fake Tweet Alert: Donald Trump Did Not Mistake Maradona For Madonna

      A screenshot purporting to show a tweet by United States President Donald Trump confusing Argentine football legend Diego Maradona with singer Madonna and tweeting condolences to the latter, is fake.

      The fake tweet is being shared after Maradona passed away at the age of 60 from a heart attack on Wednesday, leaving fans across the world in shock and mourning.

      Also Read: Diego Maradona, Wild-Haired Magician Dies Aged 60

      The viral screenshot of the Trump tweet reads, "Very sad to hear about the death of Maradona. A great person. Her music was wonderful. I remember listening to her albums in the early 1980's. Rest In Peace!"

      Trump pays tribute to Maradona. OMG! He is definitely confused! Wrong person la! pic.twitter.com/5uWEf8xXTF

      — felicialiew (@felicialiewsze1) November 26, 2020

      Click here to view, and here for an archive.

      What kind of shithole President confuses Madonna (singer) and Diego Maradona the football legend. Trump is an idiot. pic.twitter.com/5I0l0AbiPw

      — ZZ2 (@ZZ280681472) November 26, 2020

      Click here to view, and here for an archive.

      Columnist and novelist Shobhaa De also posted the viral screenshot on Instagram, however, did not make any direct claim.

      View this post on Instagram

      A post shared by Shobhaa De (@shobhaade)

      Click here to view, and here for an archive.

      BOOM also received the fake screenshot on our WhatsApp helpline number (7700906111) inquiring about it.

      BOOM Helpline

      Also Read: No, Joe Biden Is Not Kneeling Before George Floyd's Daughter In This Pic

      FACT-CHECK

      BOOM found that the viral tweet screenshot is fake and United States President Donald Trump did not get confused between Maradona and Madonna. We did not find any such tweet from Trump's Twitter timeline or even a condolence tweet by him on Maradona's death at the time of writing this article.

      There were no tweet archives for any such tweet by Trump on archiving sites that archive what the president tweets. (here, here). View Trump's Twitter timeline here.

      We found several discrepancies in the viral screenshot that show that it is a fake tweet. The alignment of the profile picture with the tweet body (the text) did not the match the actual format of Twitter. As seen below the profile picture in the viral tweet is extending towards the left and not in a straight line with the text body unlike the screenshot on the right where the picture and text body are in a straight line.


      In the viral screenshot after Trump's name, after the @ the handle name has dots, whereas on Twitter after the @ some part of the handle name is seen and then there are dots.


      Finally, the fake screenshot shows that the tweet got around 262 thousand replies and 230 thousand retweets, however, there are no other screenshots of this supposed tweet and no coverage of such a goof-up by Trump.

      Additionally, if Trump would have tweeted this, it would have been covered by several media outlets and pointed out on Twitter by journalists covering the President, however, we did not find any credible news reports on the same.


      Also Read: 2014 Video Shared As Hindu Chants Recited At White House For Joe Biden


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      United StatesMadonnaDiego MaradonaMaradona deadRIPFake NewsFact Check#DonaldTrump
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      Claim :   Screenshot shows Donald Trump by mistake tweeted condolences for singer Maradona instead of Diego Maradona
      Claimed By :  Social Media
      Fact Check :  False
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