When Trump visited the hospitalized victims of the recent shooting in Dayton he was attended by the Mayor Whaley of Dayton and Sen. Sheerod Brown. Trump’s behavior in the hospital seems to have been as bad or worse than usual (see https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/08/politics/trump-el-paso-coverage/index.html). Even so, in a press conference Whaley and Brown praised Trump’s performance at the hospital. However, each also made the mistake of criticizing Trump’s past rhetoric, and that spark set off a bomb. Apparently, Trump was pissed and at once made up the lie that they had ungratefully misrepresented his performance at the hospital. This bit of deceit was picked up immediately by his mouthpieces, and Daniel Scarino and Stephanie Grisham told the same lie. That they produce and spread disinformation does not surprise me, but the rapidity and coordination with which they do it is truly impressive.