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29 September 2014updated 30 Sep 2014 7:13am

Donald Trump learns valuable lesson about the dangers of retweeting sycophants

The best argument for fact-checking things people tell you on the internet that you'll ever see.

By Media Mole

Billionaire foghorn Donald Trump spends a lot of time on Twitter. In between the rants about Barack Obama’s birth certificate or the cover-up in Benghazi, he likes to retweet some of his fawning admirers.

Here, in one screengrab, is the only argument for fact-checking the things people tell you on the internet that you’ll ever, ever need:

(He’ll probably blame windfarms.)

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