claim: president trump voiced his support for united airlines following the release of a video showing the a passenger being forcibly from a flight.
question: trump calls united airlines ‘my kinda people’?
origin: on 11 april 2017, the entertainment web site news thump published a satirical article reporting that president trump voiced support for united airlines after a video surfaced showing a passenger being forcibly removed from a flight:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  president trump has been quick to herald united airlines staff and security as ‘my kind of people’ after footage emerged online of an elderly foreign-looking doctor being violently thrown off a plane.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  president trump addressed white house press shortly afterwards saying, “listen people, what united airlines did today was great, just great. these are the kind of things that will help make america great again, bigly.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “they told this guy to volunteer to give up his seat, and he refused. sad! so un-american.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  this is not a genuine quote from president trump. news thump is an entertainment web site that does not publish factual stories. the web site’s disclaimer says it is a “satirical and spoof news website”:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  in addition to the fake news article, an image purportedly showing a tweet from president trump voicing his support for united airlines circulated on social media:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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comment: a satirical site published a report that trump approved of airport police dragging a man off an airplane to make room for united employees flying standby.
summary: the entertainment web site news thump published a satirical article reporting that president trump voiced support for united airlines. this is not a genuine quote from president donald trump. the site’s disclaimer says it is a “satirical and spoof news website” if you read a story on here, then you are not supposed to believe it. it has been completely made up purely for entertainment purposes.