claim: President Trump praised KFC founder Colonel Sanders, who wasn't born until 1890, for his service during the Civil War.
origin: On 2 May 2017, an articleÂ containing the claimÂ that President Trump had hailed KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders as a Civil War â€œheroâ€ appeared on the web site The Red Schtick: < Speaking to our intern Dave Robicheaux, who is paid in Facebook likes, Trump insistedÂ Col. Harland Sanders, whom he called a â€œtremendous Civil War hero,â€ once saved an entire army at Valley Forge from certain starvation. Trump, a noted fan of Kentucky Fried Chicken, explained how Col. Sanders tookÂ five loaves of Evangeline Maid bread and two chickens, added his secret blend of 11 herbs and spices, and turned these humble ingredients into delicious meals that lasted anÂ entire winter. > As the same article pointed out, however, Harland Sanders wasnâ€™t born until 1890, 25 years after the Civil War ended, nor was Valley Forge, Pennsylvania the site of a battle or encampment during that war. President Trump allegedly became angry when he was informed of this: < Upon being confrontedÂ with these facts, The Donald abruptly ended his interview with us, and he was last seen headed for a Confederate monument removal protest in New Orleans while screaming about fake news. > Nothing of the sort actually happened, of course. The Red Schtick, which describes itself asÂ â€œa bold and engaging source of satire and irreverent humor,â€ is not a real news site. The article was meant to satirize a misstatementÂ by Trump to the effect that President Andrew Jackson, who died 16 years before the Civil War took place, could have â€œworked outâ€ a solution to prevent it.