4 0 %, ▁below ▁Ob ama ' s ▁ 4 5 % ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁point ▁of ▁his ▁presiden cy . ▁Trump ▁Jr . ▁deleted ▁the ▁image ▁two ▁days ▁later . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁when ▁H urr icane ▁Florence ▁was ▁affect ing ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Trump ▁Jr . ▁twe et ed ▁a ▁picture ▁of ▁CNN ▁journalist ▁Anderson ▁Cooper ▁wa ist - deep ▁in ▁flo od w aters ▁when ▁another ▁man ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁picture ▁was ▁standing ▁kne e - deep ▁a ▁distance ▁away . ▁Trump ▁Jr . ▁then ▁proposed ▁a ▁consp i racy ▁theory ▁that ▁CNN ▁was ▁" lying ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁make ▁[ his ▁father , ▁President ▁Trump ] ▁look ▁bad ". ▁In ▁actual ity , ▁the ▁picture ▁of ▁Cooper ▁was ▁around ▁ten ▁years ▁old , ▁taken ▁during ▁ 2 0 0 8 ' s ▁H urr icane ▁I ke ▁before ▁Trump ▁became ▁president , ▁and ▁Cooper ▁was ▁video ed ▁talking ▁about ▁how ▁the ▁flo od w aters ▁were ▁re ced ing . ▁ ▁Other ▁On ▁October ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Trump ▁Jr . ▁twe et ed ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁take ▁away ▁half ▁his ▁three - year - old ▁daughter ' s ▁Hall owe en ▁c andy ▁because , ▁he ▁wrote , ▁" it ' s ▁never ▁too ▁early ▁to ▁teach ▁her ▁about ▁social ism ." ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁he ▁posted ▁twe ets ▁ur ging ▁vot ers ▁in ▁Virginia '