Trump Busted Over Declaration of Independence Gaffe

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President Donald Trump, 80, drew the ire of critics on all sides when he made an embarrassing mistake in his Fourth of July speech Saturday night.

In a passage meant to condemn socialism, Trump invoked a section of the Declaration of Independence that does not exist.

“And as our Declaration of Independence tells us, we are all made in the image of one almighty god.

And a communist will never say that.

That’s for sure,” Trump said.

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