By Carmine Sabia at The Federalist Papers

The media, in its fervor to paint President Donald Trump as evil, did it again.

They created a blatantly fake news story and ran with it.

“Trump becomes first president since 2002 not to visit troops at Christmastime,” NBC wrote.

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“President Trump Didn’t Visit Troops at Christmas,” People Magazine wrote.

“TRUMP IS FIRST PRESIDENT IN 15 YEARS TO NOT VISIT TROOPS DURING CHRISTMAS PERIOD,” Newsweek’s headline read.

“Trump Breaks Tradition, Doesn’t Visit Troops for Christmas,” The Daily Beast said.

They spread the message far and wide on Twitter.

Donald Trump breaks tradition by not visiting troops at Christmas. https://t.co/USZmCeVrYx pic.twitter.com/zKrf1PUyHl

— Complex (@Complex) December 26, 2018

Trump is first president since 2002 to not visit troops around Christmas https://t.co/QEleChRzpy pic.twitter.com/XMwS4JiH0A

— The Hill (@thehill) December 26, 2018

This was deleted:

President Trump Didn’t Visit Troops at Christmas — Breaking a 15-Year Tradition: Report https://t.co/tSNAgMcoSS

— People (@people) December 26, 2018

OOPS! FAKE NEWS!

“Instead of visiting the troops, @realDonaldTrump has: Crashed the stock market, gone to war with Jim Mattis, delivered a nice Christmas gift to Vlad (Syria) and presided over an “immigration policy” that has killed two kids in a week…”

Instead of visiting the troops, @realDonaldTrump has: Crashed the stock market, gone to war with Jim Mattis, delivered a nice Christmas gift to Vlad (Syria) and presided over an “immigration policy” that has killed two kids in a week… https://t.co/amHrKhAqpW

— Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) December 25, 2018

Shocking. Except it is not true, The Daily Mail reported.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump made a surprise visit to Iraq on Wednesday — their first visit to a war zone since Trump took office nearly two years ago.

In photos distributed by Reuters, the president and first lady posed for selfies with the troops. The president spoke to military and political leaders at Al Asad Airbase, in western Iraq, as well.

The White House said in a statement that they secretly traveled to Iraq yesterday evening, on Christmas, to wish service men and women a happy holiday.

The secret trip came amid speculation that President Trump was not at the White House, because he had not tweeted for hours and the marine that stands guard when he’s in the Oval Office was not outside the West Wing.

President Trump had said he would visit Afghanistan soon but visited Iraq over the Christmas holiday, instead, several days after announcing that he will be pulling U.S. troops out of Syria.

In a statement posted on Twitter, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed the visit in a tweet shortly after Reuters shared the photos of the president.

‘President Trump and the First Lady traveled to Iraq late on Christmas night to visit with our troops and Senior Military leadership to thank them for their service, their success, and their sacrifice and to wish them a Merry Christmas,’ she said.

DUMBASSES.

Sarah Sanders set it straight:

“President Trump and the First Lady traveled to Iraq late on Christmas night to visit with our troops and Senior Military leadership to thank them for their service, their success, and their sacrifice and to wish them a Merry Christmas.”

President Trump and the First Lady traveled to Iraq late on Christmas night to visit with our troops and Senior Military leadership to thank them for their service, their success, and their sacrifice and to wish them a Merry Christmas. pic.twitter.com/s2hntnRwpw

— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) December 26, 2018

Unbelievable.

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