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‘He is losing it’: Trump blasted for argument with the National Weather Service about Hurricane Dorian

September 2, 2019 8:00PM ET

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President Donald Trump's mental health was an issue of concern online after he continued to spread the lie that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama.

"In addition to Florida – South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, will most likely be hit (much) harder than anticipated,” Trump falsely claimed on Sunday.

The National Weather Service promptly put out a statement fact-checking Trump's tweet.

“Alabama will NOT see any impacts from Dorian. We repeat, no impacts from Hurricane Dorian will be felt across Alabama," the National Weather Service noted.

Despite his own goverment fact-checking him, Trump repeated the lie on Monday.

There was widespread outrage that the president of the United States would lie to his 63 million Twitter followers during a national emergency.

Here is some of what people were saying:

‘He is losing it’: Trump blasted for argument with the National Weather Service about Hurricane Dorian

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This unmitigated disaster for Trump was his most glaring miscalculation