'Music to Putin's ears': Experts fact check Trump's rally lies and missteps

Donald Trump had a rally in South Carolina on Saturday at which he purportedly lied, misspoke, and promised dangerous policies favoring Russia.

The former president in one instance at the rally said, "One of the presidents of a big country stood up and said, Well, sir, if we don't pay and we're attacked by Russia, will you protect us? I said... No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want."

That didn't sit well with Trump's own former aide, Alyssa Farah Griffin.

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"Trump says he would defy Article 5 of NATO. This is music to Putin’s ears," she posted in response Saturday.

Sean Casten (D-IL), an elected official, also had an issue with that statement.

"A convicted tax dodger asserts that you should not be entitled to the protection of the state if you don't pay your fair share," he wrote on Saturday. "That's not the case. But for a guy who sponges a lot of resources off the state that's a hell of a thing to believe."

Trump was also criticized for his comments regarding his handling of documents considered classified.

"Your Honor, the prosecution rests," a Democratic strategist wrote on social media Saturday. Trump had claimed that he was "president all the time" so the documents at Mar-a-Lago were secure and unseen.

Legal analyst Allison Gill responded to that section of Trump's speech with a simple expletive: "Holy sh-t," she wrote Saturday.

Trump also said, "We have to run the whole East Coast like I did twice. I did twice. I did better the second time, But we have to run the East Coast."

Democratic strategist Sawyer Hackett Saturday said, "Trump lost every state on the east coast except his home state and the Carolinas."