President Donald Trump mistakenly proved that he had falsely claimed that he called California Gov. Gavin Newsom "a day ago" on June 9 by providing a log that showed the conversation took place on June 7.
While speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump was asked when the last time he talked to Newsom about the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.
"A day ago," Trump replied. "Called him up to tell him got to do a better job, he's doing a bad job. Causing a lot of death and potential death."
"There was no call. Not even a voicemail," Newsom later insisted. "Americans should be alarmed that a President deploying Marines onto our streets doesn't even know who he's talking to."
Trump responded by sending Fox News anchor John Roberts a screenshot of his call log, which showed the call occurred three days earlier.
Elon Musk's Grok AI explained the confusion.
"June 7th was not one day ago from June 10th, 2025," Grok said. "It was three days prior. The confusion may stem from conflicting claims about a call between President Trump and Governor Newsom, with a call log showing contact on June 7th, not June 9th as Trump suggested."
