By Reuters Staff
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Posts on social media claim to show former U.S. president Donald Trump on a “surprise visit” to Switzerland on March 1, 2021. The footage in question is over three years old, taken of Trump arriving in Davos for the World Economic Forum on Jan. 25, 2018.
A helicopter carrying U.S. President Donald Trump flies over the mountains en route to Davos, Switzerland January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
One Facebook post visible here shows screengrabs of a YouTube video titled “Donald Trump Surprise Visit to Switzerland” and contains the caption, “Donald Trump surprise visit to Switzerland today on marine 1.. interesting.” The YouTube video, found here was uploaded on March 1, 2021 from the channel “AMERICAN EVENTS” and had received over 800,000 views by March 2.
Fact check: Footage of Trump arriving at Davos, Switzerland is from January 2018
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