At roughly the same time, Trump spoke to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, claiming “Georgia is going to be hit. Alabama is going to get a piece of it, it looks like,” the latter of which was zero evidence had indicated. An hour later, at a FEMA briefing, he repeated the claim using his unique linguistic flourish: Dorian “may get a little piece of a great place,” he said. “It’s called Alabama,” adding that the state “could even be in for at least some very strong winds and something more than that, it could be. This just came up, unfortunately.” Again, it hadn’t come up, but that didn’t stop the president from angrily lashing out on Monday, after several outlets pointed out that he was spreading factually inaccurate information, tweeting: “I suggested yesterday at FEMA that, along with Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, even Alabama could possibly come into play, which WAS true. They made a big deal about this...when in fact, under certain original scenarios, it was in fact correct that Alabama could have received some ‘hurt.’ Always good to be prepared!”

Which brings us to today, when it sure seems like someone was trying to cover his ass in the dumbest way possible.

Asked about the altered forecast, Trump claimed that his briefings included a “95% chance probability” that Alabama would be hit and that he didn’t know if the chart had been drawn on, which was a good noncommittal answer considering the fact that whoever took a Sharpie to the map like it was a poster on a subway platform may have broken the the law. Per the Washington Post: