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there are no known photographs of him at the beach.
This is incorrect: archival photo sources do show Donald Trump at a beach, including at Atlantic Beach in Amagansett in August 1996.
Full reasoning
This claim is too absolute. There are publicly cataloged archival photographs of Donald Trump at the beach.
Two Getty Images archive pages identify beach photos of Trump from August 10, 1996 in Amagansett, New York:
- Getty caption: "Donald Trump attends Second Annual DISHES Summer Beach Party on August 10, 1996 at Atlantic Beach in Amagansett, New York."
- Getty caption: "Aerial view of the Hamptons: Donald Trump Playing Volleyball at DISHES event in Amagansett NY, August 1996." Getty also tags this image as "Beach Photos" and "Beach Volleyball Photos."
A separate East Hampton Star article also includes a photo caption reading "Debbie Tuma and Donald Trump on the beach in East Hampton around 2002" and says the author encountered Trump "on the ocean beach" at a charity volleyball tournament.
Because these are known, published photographs and captions placing Trump on a beach, the statement that there are no known photographs of him at the beach is factually incorrect.
3 sources
- Donald Trump attends Second Annual DISHES Summer Beach Party on... News Photo - Getty Images
AMAGANSETT, NY - AUGUST 10: Donald Trump attends Second Annual DISHES Summer Beach Party on August 10, 1996 at Atlantic Beach in Amagansett, New York.
- Donald Trump Playing Volleyball at DISHES event in Amagansett NY,... News Photo - Getty Images
Aerial view of the Hamptons : Donald Trump Playing Volleyball at DISHES event in Amagansett NY, August 1996 ... Beach Photos ... Beach Volleyball Photos.
- The Hill and Don Show, by Debbie Tuma | The East Hampton Star
Debbie Tuma and Donald Trump on the beach in East Hampton around 2002. ... We also ran into a tanned Donald Trump on the ocean beach.
No walking on, lounging at, partying upon, or swimming at the beach.
This is also incorrect: archival photos place Trump on a beach and at a beach party, including one Getty image of him playing volleyball at Atlantic Beach.
Full reasoning
This sentence makes another absolute claim that no beach photos exist showing Trump doing any of these kinds of beach activities. Available archival photo records contradict that.
Most directly, Getty Images has an August 10, 1996 photo captioned "Donald Trump attends Second Annual DISHES Summer Beach Party ... at Atlantic Beach in Amagansett, New York." That is a published image of Trump at a beach party.
Getty also has a separate image captioned "Donald Trump Playing Volleyball at DISHES event in Amagansett NY, August 1996," and classifies it under "Beach Photos" and "Beach Volleyball Photos."
In addition, The East Hampton Star published a piece with the caption "Debbie Tuma and Donald Trump on the beach in East Hampton around 2002" and text saying the author encountered him "on the ocean beach" at a charity volleyball tournament.
Those sources establish that Trump has in fact been photographed on a beach and at a beach party, so the post's blanket statement is inaccurate.
3 sources
- Donald Trump attends Second Annual DISHES Summer Beach Party on... News Photo - Getty Images
Donald Trump attends Second Annual DISHES Summer Beach Party on August 10, 1996 at Atlantic Beach in Amagansett, New York.
- Donald Trump Playing Volleyball at DISHES event in Amagansett NY,... News Photo - Getty Images
Aerial view of the Hamptons : Donald Trump Playing Volleyball at DISHES event in Amagansett NY, August 1996 ... Beach Photos ... Beach Volleyball Photos.
- The Hill and Don Show, by Debbie Tuma | The East Hampton Star
Debbie Tuma and Donald Trump on the beach in East Hampton around 2002. ... We also ran into a tanned Donald Trump on the ocean beach.