Trump says he has proof congresswoman 'fabricated' his insensitive fallen soldier comments

UPDATE: Oct. 18, 2017, 12:14 p.m. EDT Updated to include recent statements made by both President Trump and Rep. Wilson, along with Johnson's mother's comments to The Washington Post.

After Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson said she overheard grossly insensitive comments Donald Trump made while speaking to the widow of a solider killed in Niger, the world awaited a response from the president.

After sleeping on it, Trump woke up early to set the record straight for his Twitter followers, claiming he has "proof" that Rep. Wilson "totally fabricated" what he said to the wife of the fallen soldier.

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In response to Trump's tweet, Rep. Wilson said she was standing by her account of the call "and was not the only one who heard" what the president said.

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Trump has a history of unproven claims — from saying Obama's birth certificate is fake to accusing him of wiretapping — but the one that immediately comes to mind is his implication that there were tapes of his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey.

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When asked in a press conference when the Comey tapes would be released, Trump said, "I'm not hinting anything, I'll tell you about it over a very short period of time." It's been about six months and he has yet to reveal any tapes.

Taking Trump's history of crying "proof" but never getting around to showing said proof into account, people were eager to condemn him for further pushing such a sensitive issue and question where exactly this proof is.

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Since that tweet, reporter Brian Karem has written that Trump reportedly did tell the fallen soldier's widow "he knew what he signed up for," and Johnson's mother confirmed Rep. Wilson's account of the phone call to The Washington Post.

At the White House on Wednesday Trump once again denied he said what Rep. Wilson accused him of saying to "the woman" and "the wife," urging her to make her statement again.

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Rep. Wilson stood by her statement and tweeted Johnson's widow's name, Myeshia Johnson, reminding Trump not to simply refer to her as "the woman" or "the wife."

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