Twice. They did it twice.

Well sure. Trump literally does not care about the truth value of any word-like sounds that squirt from his facial sphincter. The algorithm running through his toupee support system works like this:

1. Is it something the idiots who support me will buy, at least long enough for me to come up with the next distraction? (Y/N)
2. If Y, say it. Say it a lot. Say it everywhere and anywhere.
3. If N, accuse everyone else of saying it.

That’s it. Whether it has any relationship to the truth, good or bad, never enters into it. He’s not even as honest as a liar, because a liar has to at least care what the truth is. He truly, genuinely doesn’t.