The Smithsonian is hawking a made-in-China book on President Trump littered with fact errors, from minimizing how badly he lost the popular vote to insisting that his rival started the birther movement.
"Donald Trump: 45th President of the United States Collector's Vault" — which chronicles Trump's childhood, business deals, reality TV career and his presidential campaign — sells for $50 in the National Museum of American History's gift shop, according to Washington Post.
The book, printed in China, goes for just $32 at Target and $45 on Amazon.
But even though the hardcover sits in one of the nation' most revered historical institutes — the Washington D.C. museum houses the original Star-Spangled Banner that inspired the national anthem and personal items from Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln — it is rife with inaccuracies.
The book asserts that Trump's November election win was "sweeping" and "decisive," insisting that the Republican lost the popular vote by just 200,000 votes. In reality, Democrat Hillary Clinton won by nearly 3 million ballots, but ultimately lost the Electoral College.
It also claims that Clinton started the so-called birther movement, a conspiracy theory that questioned the citizenship of former President Barack Obama.
"Donald Trump took the fall for what should have been the fault of Hillary Clinton, whose campaign first propagated the misinformation about President Obama," the book read, repeating lies that Trump's team used on the campaign trail.
While some anti-Obama Democrats — but not Clinton or any of her close staffers — circulated the theory early in his 2008 campaign, Trump was the true champion of the cause: the businessman for years demanded Obama release his birth certificate.
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The Trump book dismissed claims that Russian operatives hacked Democrats' computers in a bid to help the Republican win the White House. It maintains that there is no proof to support such a theory, even though multiple intelligence officials have asserted that there's plenty of evidence.
The book's author — 25-year-old Brandon Christopher Hall, who insisted he voted for Green Party candidate Jill Stein, not Trump — defended the book, inaccuracies and all.
"There's no evidence," he said of the hacking allegations, again dismissing the multiple reported from top security officials. He also stood by the claim that Clinton started the birther movement.
The Atlanta-based author told the Washington Post that he sent the book to the printers' just days after election, when Clinton's lead over Trump was still just a few thousand votes.
The book is published by Alabama-based Whitman Publishing. The company's leader, Dennis Tucker, also defended the book's content — and the fact that it was printed in China.
"I imagine Trump would approve of it being China," Tucker told the newspaper. "He's not reluctant to strike deals with China if it makes business sense. China has high-quality, affordable printing. And, they deliver quickly."
The Smithsonian said it does not vet every single item it sells in its gift shops and admitted that the book will likely only be sold through next week, since it was brought to the museum store as Inauguration Day merchandise.
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