So Trump boasting about how he made up facts...was in fact a story made up by Trump.
If you're baffled, you're not alone 
Alexander Panetta
@Alex_Panetta
Here's another twist in the Trudeau-Trump story... It turns out, the meeting details may have been... wait for it.... made up. The Canadians are unsure what meeting Trump's referring to. One said the conversation might have been by phone. Apparently, 1/2
2/ they have these sorts of chats about the deficit/surplus once in a while. But this story - "Justin comes in," etc, etc, we send our officials out of the room, they come back in, I was right on trade... Apparently it's a blend of different chats. And one person I heard from
3/ said this anecdote from Trump most resembles a chat they may have had by phone.
4/ So... this Trump anecdote about making up a fact on an allegedly made up trade metric might have been slightly... made up. Behold, a matryoshka doll of tall-tales
nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/trump-says-he-made-up-facts-about-trade-deficit-in-meeting-with-trudeau
Daniel Dale
@ddale8
So it is possible, I'd say probable, that the president of the United States made up his story about the day he made up a story. It's all just mind-boggling.