Reporters Scramble to Fact-Check Meme of Trump Giving Dog a Medal

President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House in Washington for South Carolina on Oct. 25, 2019. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

Reporters scrambled on Oct. 30 to fact check a meme showing President Donald Trump giving the dog who helped take down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi a medal.

Trump shared the meme on Twitter. It shows the president putting a medal on Conan, the dog.