This archive report was first published on 5 September 2019.
President Trump's claim that Hurricane Dorian was heading for Alabama has sparked controversy, with a map alteration at the center of the dispute.
On September 2, 2019, Trump displayed a large map of the hurricane's path in the Oval Office, which included a black line extending the storm's possible path into Alabama.
The National Weather Service's Birmingham office had previously tweeted that 'Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian,' and that 'the system will remain too far east.'
Trump insisted that his assertion about the dangers faced by Alabama residents was correct, despite the National Weather Service's warnings.
When asked about the black line on the map, Trump said, 'I don't know' how it got there.
However, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security said that he was unclear what the black line on the map was referring to and that he needed to gather additional information.
Trump later released an internal map that he said he was shown on September 1, 2019, as he traveled from Camp David back to the White House.
The map showed the impact of Dorian touching parts of Georgia and a small corner of Alabama.
Trump also tweeted a map from the South Florida Water Management District that he said supported his contention that Dorian had been heading for Alabama.
However, the map came with a warning that information from the National Hurricane Center and local emergency officials superseded it.
Trump also denied reports that he had suggested to Vice President Mike Pence that he stay at one of Trump's resorts while on a trip to meet with top officials in Ireland.
However, Pence's chief of staff, Marc Short, said that Trump had suggested his hotel when he heard that Pence was traveling to Ireland.
