President Donald Trump was heartily booed by fans as he attended Monday night’s NBA Finals game between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs.

But Trump didn’t hear it that way.

“I think mostly cheers,” he told reporters after the game. “It was loud, and it was very enthusiastic.”

That doesn’t match footage of the event, or the White House pool report, which notes that the president was “thunderously booed” when he was shown on the big screen inside Madison Square Garden in New York.

Those boos were caught from multiple angles inside the arena. They were picked up by the TV coverage and also happened at watch parties.

Fans outside the arena could be heard cursing at Trump as he arrived at the end of a clip the president himself posted on social media.

He was even blamed by some fans for jinxing the Knicks and breaking the team’s 13-game playoff winning streak.

Given all that, Trump’s critics on social media weren’t buying his claim that it was “mostly cheers.”

They responded with some jeers of their own:

Delusional.🤪 https://t.co/GRzqjn68wc

Oh he knows https://t.co/chbBv2NX5P

Should get his ears checked at the next visit to Walter Reed  pic.twitter.com/5Uhhsn042p https://t.co/B5cVZBRzb2

Actually impressive how delusional he is https://t.co/myelSWndsq

Alternative universe https://t.co/XuX3US1IS5

Loud and very enthusiastic booing. He doesn’t live in reality. https://t.co/mSFWND8GZE

He’s so butt hurt lol https://t.co/dNiQaq7spo

He is so predictable, everyone knew he was going to lie and say he was cheered.  People will believe him https://t.co/qAldcuzEIV

You were booed, loudly @realDonaldTrump. But you know that. https://t.co/ajS7sSXzNA

I’ve come to terms to admit he is either a nasty troll or the dumbest human alive https://t.co/dRSjPVC9xX

The marching orders to MAGA have been sent. Everyone who was performatively offended by Trump getting booed during the Knicks-Spurs game now has to say he wasn’t booed. https://t.co/YbZ1aeuaCb

The cope levels are off the fucking charts. https://t.co/rRGmbK34gF

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