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The White House has contradicted Tate's assertion that he dined with the former US president.","category":"Politics","area":null,"publishedAt":"2026-09-15T14:25:11.583Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-15T13:02:48.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T14:25:11.583Z","readTime":"2 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":65,"hype":41,"notes":{"trust":"One outlet provided a full report with named sources and direct quotes, others were digests.","critic":"The full report included quotes from affected parties and explained the background of the story.","hype":"Headlines and digests used strong language like 'f*** off' and 'loses it' to describe the event."}},"tags":["#TomTate","#DonaldTrump","#GoldCoast","#PressConference","#WhiteHouse"],"entities":["Tom Tate","Donald Trump","White House","Trump Organisation","Mar-a-Lago"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate swore at a journalist and left a press conference after being questioned about a dinner he claimed to have had with Donald Trump.","The White House has stated that Tate did not dine with the former US president, contradicting Tate's earlier claims.","The Trump Organisation has also denied any association with Mayor Tate's event.","Tate's constituency previously saw plans for a Trump Tower scrapped due to the brand being considered 'too toxic'."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate swore at a journalist and stormed out of a press conference on 15 September 2026. The incident occurred after the journalist questioned Tate about a claimed dinner with former US President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida earlier in the year. Tate had previously asserted that he dined with Trump and his wife, Melania."},{"type":"heading","text":"Conflicting accounts of the dinner"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The White House has contradicted Mayor Tate's claim, stating that he did not dine with the former president. The Trump Organisation also issued a denial, stating that any suggestion of a dinner with Mayor Tate or an association with his event was 'categorically false'. 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