Trump’s phony narrative about the Russian invasion is only the latest in a long line of false claims from the president about the war.

Ruthless Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin built an extensive propaganda machine to rewrite the past, obfuscate the truth and promote himself as a benevolent leader even as he mismanaged the Soviet economy, resulting in mass famine, and sent millions of people to forced labor camps known as gulags.

Former Obama aide David Axelrod compared President Trump's review of content at Smithsonian museums to Joseph Stalin's efforts to "rewrite history," and expressed concern that Trump will not preserve accurate history.