Demands Bubba Wallace apologize, calls Talladega noose report a 'HOAX'

On July 6, 2020, Trump tweeted asking whether NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, the sport's only full-time Black driver, had "apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers & officials who came to his aid... only to find out that the whole thing was just another HOAX." A rope resembling a noose had been found in Wallace's assigned garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway on June 21; the FBI concluded on June 23 that the rope had been tied in that location since at least October 2019, before Wallace's team was assigned the stall, and that no federal crime had occurred. Wallace neither discovered nor reported the rope himself; a crew member did. Trump's tweet also linked NASCAR's decision, made at Wallace's urging, to ban the Confederate flag at its events to a claimed decline in television ratings. NASCAR said it continued "to stand tall with Bubba," and several drivers, including seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson, publicly backed him.

“Has @BubbaWallace apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers & officials who came to his aid, stood by his side, & were willing to sacrifice everything for him, only to find out that the whole thing was just another HOAX? That & Flag decision has caused lowest ratings EVER!” Quote verified against source