Trump ridiculed for insisting he wasn't booed by NBA Finals crowd: 'Sure Donald'

President Donald Trump faced another round of jeers after insisting that he was not booed during a performance of the National Anthem at Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

The 79-year-old became the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game Monday night at the Madison Square Garden, where his hometown crowd booed him lustily before the New York Knicks lost their first game in the postseason, but Trump afterward insisted he heard only cheers when his face was shown on the screen inside the arena.

"I thought it was very good," Trump told reporters. "It was certainly amazing. I think mostly cheers. It was loud, and it was very enthusiastic."

Social media users pounced on his claim as delusional.

"Sure, Donald, sure," posted widely followed X user Laura Reiser.

"Few things here," speculated HuffPost's Brandi Buchman. "He either: 1) knows he was booed and is saying this to infuriate people because their rage is his oxygen 2) has dementia 3) is a sociopathic narcissist with dementia 4) a mix of all of the above since he is psychologically and physically incapable of honesty."

"Alternative universe," noted the widely followed Patriot Takes account.

"He should be in a maximum security prison and throw the key into a volcano but he's funny as f--- for this," opined writer Kylie Cheung.

"He's literally doing this," pointed out political analyst Drew Savicki, adding a "Simpsons" gif where the Mr. Burns character is assured a crowd is not booing but chanting his name as "Boo-urns."

"Loud and very enthusiastic booing," agreed popular X user Annalea. "He doesn’t live in reality."

"Which US president has ever talked like this openly in such a narcissistic, self-centered, self-serving way, like a common 12 year-old? Honestly," wondered Asia strategist Tom Logan.

"This man is a pathological liar," stated writer John Ledesma.

"Me me me me me me me. When is this going to end?" wondered retired solicitor Clive Wismayer.