Trumps lies
an. 21 “I wasn't a fan of Iraq. I didn't want to go into Iraq.” (He was for an invasion before he was against it.) Jan. 21 “A reporter for Time magazine — and I have been on their cover 14 or 15 times. I think we have the all-time record in the history of Time magazine.” (Trump was on the cover 11 times and Nixon appeared 55 times.) Jan. 23 “Between 3 million and 5 million illegal votes caused me to lose the popular vote.” (There's no evidence of illegal voting.) Jan. 25 “Now, the audience was the biggest ever. But this crowd was massive. Look how far back it goes. This crowd was massive.” (Official aerial photos show Obama's 2009 inauguration was much more heavily attended.) Jan. 25 “Take a look at the Pew reports (which show voter fraud.)” (The report never mentioned voter fraud.) Jan. 25 “You had millions of people that now aren't insured anymore.” (The real number is less than 1 million, according to the Urban Institute.) Jan. 25 “So, look, when President Obama was there two weeks ago making a speech, very nice speech. Two people were shot and killed during his speech. You can't have that.” (There were no gun homicide victims in Chicago that day.) Jan. 26 “We've taken in tens of thousands of people. We know nothing about them. They can say they vet them. They didn't vet them. They have no papers. How can you vet somebody when you don't know anything about them and you have no papers? How do you vet them? You can't.” (Vetting lasts up to two years.) Jan. 26 “I cut off hundreds of millions of dollars off one particular plane, hundreds of millions of dollars in a short period of time. It wasn't like I spent, like, weeks, hours, less than hours, and many, many hundreds of millions of dollars. And the plane's going to be better.” (Most of the cuts were already planned.) Jan. 28 “The coverage about me in the @nytimes and the @washingtonpost has been so false and angry that the Times actually apologized to its dwindling subscribers and readers.” (It never apologized.) Jan. 29 “The Cuban-Americans, I got 84 percent of that vote.” (There is no support for this.) Jan. 30 “Only 109 people out of 325,000 were detained and held for questioning. Big problems at airports were caused by Delta computer outage.” (At least 746 people were detained and processed, and the Delta outage happened two days later.) Feb. 3 “Professional anarchists, thugs and paid protesters are proving the point of the millions of people who voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” (There is no evidence of paid protesters.) Feb. 4 “After being forced to apologize for its bad and inaccurate coverage of me after winning the election, the FAKE NEWS @nytimes is still lost!” (It never apologized.) Feb. 5 “We had 109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers and all we did was vet those people very, very carefully.” (About 60,000 people were affected.) Feb. 6 “I have already saved more than $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35.” (Much of the price drop was projected before Trump took office.) Feb. 6 “It's gotten to a point where it is not even being reported. And in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it.” (Terrorism has been reported on, often in detail.) Feb. 6 “The failing @nytimes was forced to apologize to its subscribers for the poor reporting it did on my election win. Now they are worse!” (It didn't apologize.) Feb. 6 “And the previous administration allowed it to happen because we shouldn't have been in Iraq, but we shouldn't have gotten out the way we got out. It created a vacuum, ISIS was formed.” (The group’s origins date to 2004.) Feb. 7 “And yet the murder rate in our country is the highest it’s been in 47 years, right? Did you know that? Forty-seven years.” (It was higher in the 1980s and '90s.) Feb. 7 “I saved more than $600 million. I got involved in negotiation on a fighter jet, the F-35.” (The Defense Department projected this price drop before Trump took office.) Feb. 9 “Chris Cuomo, in his interview with Sen. Blumenthal, never asked him about his long-term lie about his brave ‘service’ in Vietnam. FAKE NEWS!” (It was part of Cuomo's first question.) Feb. 9 “Sen. Richard Blumenthal now misrepresents what Judge Gorsuch told him?” (The Gorsuch comments were later corroborated.) Feb. 10 “I don’t know about it. I haven’t seen it. What report is that?” (Trump knew about Flynn's actions for weeks.) Feb. 12 “Just leaving Florida. Big crowds of enthusiastic supporters lining the road that the FAKE NEWS media refuses to mention. Very dishonest!” (The media did cover it.) Feb. 16 “We got 306 because people came out and voted like they've never seen before so that's the way it goes. I guess it was the biggest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan.” (George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama all won bigger margins in the Electoral College.) Feb. 16 “That’s the other thing that was wrong with the travel ban. You had Delta with a massive problem with their computer system at the airports.” (Delta's problems happened two days later.) Feb. 16 “Walmart announced it will create 10,000 jobs in the United States just this year because of our various plans and initiatives.” (The jobs are a result of its investment plans announced in Oct. 2016.) Feb. 16 “When WikiLeaks, which I had nothing to do with, comes out and happens to give, they’re not giving classified information.” (Not always. They have released classified information in the past.) Feb. 16 “We had a very smooth rollout of the travel ban. But we had a bad court. Got a bad decision.” (The rollout was chaotic.) Feb. 16 “They’re giving stuff — what was said at an office about Hillary cheating on the debates. Which, by the way, nobody mentions. Nobody mentions that Hillary received the questions to the debates.” (It was widely covered.) Feb. 18 “And there was no way to vet those people. There was no documentation. There was no nothing.” (Refugees receive multiple background checks, taking up to two years.) Feb. 18 “You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this?” (Trump implied there was a terror attack in Sweden, but there was no such attack.) Feb. 24 “By the way, you folks are in here — this place is packed, there are lines that go back six blocks.” (There was no evidence of long lines.) Feb. 24 “ICE came and endorsed me.” (Only its union did.) Feb. 24 “Obamacare covers very few people — and remember, deduct from the number all of the people that had great health care that they loved that was taken away from them — it was taken away from them.” (Obamacare increased coverage by a net of about 20 million.) Feb. 27 “Since Obamacare went into effect, nearly half of the insurers are stopped and have stopped from participating in the Obamacare exchanges.” (Many fewer pulled out.) Feb. 27 “On one plane, on a small order of one plane, I saved $725 million. And I would say I devoted about, if I added it up, all those calls, probably about an hour. So I think that might be my highest and best use.” (Much of the price cut was already projected.) Feb. 28 “And now, based on our very strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that.” (NATO countries agreed to meet defense spending requirements in 2014.) Feb. 28 “The E.P.A.’s regulators were putting people out of jobs by the hundreds of thousands.” (There's no evidence that the Waters of the United States rule caused severe job losses.) Feb. 28 “We have begun to drain the swamp of government corruption by imposing a five-year ban on lobbying by executive branch officials.” (They can't lobby their former agency but can still become lobbyists.) March 3 “It is so pathetic that the Dems have still not approved my full Cabinet.” (Paperwork for the last two candidates was still not submitted to the Senate.) March 4 “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!” (There's no evidence of a wiretap.) March 4 “How low has President Obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!” (There's no evidence of a wiretap.) March 7 “122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield. Just another terrible decision!” (113 of them were released by President George W. Bush.) March 13 “I saved a lot of money on those jets, didn't I? Did I do a good job? More than $725 million on them.” (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.) March 13 “First of all, it covers very few people.” (About 20 million people gained insurance under Obamacare.) March 15 “On the airplanes, I saved $725 million. Probably took me a half an hour if you added up all of the times.” (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.) March 17 “I was in Tennessee — I was just telling the folks — and half of the state has no insurance company, and the other half is going to lose the insurance company.” (There's at least one insurer in every Tennessee county.) March 20 “With just one negotiation on one set of airplanes, I saved the taxpayers of our country over $700 million.” (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.) March 21 “To save taxpayer dollars, I’ve already begun negotiating better contracts for the federal government — saving over $700 million on just one set of airplanes of which there are many sets.” (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.) March 22 “I make the statement, everyone goes crazy. The next day they have a massive riot, and death, and problems.” (Riots in Sweden broke out two days later and there were no deaths.) March 22 “NATO, obsolete, because it doesn’t cover terrorism. They fixed that.” (It has fought terrorism since the 1980s.) March 22 “Well, now, if you take a look at the votes, when I say that, I mean mostly they register wrong — in other words, for the votes, they register incorrectly and/or illegally. And they then vote. You have tremendous numbers of people.” (There's no evidence of widespread voter fraud.) March 29 “Remember when the failing @nytimes apologized to its subscribers, right after the election, because their coverage was so wrong. Now worse!” (It didn't apologize.) March 31 “We have a lot of plants going up now in Michigan that were never going to be there if I — if I didn’t win this election, those plants would never even think about going back. They were gone.” (These investments were already planned.) April 2 “And I was totally opposed to the war in the Middle East which I think finally has been proven, people tried very hard to say I wasn’t but you’ve seen that it is now improving.” (He was for an invasion before he was against it.) April 2 “Now, my last tweet — you know, the one that you are talking about, perhaps — was the one about being, in quotes, wiretapped, meaning surveilled. Guess what, it is turning out to be true.” (There is still no evidence.) April 5 “You have many states coming up where they’re going to have no insurance company. O.K.? It’s already happened in Tennessee. It’s happening in Kentucky. Tennessee only has half coverage. Half the state is gone. They left.” (Every marketplace region in Tennessee had at least one insurer.) April 6 “If you look at the kind of cost-cutting we’ve been able to achieve with the military and at the same time ordering vast amounts of equipment — saved hundreds of millions of dollars on airplanes, and really billions, because if you take that out over a period of years it’s many billions of dollars — I think we’ve had a tremendous success.” (Much of the price cuts were already projected.) April 11 “I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my campaign until very late. I had already beaten all the senators and all the governors, and I didn’t know Steve.” (He knew Steve Bannon since 2011.) April 12 “You can't do it faster, because they're obstructing. They're obstructionists. So I have people — hundreds of people that we're trying to get through. I mean you have — you see the backlog. We can't get them through.” (At this point, he had not nominated anyone for hundreds of positions.) April 12 “The New York Times said the word wiretapped in the headline of the first edition. Then they took it out of there fast when they realized.” (There were separate headlines for print and web, but neither were altered.) April 12 “The secretary general and I had a productive discussion about what more NATO can do in the fight against terrorism. I complained about that a long time ago and they made a change, and now they do fight terrorism.” (NATO has been engaged in counterterrorism efforts since the 1980s.) April 12 “Mosul was supposed to last for a week and now they’ve been fighting it for many months and so many more people died.” (The campaign was expected to take months.) April 16 “Someone should look into who paid for the small organized rallies yesterday. The election is over!” (There's no evidence of paid protesters.) April 18 “The fake media goes, ‘Donald Trump changed his stance on China.’ I haven’t changed my stance.” (He did.) April 21 “On 90 planes I saved $725 million. It's actually a little bit more than that, but it's $725 million.” (Much of the price cuts were already projected.) April 21 “When WikiLeaks came out ... never heard of WikiLeaks, never heard of it.” (He criticized it as early as 2010.) April 27 “I want to help our miners while the Democrats are blocking their healthcare.” (The bill to extend health benefits for certain coal miners was introduced by a Democrat and was co-sponsored by mostly Democrats.) April 28 “The trade deficit with Mexico is close to $70 billion, even with Canada it’s $17 billion trade deficit with Canada.” (The U.S. had an $8.1 billion trade surplus, not deficit, with Canada in 2016.) April 28 “She's running against someone who's going to raise your taxes to the sky, destroy your health care, and he's for open borders — lots of crime.” (Those are not Jon Ossoff's positions.) April 28 “The F-35 fighter jet program — it was way over budget. I’ve saved $725 million plus, just by getting involved in the negotiation.” (Much of the price cuts were planned before Trump.) April 29 “As you know, I've been a big critic of China, and I've been talking about currency manipulation for a long time. But I have to tell you that during the election, number one, they stopped.” (China stopped years ago.) April 29 “I've already saved more than $725 million on a simple order of F-35 planes. I got involved in the negotiation.” (Much of the price cuts were planned before Trump.) April 29 “We're also getting NATO countries to finally step up and contribute their fair share. They've begun to increase their contributions by billions of dollars, but we are not going to be satisfied until everyone pays what they owe.” (The deal was struck in 2014.) April 29 “When they talk about currency manipulation, and I did say I would call China, if they were, a currency manipulator, early in my tenure. And then I get there. Number one, they — as soon as I got elected, they stopped.” (China stopped in 2014.) April 29 “I was negotiating to reduce the price of the big fighter jet contract, the F-35, which was totally out of control. I will save billions and billions and billions of dollars.” (Most of the cuts were planned before Trump.) April 29 “I think our side's been proven very strongly. And everybody's talking about it.” (There's still no evidence Trump's phones were tapped.) May 1 “Well, we are protecting pre-existing conditions. And it'll be every good — bit as good on pre-existing conditions as Obamacare.” (The bill weakens protections for people with pre-existing conditions.) May 1 “The F-35 fighter jet — I saved — I got involved in the negotiation. It's 2,500 jets. I negotiated for 90 planes, lot 10. I got $725 million off the price.” (Much of the price cuts were planned before Trump.) May 1 “First of all, since I started running, they haven't increased their — you know, they have not manipulated their currency. I think that was out of respect to me and the campaign.” (China stopped years ago.) May 2 “I love buying those planes at a reduced price. I have been really — I have cut billions — I have to tell you this, and they can check, right, Martha? I have cut billions and billions of dollars off plane contracts sitting here.” (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.) May 4 “Number two, they’re actually not a currency [manipulator]. You know, since I’ve been talking about currency manipulation with respect to them and other countries, they stopped.” (China stopped years ago.) May 4 “We’re the highest-taxed nation in the world.” (We're not.) May 4 “Nobody cares about my tax return except for the reporters.” (Polls show most Americans do care.) May 8 “You know we’ve gotten billions of dollars more in NATO than we’re getting. All because of me.” (The deal was struck in 2014.) May 8 “But when I did his show, which by the way was very highly rated. It was high — highest rating. The highest rating he’s ever had.” (Colbert's Late Show debut had nearly two million more viewers.) May 8 “Director Clapper reiterated what everybody, including the fake media already knows — there is ‘no evidence’ of collusion w/ Russia and Trump.” (Clapper only said he wasn't aware of an investigation.) May 12 “Again, the story that there was collusion between the Russians & Trump campaign was fabricated by Dems as an excuse for losing the election.” (The F.B.I. was investigating before the election.) May 12 “When James Clapper himself, and virtually everyone else with knowledge of the witch hunt, says there is no collusion, when does it end?” (Clapper said he wouldn't have been told of an investigation into collusion.) May 13 “I'm cutting the price of airplanes with Lockheed.” (The cost cuts were planned before he became president.) May 26 “Just arrived in Italy for the G7. Trip has been very successful. We made and saved the USA many billions of dollars and millions of jobs.” (He's referencing an arms deal that's not enacted and other apparent deals that weren't announced on the trip.) June 1 “China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So, we can’t build the plants, but they can, according to this agreement. India will be allowed to double its coal production by 2020.” (The agreement doesn’t allow or disallow building coal plants.) June 1 “I’ve just returned from a trip overseas where we concluded nearly $350 billion of military and economic development for the United States, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.” (Trump’s figures are inflated and premature.) June 4 “At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’” (The mayor was specifically talking about the enlarged police presence on the streets.) June 5 “The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to S.C.” (Trump signed this version of the travel ban, not the Justice Department.) June 20 “Well, the Special Elections are over and those that want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN are 5 and O!” (Republicans have won four special elections this year, while a Democrat won one.) June 21 “They all say it's 'nonbinding.' Like hell it's nonbinding.” (The Paris climate agreement is nonbinding — and Trump said so in his speech announcing the withdrawal.) June 21 “Right now, we are one of the highest-taxed nations in the world.” (We're not.) June 21 “You have a gang called MS-13. ... We are moving them out of the country by the thousands, by the thousands.” (The real number of gang members deported is smaller.) June 21 “Your insurance companies have all fled the state of Iowa.” (They haven't.) June 21 “If [farmers] have a puddle in the middle of their field ... it's considered a lake and you can't touch it. ... We got rid of that one, too, O.K.?” (The Obama environmental rule to limit pollution in the country’s waters explicitly excludes puddles.) June 21 “Gary Cohn just paid $200 million in tax in order to take this job, by the way.” (Cohn sold Goldman Sachs stock worth $220 million.) June 21 “We’re 5 and 0.” (Republicans have won four special elections this year, while a Democrat won one.) June 21 “Last week a brand-new coal mine just opened in the state of Pennsylvania, first time in decades, decades.” (Another coal mine opened in 2014.) June 22 “Former Homeland Security Advisor Jeh Johnson is latest top intelligence official to state there was no grand scheme between Trump & Russia.” (Johnson, who had a different title, didn't say that.) June 23 “We are 5 and 0 ... in these special elections.” (Republicans have won four special elections this year, while a Democrat won one.) June 27 “Ratings way down!” (CNN's ratings were at a five-year high at the time.) June 28 “Democrats purposely misstated Medicaid under new Senate bill — actually goes up.” (Senate bill would have cut the program deeply.) June 29 “General Kelly and his whole group — they’ve gotten rid of 6,000 so far.” (The real number of MS-13 gang members who have been deported is smaller.) July 6 “As a result of this insistence, billions of dollars more have begun to pour into NATO.” (NATO countries agreed to meet defense spending requirements in 2014.) July 17 “We’ve signed more bills — and I’m talking about through the legislature — than any president, ever.” (Clinton, Carter, Truman, and F.D.R. had signed more at the same point.) July 19 “Um, the Russian investigation — it’s not an investigation, it’s not on me — you know, they’re looking at a lot of things.” (It is.) July 19 “I heard that Harry Truman was first, and then we beat him. These are approved by Congress. These are not just executive orders.” (Presidents Clinton, Carter, Truman, and F.D.R. each had signed more legislation than Trump at the same point in their terms.) July 19 “But the F.B.I. person really reports directly to the president of the United States, which is interesting.” (He reports directly to the attorney general.) July 19 “She did the uranium deal, which is a horrible thing, while she was secretary of state, and got a lot of money.” (There's no evidence Hillary Clinton was actively involved or benefited from the deal.) July 24 “It looks like about 45,000 people. You set a record today.” (Many fewer than 45,000 were there, and the attendance was not a record.) July 25 “We have the highest taxes anywhere in the world, and this will really bring them down to one of the lowest.” (Tax rates in the United States are below average, overall and for an industrialized country.) July 25 “We’re the highest-taxed nation in the world” (We're not.) July 25 “We have nearly doubled the number of veterans given approvals to see the doctor of their choice.” (The increase was 26 percent.) July 25 “Since I took office we have cut illegal immigration on our southern border by record numbers. 78 percent.” (The decline began before Trump's inauguration.) July 28 “The previous administration enacted an open-door policy to illegal migrants from Central America. "Welcome in. Come in, please, please.” (Obama deported millions.) July 28 “We have trade deficits with almost every country because we had a lot of really bad negotiators making deals with other countries.” (The U.S. has a trade surplus with more than 100 countries.) July 31 “2.6 is a number that nobody thought they’d see for a long period of time.” (Many experts predicted economic growth at least this high.) July 31 “And even the President of Mexico called me – they said their southern border, very few people are coming because they know they’re not going to get through our border, which is the ultimate compliment.” (Mexico's president says he didn't call Trump.) Aug. 1 “And I think to me, maybe the biggest is that GDP for the quarter just released at 2.6 percent. So that's so much higher than anticipated.” (It wasn't.) Aug. 3 “Economic growth has surged to 2.6% nationwide. You have to understand what that means. Nobody thought that number was going to happen.” (Many experts predicted that.) Aug. 3 “The Russia story is a total fabrication.” (It's not.) Aug. 3 “Or let them look at the uranium she sold that is now in the hands of very angry Russians.” (There's no evidence Hillary Clinton was actively involved in the sale.) Aug. 15 “We want products made in the country. Now, I have to tell you, some of the folks that will leave, they're leaving out of embarrassment because they make their products outside.” (People resigned from Trump's business councils over his Charlottesville comments.) Aug. 22 “Remember, everybody said you won’t bring it up to 1 percent. You won’t bring it up to 1.2 percent.” (Many experts predicted economic growth at least this high.) Aug. 22 “I mean truly dishonest people in the media and the fake media, they make up stories. They have no sources in many cases. They say 'a source says' – there is no such thing.” (The media does not make up sources.) Aug. 22 “As everybody here remembers, this was the scene of my first rally speech, right?” (Trump's first rally was in New Hampshire) Aug. 22 “We have become an energy exporter for the first time ever just recently.” (The U.S. isn't projected to become a net energy exporter until 2026.) Aug. 22 “Look back there, the live red lights. They're turning those suckers off fast out there. They're turning those lights off fast. Like CNN.” (CNN didn't turn off its cameras.) Sept. 6 “The taxes are crazy – the highest-taxed nation in the world.” (We're not.) Sept. 6 “We are the highest taxed nation in the world - that will change.” (We're not.) Sept. 8 “Our incredible U.S. Coast Guard saved more than 15,000 lives last week with Harvey.” (The real number is 11,022.) Sept. 14 “Also with the fact that I know in the case of FEMA and the case of Coast Guard, the job you've done in saving people, saving lives. As an example, in Harvey in Texas, we talked – over 16,000 lives.” (The real number is smaller.) Sept. 14 “And in Florida you got hit with the strongest winds ever recorded.” (They weren't the strongest ever recorded.) Sept. 22 “We've been dealing with ICE, we've been dealing with the Border Patrol. They both endorsed me.” (Neither agency endorsed him; only their unions did.) Sept. 22 “So he started off here, he was in third or fourth, he went to third, second, and now it's like almost pretty even.” (Strange consistently polled first or second in the Alabama Republican primary.) Sept. 29 “With the F-35 fighter plane – me, myself – I've saved hundreds of millions of dollars in negotiating.” (The cost cuts were planned before he became president.) Sept. 27 “I’m doing the right thing, and it’s not good for me.” (All available evidence suggests he would benefit.) Sept. 27 “To protect millions of small businesses and the American farmer, we are finally ending the crushing, the horrible, the unfair estate tax.” (The real number of small businesses and farmers is vastly smaller.) Sept. 27 “No, I don't benefit. I don't benefit. In fact, very very strongly, as you see, I think there's very little benefit for people of wealth.” (The tax plan would personally benefit Trump and other wealthy individuals.) Sept. 27 “Facebook was always anti-Trump.The Networks were always anti-Trump hence,Fake News, @nytimes(apologized) & @WaPo were anti-Trump.” (The Times did not apologize for its Trump coverage.) Sept. 28 “I mean right now, we're the highest-taxed nation in the world.” (We're not.) Oct. 3 “But the Coast Guard itself saved in Texas 16,000 lives, and they went right through that hurricane.” (The real number is smaller.) Oct. 3 “But that's an expensive plane that you can't see. And as you probably heard, we cut the price very substantially – something that other administrations would never have done, that I can tell you.” (The cost cuts were planned before he became president.) Oct. 6 “I was able to reduce the price of the Lockheed by billions of dollars.” (The cost cuts were planned before he became president.) Oct. 6 “We're the highest-taxed developed nation in the world, probably the highest-taxed nation in the world.” (We're not.) Oct. 6 “They also just said that there has been absolutely no collusion. They just said that. Yesterday. Two days ago. Senate. There has been no collusion.” (The Senate didn't say that.) Oct. 6 “This tax cut and tax reform is going very well, and it's going to be a tremendous boost for our country, including the fact that we're the highest-taxed nation in the world.” (We're not.) Oct. 7 “We're the highest-taxed nation in the world.” (We're not.) Oct. 7 “The Coast Guard, in Texas, and all over, but with the job they did in Texas, I saw, they saved 16,000 lives.” (The real number is smaller.) Oct. 7 “Obama should have never gotten out the way he got out. That's how ISIS formed.” (The group’s origins date to 2004.) Oct. 10 “The Failing @nytimes set Liddle' Bob Corker up by recording his conversation. Was made to sound a fool, and that's what I am dealing with!” (Corker asked the Times reporter to record the call; his aides recorded it too.) Oct. 10 “We're the highest-taxed nation in the world.” (We're not.) Oct. 11 “We have missiles that can knock out a missile in the air. Ninety seven per cent of the time. If you send two of them, it's going to get knocked out.” (The effectiveness rate is about 60 percent.) Oct. 16 “We're the highest-taxed country in the world.” (We're not.) Oct. 16 “I hear that Ireland is going to be reducing their corporate rates down to 8 percent from 12.” (Ireland has no plans to cut its tax rate.) Oct. 16 “If you look at President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn’t make calls.” (They did call families of soldiers killed in action.) Oct. 16 “All I can say is it's totally fake news, just fake. It's fake. It's made-up stuff, and it's disgraceful what happens, but that happens in the world of politics.” (Trump himself has bragged about groping women.) Oct. 17 “We're the highest taxed nation in the world.” (We're not.) Oct. 17 “Right now, we are the highest-taxed nation anywhere in the world. You can even say developed or undeveloped.” (We're not.) Oct. 17 “As far as I'm concerned, I think we're really essentially the highest. But if you'd like to add the developed nation, you can say that, too.” (Taxes in the U.S. are lower than in most developed countries.) Oct. 17 “We're the highest-taxed nation in the world. We are taxed beyond belief.” (We're not.) Oct. 17 “Well, we're the highest-taxed nation in the world.” (We're not.) Oct. 17 “I wish President Obama didn't get out the way he got out. Because that left a vacuum and ISIS was formed.” (The group’s origins date to 2004.) Oct. 18 “Democrat Congresswoman totally fabricated what I said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and I have proof).” (The wife confirmed Representative Frederica Wilson's account.) Oct. 18 “The Coast Guard in Texas saved 16,000 lives.” (The real number was smaller.) Oct. 18 “Nobody has ever heard of a five hitting land.” (Category 5 storms have hit land before.) Oct. 24 “Under our plan, more than 30 million Americans who own small businesses will get a 40 per cent cut to their top marginal tax rate.” (The real number is estimated to be less than 1 million.) Oct. 25 “We have trade deficits with almost everybody.” (We have trade surpluses with more than 100 countries.) Oct. 27 “Wacky & totally unhinged Tom Steyer, who has been fighting me and my Make America Great Again agenda from beginning, never wins elections!” (Steyer has financially supported many winning candidates.) Nov. 1 “Again, we're the highest-taxed nation, just about, in the world.” (We're not.) Nov. 7 “When you look at the city with the strongest gun laws in our nation, it's Chicago.” (Several other cities, including New York and Los Angeles, have stronger gun laws.) Nov. 11 “I'd rather have him – you know, work with him on the Ukraine than standing and arguing about whether or not – because that whole thing was set up by the Democrats.” (There is no evidence that Democrats "set up" Russian interference in the election
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trumps-lies.html
Some one on Newstalkers asked for a list of Trumps lies, it was too large to post in comments so, here it is.
I think you could write a book
I asked that same person to supply a list of Obama lies, crickets..
It's no wonder that American requests to immigrate to New Zealand are at a record high. It's nice that the Kiwis tend to enjoy educated, liberal Americans with high demand skills. If I was younger I'd do it myself. This country has gotten just a little too far right wing weird for my taste.
What's worse is that it is already completely out of date.
Oh joy. A Trump bad, Democrats good seed.
Never bothered to read it huh? Doesn't say anything about Democrats...
No. It's a Trump is a Liar thing. Democrats lie, but not about everything and with complete disregard for the actual truth, no matter how trivial a lie it might be.
He is a disgrace to the office of the President of the United States.
He is also a disgrace to the human race and a complete waste of flesh.
And that's a LOT of flesh to waste.
Obama gave his secret service agents a run for their money at hoops on a regular basis.
I seriously doubt Trump's ability to make it up and down the court once without keeling over.
Why doesn't Trump go to Walter Reed for his annual physicals instead of just having his "pet" WH stooge make a statement? All other presidents have had impartial doctors at Walter Reed do their annual exams. Trump seems to be too busy eating hamburgers in bed for breakfast while watching Fox to be bothered.
I suggest 18 holes of golf for the whole bag of marbles. Obama against Trump. Winner take all!
About time for Obama to be President again.
It'll be just like Caddy Shack!
He's such a doughy fleshy turd. I bet he thinks he looks great and is in shape. That doctor is a joke. ' President Trump 's military physician on Tuesday credited the president's genes for his "excellent" health despite his reported fast food habits and lack of exercise. “It’s called genetics. I don’t know, some people have just great genes," Navy Rear Adm. Dr. Ronny Jackson said at the White House press briefing after delivering the results of Trump's physical. "You know, I told the president that if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years, he might live to be 200 years old,” Jackson continued.
“He has incredibly good genes, and it’s just the way God made him."
The White House physician fielded questions from reporters for close to an hour about Trump’s physical and mental health following the president's physical last week.
Jackson repeatedly indicated that Trump — who staffers and others have indicated enjoys McDonald's, Diet Coke, Kentucky Fried Chicken and other fast food — is in “excellent” health, saying he expects the president to remain healthy for the duration of his tenure.
Trump is 6 feet 3 inches tall and 239 pounds, one pound away from being considered obese based on a scale used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Jackson noted the president could stand to lose about 10 to 15 pounds through exercise and an improved diet.'
Hey to remove at least 10 pounds of ugly fat - start with that face. What doctor would tell anyone that they could live to be 200? No one lives to be 200. FFS
Remember in Caddyshack when the judge moved that ball - 'that doesn't count - I was interfered with' - that's how I see donald rump. Cheats and lies about everything.
He’s the President of the United States 🇺🇸 and is doing a very good job.
And for the second time in two years, he refused to throw out the first pitch on opening day.
Is he afraid that everyone will laugh at how he throws a ball.
"OOOOO! He throws like a trump!"
It couldn't possibly be a worse first pitch than some of the past luminaries in the field. Like this all timer:
Considering how athletic Trump has claimed he is in the past, I don't see why he would refuse. Although honestly, I don't see why anybody would refuse the first pitch. Once in a lifetime opportunity for most.
If that second part of the sentence wasn't completely 100% debatable, we probably would have a dead site here.
I'm glad he got a do-over
Did he? Somehow, I wasn't aware of that. Probably because of how popular this throw was I'm sure.
Carl Lewis got a do-over on his first pitch because his first one was so bad
If he's doing such a great job, how about you list off all of his accomplishments? Name one piece of legislation that he has signed that has help working class Americans, the environment, humanity or even just poor Americans. I'll wait right here while you pull it all together.
Almost every American benefitted from the tax cuts.
And a politician lying now means something because.......
Because you apparently voted for the guy, so you can choose to overlook his lies.
I voted for a lying politician. Just like everybody else. Your failure is thinking you know who I voted for.
Who did you vote for?
Heh
Why is that important to you?
Why are you trying so hard not to answer my question and deflect the subject?
I didn't like sHillary but I voted for her as the lesser of two evils. I supported Bernie Sanders but even sHillary Clinton would have been better than the Mango Mussolini.
You've made it painfully obvious who you voted for. Over and over and over and over and over and over and.....................
True that, because Trump's fibs are not as bad as Hillary's lies. Hillary lied and people died. And then she lied about that.
Really? When?
It's a question that is in line with the "article", lying politicians. Just because you can't answer it doesn't mean it's a deflection. Just be the adult you claim to be and answer it with a name or just say, "I can't name one".
You THINK you know who I voted for. I'll let you live in your fairytale land.
We think you voted for Putin. I doubt we're wrong.
Yeah, as usual, you are wrong.
They’ve accused me of voting for Trump even though I made it clear before and after that I wouldn’t and didn’t. I made the mistake of not trusting him and being a never to both of the two. Clearly I was relieved that he won instead of the witch but living in CA my vote was meaningless except at the House of Representatives and local levels.
And yet you make it clear that you don't give a shit about all his lies, his immorality, his lack of ethics. You vote based on your hatred of other people, not any rational reason or research, and not based on your concern for our country, or for the world we all inhabit. Hillary's lack of ethics and transparency were a huge concern for me - yet you voted for someone who was clearly worse than she was in those areas. And, she wouldn't start WWIII via Twitter because her ego was hurt, or support Russia over the US.
So. How do we turn people like you into rational, intelligent, voters? Who actually spend time researching things and don't vote based on their hatred? I'm afraid we can't, but I'm open to suggestions.
Because of the insane degree of lying this president engages in. He is literally a pathological liar. We have NEVER seen a president, or any politician for that matter, lie this profusely.
You are only noticing it because of your tantrum. Reality is, he's no different than any other policitian.
His penchant for lying puts him in a verty different category of politicians.
The reality is that he lies far, far, far more then any other politician or any other human being. He is compulsive about lying. He can not control himself. He lies about everything. He wants to make a point, but he has no idea of what the truth is about the pint he wants to make is, so he just makes it up. He wants to quote a number of people that have been affected by something but he doesn't know how many, so instead of finding out he just makes a number up. And the danger is that our enemies and our allies depend on what the says as the factual truth of the United States' position and when they know that they can not depend of what he says is the truth they can not depend on the United States for any kind of world leadership and must go it alone. To our European allies the new world leader is Germany and in Eastern Europe the new world leader is Russia and in the Far East it is China. Thanks to Trump the United States in not longer the leader of the free world.
I'd be curious to know if you actually believe that . . . ???
Not really. All you have to do is give the same attention to every other politician that you give to the President.
A member of the House of Reps' or the Senate do not have the power of the President, so yes his statements cannot be ignored, even if you only consider his semi-coherent delivery. Geo W Bush was famous for his Bushisms but even he wasn't as much of a liar as Trump. Donald Trump is emotionally unhinged. Dubya looks intelligent compared to Trump.
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You would have if Hillary had gotten elected. Why does Trump bother you so much? You don't have to listen to him!
The reality is that he is the FIRST politician that gets a pass for each and every lie he tells by those who insisted that other politicians be held to MUCH higher standards.
The right pounded on the table and called Obama a liar because he said 'If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan'. They labeled it the lie of the year, years after he said it. It seems that Obama made the mistake of telling TOO FEW lies. He should have just flooded the airwaves with fallacious crap so he could qualify to get a pass from the right...
A pass? No. I deal with him like every other politician. But, again, because of your tantrum, you are zoned in on just him you don't see the others.
They can be ignored. Sign off twitter, facebook and go about your life. Not like many on the left have one after November 2016. Seems that this tantrum has consumed every aspect of their lives.
I can name one other person who couldn't make an honest statement as well. But, they are a "private" citizen now and not the subject of this article.
Please STOP misrepresenting the context of my posts.
The seed is about Trump's lies...
Guess you missed all of those lies about 'mushroom clouds' that were made in the SAME decade.
I'm not misrepresenting anything. Just because you don't like it that I pointed out your tantrum not my problem.
Now if you want to calm yourself about your loss and put aside your unsubstantiated hatred, you would see what I'm talking about. But since I know you won't, it is an issue you should find a way to deal with.
You are by labeling my comments as tantrums. You're giving yourself far too much credit if you think I could ever be frustrated by one of your posts.
Who is Obumfuk??
So, do you believe he can build a wall with 1.6 billion dollars that stretches from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific? Do you believe that Mexico will help build that wall of Trumps?
Do you believe that Trump isn't going to start a trade war that we will have to lose simply because he doesn't know the first thing about how the economy really works?
Do you believe that we can win a nuclear war with any country?
This is what Trump is working towards with every Tweet and, every bluster he makes in the public forum, his voice is suppose to be the voice of the American people, the strongest voice and, this is what our allies and, our enemies see when they listen to him spout his shit every day.
I see you got nothing and trying to change the subject.
Have a good day.
I guess that answers my questions.
Your "questions" are just a deflection off the topic. Which makes it obvious, you don't have anything qualitative to add (like you had anything in the first place).
The questions I asked you about deal with some of the lies Trump has told, such as, "We will build a great wall, a beautiful wall and, and, Mexico will pay for it", so far, Crickets from Mexico on payment of the wall, Trump then said, "I'll get the Pentagon to pay for the wall, they got extra money in the Omnibus", remember this one? "Trade wars are good", the list is endless and, all of them slip right back to the questions I put to you so, either you believe his lies, all of them or, part of them or, you don't believe what he is saying. The next question I have for you, if you support Trump, why do you support him if you don't believe what he is saying?
Did you miss where I said Have a good day? Do I really need to explain it to you?
No, I saw that and, yes, I know what it means but, you keep coming back.
The Muslim Kenyan that was dwelling in the WH before the Supreme Orange Fuhrer.
Are you talking about someone working in the White House on the staff? As far as I know there has never been a Muslim-Kenyan working there or, living there.
Because his base, people like you Jeremy, continue to accept anything he says or, that comes out of Sanders mouth as the absolute truth, when you all know he is lying his ass off.
I support President Trump. Just like I supported Obama, Bush (both) and Clinton. That seems to be something that MANY (if not all) on the left cannot do.
And it's funny that NOBODY, not a single f&cking person, can ante up and give an answer to my statement - NAME ONE POLITICIAN THAT HASN'T LIED.
I agree, every politician has lied at some point in their career but, Trump has yet to tell the truth since becoming a politician and, his cabinet seems to be afflicted with the same problem.
SP is right. You can't say that a member is lying. Then you double down on it after he marked you up for the same thing. Then you take a swipe at his moderation. Don't break the rules and you won't have an issue.
Don't start none, won't be none. smile
Seems that would be Obama. The most honest President ever. Voted for him twice.
Oh ... my ... god. That is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen here.
There is no "but". They ALL have lied. But because the left is still reeling from the loss in 2016, they think this is supposed to mean something.
"There is no but". Trump lies everyday all day and, he requires his staff and, his cabinet to lie as well to cover his lies. Last year he lied 2000 times, I think he going to break his own record this year.
Which part Apollo? The fact that Trump lies all the time or, the fact that Jeremy and, you accept his lies as the truth?
Just like every other politician.
I accept Trumps lies just the same as I accepted Clinton's, Obama's, Bush's (both) and every other politician. You seem to not be able to do that. I wonder why?
As I've said, Trump has made an art form out of lying.
There is no file on George H. W. Bush's history as president, as far as any lies but, I can tell you that I didn't accept lies from any of them. Trump as I've said, has brought lying to a new level, not only in the White House but, in life. The fact that you have stated that you accept Trumps lies seems to represent a character flaw, you have come on here defending Trump and, his administrations lies everyday.
Trump lies far more than any other President has done. Sure, they all lie, but he has taken it to new extremes, and it's very provable. He even brags about his "hyperbole" which might work when you're a real estate magnate screwing people over when you declare bankruptcy 4 times, but not so much when you're supposed to pretend you can lead the free world.
It's not surprising. From the 80s when he started getting famous (and was a Democrat) to now - he's all about publicity, good or bad. Our first Reality TV President .. I suppose we should be glad that Kim Kardashian isn't his VP.
And .. on another note - I am seeing A7X, 3 Days Grace, and Prophets of Rage this summer. And Red Sun Rising for the first time at another show, with HellYeah. We can disagree about politics, but throwing hard rock in reminds me that you and I have things in common. Papa Roach and Nothing More are touring and I don't know if they're coming to my area .. what shows are you seeing this year?
Because he lies many times every day and knows nothing about being commander in chief. Sure glad I'm not under his idiotic command. He'd likely have been fragged if he had ever served as an officer in combat.
He knows more than the last mess in the white house.
Oh, snap, you weren't joking. OK.
He puts it out. Finally, someone who speaks his mind openly for all to hear. If you don't like it....tough. You have an opinion and that's all it is.
You're baaaaacccck!
I'll be gentle with you, friend. But I can tell you are as sassy as ever!
And remember those words (someone who speaks his mind openly for all to hear. If you don't like it....tough) next time! You'll love me even more. I'm just glad to see the warrior on her game.
I tried to fix the parenthesis, give up!
I appreciate the help!
It's true, lib. On and on about his lying. So, alright, already. How many articles does it take to say the same thing? That's why I say tough. Not gonna change one's opinion.
But what he is speaking from his mind is lies. It does not do any good to have some one who is not afraid to speak their mind and to say what the mean and to talk in a way that and people understand, if what he is saying is lies and bullshit. A drunk on a bar stool at the cor.nor of the bar says what he means and is not afraid to speak his mind, but what not make a good President and that's what Trump is the equivalent of. He is exactly like a drunk in a bar, spouting off opinions and lies and the sad sick part is he has a lot of people believing his con game. And that's all it is. A bullshit con game that he is just making up as he goes along and hoping that no one notices that he hasn't the slightest damned idea of what he is doing except making as much money for himself and his family in various illegal rackets while he can before he gets nailed and has to leave.
We'll keep saying it until opinions are changed. Bring a lunch because we aren't stopping anytime soon.
We do not want a president that is ill-informed and a racist.
Question. If Trump was another color and doing the same things what word would you use to describe him other than racist?
Yes, public policies based on racial division or racial animus are a serious problem.
Why was Barack Obama's skin color a problem for conservatives? Was it the fact that he treated all people alike instead of putting conservative white Christians above others?
It wasn't. Just about the only ones to ever bring up his skin color are the liberal who he duped into thinking he was competent.
Problem with that, Arky, is that the right vowed to obstruct him right from day one, before Obama had a chance to do a damn thing. They even voted against their own ideas if Obama proposed them, and he did propose a lot of their ideas, especially 'Obamacare.' What a joke. Conservacare is more like it. The greedy, amoral insurance companies should not get their grubby paws on one DIME of the money meant to care for the health of the American people. Can we agree on this?
The opposition to Obama was personal, no doubt about it. If you want to say it's not because of his race, then what is it? And don't even try to say it was about policy, hell, Obama's policies were very reasonable and centrist, if not out and out conservative.
He was a graduate of Harvard Law, reviewed the Harvard Law Journal, and was a two-term senator, in Illinois and the US Senate. That is quite competent for the job, unlike Donald Trump whose only accomplishments are bankruptcy law, sexual assault, and fraud.
Donald Trump is the Dunning Kruger candidate because he makes unqualified conservatives think that they can do the job because their opinions are just like Trump's.
They do not understand that he is incompetent because they are just like him and they are convinced that they are competent to be POTUS because they have opinions.
I'd call him or, her out on it, just like I do Trump but, if you are talking about Obama, don't even go there, he treated everyone the same. Conservative Whites need to get over it already.
And, Trump is competent? Is that because he says what YOU want to hear or, because he is white?
Let's not forget Money Laundering as well.
Something to think about epistte, Trump watches FOX News, the proof of this is the fact that he spouted a FOX line on Easter Sunday word for word. What ever he hears last is what he believes, this is how shallow he is.
Trump is white? Never figured that in just like I never figured in that Obama was black. That isn't that important to me. Too bad it seems color is a major factor for you.
I think that's true for the majority of Americans.
However there are many who actually do want a president who is an ill-informed racist.
Charlottesville: "Jews Will Not Replace Us"
Then you believer him because he says what you want to hear. Ever consider he's lying to you?
He is doing slot of things I approve of. He picked a good man for SCOTUS, going to get the walk built, cutting taxes, gutting Obama care, pissing off liberals. ...
Tell me, did you like Obama because he was black or because he said things you wanted to hear.
Trump knew exactly how to make suckers out of them.
Most people who understand politics think the wall will never be built by the way.
Trump will see some small sections of fence going up as pre scheduled and claim that is the wall. And his suckers will agree with him.
He didn't pick anyone, conservative Republicans gamed the system, sat on their hands for a year like a spoiled child to get their way, and then picked a justice for Trump. He's now claiming that repairing the existing wall is technically "new wall" and admitting he isn't going to build a full wall but will simply increase border patrols and build some new fences. Over 60% of the tax cuts went to the top 1% of earners and corporations, the disappearing carrot on the stick tax cuts for the middle class expire within 7 years and the average tax cut for a middle class family is less than $56 a month. What a bargain! /s
"pissing off liberals"
Yes, on that count you win, electing an incompetent serially and morally bankrupt narcissistic bigot with nearly two dozen credible accusations of sexual assault and audio tape of him admitting he doesn't "even wait" for consent and just grabs women by their genitals certainly has pissed off liberals and any American with a working conscience.
These three things make me laugh that you like them. Unless you own a large corporation, the tax cuts aren't permanent, the wall isn't getting built and, the man he pick for SCOTUS isn't a good choice.
Neither, I liked him because he got stuff done in spite of a Congress that obstructed him at every step.
We see this now John, the section that he claims is being built, is already there, the section is being repaired.
This is the problem, no one in the world community can trust him to do what is right, he's already proven he can't be trusted.
Probably more stupid than just ignorant. I diagnose Dunning-Kruger effect in that poor sick man.
He mistakenly assesses his cognitive ability as far greater than it actually is. He's dumb!
He's a fucking moron.
Yeah and that bad ass in that video was crying like a bitch when his punk ass got arrested.
Where'd you get your medical training?
What policies would those be? What evidence do you have that he is racist, since he employs thousands of them?
He is still smarter than you and will remain president for a long time. That's a critical observation and a fact, not a criticism.
Stupid. And a racist.
At first I was going to call you out on your comment but, after looking at the comment you responded to, it makes sense, answering a question like that I would give the same answer. Next time, link the comment to yours.
I wish Trump WOULD speak his mind; he rarely does. He doesn't often say what he really thinks about things, Trump usually just lies, brags, and plays to his base.
That's all he's got Lenny, he has no original ideas, none.
I sure hope he gets in front of Mueller and loses that censor between brain and mouth. Prison!
WTF?
Do you actually believe that Trump is the first president to speak his mind?
I heard Harry Truman was pretty good at speaking his mind....
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I just put it "out there" Just like Trump.
I've got a gun and you've got a gun.
Let's go out and have a little fun.
I hope you understand what putting idiocy "out there" can lead to.
You shouldn't have said that first sentence which I will not repeat. You should know better. Can't get all that personal and derogatory. This should rate a suspension.
I did not realize someone was actually keeping track.
They all lie, he has just made it an art form.
They don't all lie. That is a false equivalency. I've known a few altruistic politicians in my day that had yet to sell out to the multinational corporations, the gun lobby and the fossil fuel industry.
You may very well be correct, although I am hard pressed to come up with one off the top of my noodle.
How 'bout giving us some really good examples, eh?
It's been a few hours and I still cannot come up with one, Jimmy Carter is the best I've got of the living at least.
Except for the beheadings, trump reminds me of Henry VIII, when he was pissed off at a person he liked, he got rid of them. Revolving door. Thomas More, Bishop Fisher, Anne Boleyn, George Boleyn, Katherine Howard, Margaret of Salisbury, Thomas Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell....those are the ones I can think of off hand.