Being a liar has defined Donald Trump. He’s been lying his entire life. Now he is trying to save his presidency with a blizzard of lies about Russia. The Trump strategy has been first to lie outright that his campaign … Continue reading →
A Paul Krugman column well worth reading. From the article: Why does Trump keep repeating what even he has to know by now is a flat lie? I suspect it’s a power thing: he enjoys showing that he can lie … Continue reading →
With Trump you really can’t imagine what fantastic lie he will say next. But in a Thursday’s “Fox and Friend” interview Trump actually said, “Health care didn’t go down. We have the votes.” The facts are these. There are three Republican … Continue reading →
On Friday, lawyers for the Department of Justice (DOJ) wrote that the department has no records supporting President Trump’s claim that former President Barack Obama ordered wiretaps of Trump Tower. “Both [the Federal Bureau of Investigation] and [National Security Division] … Continue reading →
Trump opened his campaign rally in Phoenix talking, as usual, about sizes – this time crowd sizes. “What a crowd,” Trump said Aug. 22 about his supporters inside the Phoenix Convention Center. Then he lied and said: “And just so … Continue reading →
From the Washington Post – In early August, the president crossed a new benchmark — over 1,000 false or misleading claims. According to The Fact Checker’s calculation, he now averages 4.9 claims per day. The total is 1,057 lies since January. … Continue reading →
Trump on August 15, 2017: “You had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit, and they were very, very violent. . . . You had a lot of people in that [white nationalist] group … Continue reading →
On Monday, Trump tweeted: The Fake News Media will not talk about the importance of the United Nations Security Council’s 15-0 vote in favor of sanctions on N. Korea! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 7, 2017 Why he tweeted … Continue reading →
Trump told the Wall Street Journal last week, “I got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them, and they were very thankful,” referring to his speech … Continue reading →
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday that a report that President Donald Trump personally dictated his son’s misleading statement regarding a meeting last summer with a Russian attorney “bothers me a lot.” “It bothers me a lot because, one, he put … Continue reading →
