There is simply no precedent for an American
President spending so much time telling untruths. Every president has shaded
the truth or told occasional whoppers. No other president has behaved as Trump
is behaving. He is trying to create an atmosphere in which reality is
irrelevant……yet he complains of ‘fake news’. The guy is clearly persistently
drunk!
The New York Times has catalogued all of these
lies and it is a truly fascinating read……Trump told public lies every day of
his first 40 Days. The streak didn’t end until 1 March 2017. Since then, he has said something untrue on at least 74 of 113 days.
Nearly 60% of Americans say the President is not honest……up from about 53% when
he took office.
The full article can be read at the following link. However, my particular favourites are below:
21/01/2017: “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.)
25/01/2017: “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.)
16/02/2017: “Walmart announced it will create
10,000 jobs in the United States this year because of our various plans and
initiatives.” (The jobs are a result of Walmart's investment plans announced in
October 2016!)
07/03/2017: “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.)
08/05/2017: “You know we’ve gotten billions of
dollars more in NATO than we were getting. All because of me.” (The deal was
struck in 2014!)
21/06/2017: “Right now, we are one of the
highest-taxed nations in the world.” (They are not even close to being the
highest!)
And in case you need reminding, this is the
most powerful man in the world!
Remarkable……truly remarkable.
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