Trumpet has told 1,950 lies and/or mis-leading statements in 347 days of his presidency: With just 18 days before President Trump completes his first year as president, he is, now, on...

alabuck Loc: Tennessee

With just 18 days before President Trump completes his first year as president, he is, now, on track to exceed 2,000 false or misleading claims, according to my database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president.

As of Monday, 1/1/2018, the total stood at 1,950 claims in 347 days, or an average of 5.6 claims a day. As regular readers of non-biased news outlets know, the president has a tendency to repeat himself — often, and often, and often, ad-nausium. From tracking his comments, there are now more than 60 claims that he has repeated 3 or more times. The president’s impromptu 30-minute interview with the New York Times over the holidays, in which he made at least 24 false or misleading claims, included many statements that have been previously fact-checked. Currently, there is a tie for Trumpet’s most repeated claims, both made 61 times. Both of these claims date from the start of Trumpet’s presidency and to a large extent have faded as talking points.

One of these claims was some variation of the statement that the Affordable Care Act “... is dying ...” and “... essentially dead ... .” Countering Trumpet’s claims, the Congressional Budget Office just recently said that the Obamacare exchanges (despite its well-documented issues) are NOT imploding and are expected to remain stable for the foreseeable future. Indeed, healthy enrollment for the coming year has surprised health-care experts. Trumpet used to say this a lot, but he’s quieted down since his efforts to totally repeal the law have flopped.

Trumpet also repeatedly takes credit for events or business decisions that happened before he took the oath of office — or had even been elected. 61 times, he has touted that he secured business investments and job announcements that had been previously announced and could easily be found with a Google search.

With the just recent and totally partisan push in Congress to pass a tax plan, two of Trumpet’s favorite talking points about taxes — that the tax plan will be the biggest tax cut in U.S. history and that the United States is one of the highest-taxed nations — have rapidly moved up the list.

Trumpet repeated the falsehood about having the biggest tax cut 53 times, even though the Treasury Department data shows it would rank as the 8th largest. And, 58 times Trumpet has claimed that the United States has the highest corporate taxes (25 times) or that it is one of the highest-taxed nations (33 times). The latter is false; the former is misleading, as the “effective” U.S. corporate tax rate (what companies end up paying after deductions and benefits) ends up being around 10 points LOWER than the “statutory” tax rate. Bear in mind, too, some companies pay ZERO taxes. Can you say, “G.E.?”

Also tracked are the president’s flip-flops, as they are so glaring. He spent the 2016 campaign telling supporters that the unemployment rate was really 42 percent and the “... official statistics were phony;” now, on 46 occasions he has hailed the lowest unemployment rate in 17 years. It was already very low when he was elected — 4.6 percent, the lowest in a decade — so his failure to acknowledge that is misleading.

Also, 85 times, Trumpet has celebrated a rise in the stock market — even though in the campaign he repeatedly said it was, “... a bubble that’s ready to crash as soon as the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates.” Well, the Fed has raised rates 3 times since the e******n — and yet the stock market has NOT plunged as Trumpet predicted. Instead, it has continued a rise in stock prices that began under President Barack Obama in 2009. Again, Trumpet has never explained his shift in position on the stock market.

Moreover, the U.S. stock-market rise in 2017 was not unique and mirrored a global rise in equities. When looking at the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index, it’s clear U.S. stocks haven’t rallied as robustly as their foreign equivalents. Yet Trumpet loves this claim so much that he has repeated it 28 times in 49 days — more often than every other day.

I maintain my database by closely reading or watching Trumpet’s myriad public appearances and television and radio interviews. The interviews are especially hard to keep-up with; in part because the White House does not routinely post them on its website. In fact, a recent redesign of the White House website appears to make it difficult to even locate transcripts of Trumpet’s remarks at the White House. So much for his claim about being, “... the most t***sparent presidency ever.”

This project originally started as a first-100-days database, but I’ve extended it to 1 year. I will soon have to decide whether or not to maintain it beyond 1 year, even though it strains my resources (and weekends).

Wolf counselor Loc: Heart of Texas

alabuck wrote:

With just 18 days before President Trump completes his first year as president, he is, now, on track to exceed 2,000 false or misleading claims, according to my database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president.

As of Monday, 1/1/2018, the total stood at 1,950 claims in 347 days, or an average of 5.6 claims a day. As regular readers of non-biased news outlets know, the president has a tendency to repeat himself — often, and often, and often, ad-nausium. From tracking his comments, there are now more than 60 claims that he has repeated 3 or more times. The president’s impromptu 30-minute interview with the New York Times over the holidays, in which he made at least 24 false or misleading claims, included many statements that have been previously fact-checked. Currently, there is a tie for Trumpet’s most repeated claims, both made 61 times. Both of these claims date from the start of Trumpet’s presidency and to a large extent have faded as talking points.

One of these claims was some variation of the statement that the Affordable Care Act “... is dying ...” and “... essentially dead ... .” Countering Trumpet’s claims, the Congressional Budget Office just recently said that the Obamacare exchanges (despite its well-documented issues) are NOT imploding and are expected to remain stable for the foreseeable future. Indeed, healthy enrollment for the coming year has surprised health-care experts. Trumpet used to say this a lot, but he’s quieted down since his efforts to totally repeal the law have flopped.

Trumpet also repeatedly takes credit for events or business decisions that happened before he took the oath of office — or had even been elected. 61 times, he has touted that he secured business investments and job announcements that had been previously announced and could easily be found with a Google search.

With the just recent and totally partisan push in Congress to pass a tax plan, two of Trumpet’s favorite talking points about taxes — that the tax plan will be the biggest tax cut in U.S. history and that the United States is one of the highest-taxed nations — have rapidly moved up the list.

Trumpet repeated the falsehood about having the biggest tax cut 53 times, even though the Treasury Department data shows it would rank as the 8th largest. And, 58 times Trumpet has claimed that the United States has the highest corporate taxes (25 times) or that it is one of the highest-taxed nations (33 times). The latter is false; the former is misleading, as the “effective” U.S. corporate tax rate (what companies end up paying after deductions and benefits) ends up being around 10 points LOWER than the “statutory” tax rate. Bear in mind, too, some companies pay ZERO taxes. Can you say, “G.E.?”

Also tracked are the president’s flip-flops, as they are so glaring. He spent the 2016 campaign telling supporters that the unemployment rate was really 42 percent and the “... official statistics were phony;” now, on 46 occasions he has hailed the lowest unemployment rate in 17 years. It was already very low when he was elected — 4.6 percent, the lowest in a decade — so his failure to acknowledge that is misleading.

Also, 85 times, Trumpet has celebrated a rise in the stock market — even though in the campaign he repeatedly said it was, “... a bubble that’s ready to crash as soon as the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates.” Well, the Fed has raised rates 3 times since the e******n — and yet the stock market has NOT plunged as Trumpet predicted. Instead, it has continued a rise in stock prices that began under President Barack Obama in 2009. Again, Trumpet has never explained his shift in position on the stock market.

Moreover, the U.S. stock-market rise in 2017 was not unique and mirrored a global rise in equities. When looking at the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index, it’s clear U.S. stocks haven’t rallied as robustly as their foreign equivalents. Yet Trumpet loves this claim so much that he has repeated it 28 times in 49 days — more often than every other day.

I maintain my database by closely reading or watching Trumpet’s myriad public appearances and television and radio interviews. The interviews are especially hard to keep-up with; in part because the White House does not routinely post them on its website. In fact, a recent redesign of the White House website appears to make it difficult to even locate transcripts of Trumpet’s remarks at the White House. So much for his claim about being, “... the most t***sparent presidency ever.”

This project originally started as a first-100-days database, but I’ve extended it to 1 year. I will soon have to decide whether or not to maintain it beyond 1 year, even though it strains my resources (and weekends).

With just 18 days before President Trump completes... (show quote)

That's why we hired him.

To feed you plebeians generous portions of lies, to keep you r****ded.

If we told you the t***h it would shock you into complete lunacy.

steve66613

OMG Buck! You could spend your “resources” and weekends on something CONSTRUCTIVE!

OCD is a debilitating desease....get help!

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

steve66613 wrote:

OMG Buck! You could spend your “resources” and weekends on something CONSTRUCTIVE!

OCD is a debilitating desease....get help!

steve66613

PoppaGringo wrote:

Actually.....disease.....sorry.

emarine

PoppaGringo wrote:

The funny thing Pop is that its not really funny its true... Trumps well known for being full of it as well as himself... & now he's our President ... so a good sense of humor is mandatory...

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

emarine wrote:

The funny thing Pop is that its not really funny its true... Trumps well known for being full of it as well as himself... & now he's our President ... so a good sense of humor is mandatory...

We tried that with Obammy, but it didn't work.

emarine

PoppaGringo wrote:

We tried that with Obammy, but it didn't work.

Come on Pop... that thing Trump does with his hands when he's lying is funny... Obama wasn't funny when he lied...

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

emarine wrote:

Come on Pop... that thing Trump does with his hands when he's lying is funny... Obama wasn't funny when he lied...

I hadn't noticed. What does he do with his hands?

alabuck Loc: Tennessee

Wolf counselor wrote:

That's why we hired him.

To feed you plebeians generous portions of lies, to keep you r****ded.

If we told you the t***h it would shock you into complete lunacy.

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Wolf,
The sad thing is that it’s you guys, his followers, who believe his lies. We know the difference between t***h and lies. You don’t. You believe everything he says, no matter how outrageous and obvious his lies are. Hence, my post. Even more sad is that you, and the rest of Trumpet’s puppets, intentionally choose to deny the t***h, even when it’s right before your eyes. Instead, you're eager to be duped into believing the “liar-in-chief.”

‘Why,” is anybody’s guess. I say it’s the worst case of misplaced hero-worship I’ve ever seen on such as mass scale. I honestly believe Trumpet could claim to be Christ, and it’s the 2nd coming, and the vast majority of his followers (perhaps, you included) would be just fine with his claim and defend him to the death.

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

alabuck wrote:

—————— br br br Wolf, br The sad thing is that i... (show quote)

That is because you Lefties won't believe the sun rises in the East unless it is told by Obammy or Hillary.

vernon

alabuck wrote:

With just 18 days before President Trump completes his first year as president, he is, now, on track to exceed 2,000 false or misleading claims, according to my database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president.

As of Monday, 1/1/2018, the total stood at 1,950 claims in 347 days, or an average of 5.6 claims a day. As regular readers of non-biased news outlets know, the president has a tendency to repeat himself — often, and often, and often, ad-nausium. From tracking his comments, there are now more than 60 claims that he has repeated 3 or more times. The president’s impromptu 30-minute interview with the New York Times over the holidays, in which he made at least 24 false or misleading claims, included many statements that have been previously fact-checked. Currently, there is a tie for Trumpet’s most repeated claims, both made 61 times. Both of these claims date from the start of Trumpet’s presidency and to a large extent have faded as talking points.

One of these claims was some variation of the statement that the Affordable Care Act “... is dying ...” and “... essentially dead ... .” Countering Trumpet’s claims, the Congressional Budget Office just recently said that the Obamacare exchanges (despite its well-documented issues) are NOT imploding and are expected to remain stable for the foreseeable future. Indeed, healthy enrollment for the coming year has surprised health-care experts. Trumpet used to say this a lot, but he’s quieted down since his efforts to totally repeal the law have flopped.

Trumpet also repeatedly takes credit for events or business decisions that happened before he took the oath of office — or had even been elected. 61 times, he has touted that he secured business investments and job announcements that had been previously announced and could easily be found with a Google search.

With the just recent and totally partisan push in Congress to pass a tax plan, two of Trumpet’s favorite talking points about taxes — that the tax plan will be the biggest tax cut in U.S. history and that the United States is one of the highest-taxed nations — have rapidly moved up the list.

Trumpet repeated the falsehood about having the biggest tax cut 53 times, even though the Treasury Department data shows it would rank as the 8th largest. And, 58 times Trumpet has claimed that the United States has the highest corporate taxes (25 times) or that it is one of the highest-taxed nations (33 times). The latter is false; the former is misleading, as the “effective” U.S. corporate tax rate (what companies end up paying after deductions and benefits) ends up being around 10 points LOWER than the “statutory” tax rate. Bear in mind, too, some companies pay ZERO taxes. Can you say, “G.E.?”

Also tracked are the president’s flip-flops, as they are so glaring. He spent the 2016 campaign telling supporters that the unemployment rate was really 42 percent and the “... official statistics were phony;” now, on 46 occasions he has hailed the lowest unemployment rate in 17 years. It was already very low when he was elected — 4.6 percent, the lowest in a decade — so his failure to acknowledge that is misleading.

Also, 85 times, Trumpet has celebrated a rise in the stock market — even though in the campaign he repeatedly said it was, “... a bubble that’s ready to crash as soon as the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates.” Well, the Fed has raised rates 3 times since the e******n — and yet the stock market has NOT plunged as Trumpet predicted. Instead, it has continued a rise in stock prices that began under President Barack Obama in 2009. Again, Trumpet has never explained his shift in position on the stock market.

Moreover, the U.S. stock-market rise in 2017 was not unique and mirrored a global rise in equities. When looking at the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index, it’s clear U.S. stocks haven’t rallied as robustly as their foreign equivalents. Yet Trumpet loves this claim so much that he has repeated it 28 times in 49 days — more often than every other day.

I maintain my database by closely reading or watching Trumpet’s myriad public appearances and television and radio interviews. The interviews are especially hard to keep-up with; in part because the White House does not routinely post them on its website. In fact, a recent redesign of the White House website appears to make it difficult to even locate transcripts of Trumpet’s remarks at the White House. So much for his claim about being, “... the most t***sparent presidency ever.”

This project originally started as a first-100-days database, but I’ve extended it to 1 year. I will soon have to decide whether or not to maintain it beyond 1 year, even though it strains my resources (and weekends).

With just 18 days before President Trump completes... (show quote)

thats almost as many as obama told in his first month.

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

vernon wrote:

thats almost as many as obama told in his first month.

Almost.

alabuck Loc: Tennessee

PoppaGringo wrote:

We tried that with Obammy, but it didn't work.

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Poppa,

That’s only because your side refused to work with him and stated as your party’s “primary goal” to “...make him a 1-term President.” Now, you still go after Obama and HRC when Trumpet wants takes all of the credit for everything good Obama initiated, in his poor efforts to try to deflect away from Trumpet’s Russian scandal.

Also, Trumpet has the WORST ratings of any president at this time in their term. Goes to show, the majority of people aren’t too thrilled to have him running the show. Only 38% of the population likes what Trumpet’s doing. In case you didn’t pass 2nd grade math, that means 62% don’t like him; that’s almost double the number who do. Seems like most of the people think
having Trumpet as president isn’t working, now.

Tag! You’re it!

alabuck Loc: Tennessee

vernon wrote:

thats almost as many as obama told in his first month.

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You’re pulling that one out of your a$$, vernon. How about providing some actual proof to buttress your comment. I seriously doubt you can. That would require far more effort than you’re willing to do. In know, ask your Russian handler what to say. I’m sure he/she would be happy to make you out to look even more like a Russian puppet than you already do.