President Trump has made 3,251 false or misleading claims in 497 days
Jun 1, 2018 09:04:37 #
By Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly
June 1 at 3:00 AM
Washington Post
“The Fact Checker is keeping a running list of the false or misleading claims Trump says most regularly. Here's our latest tally as of May 31, 2018.
“In the 497 days since he took the oath of office, President Trump has made 3,251 false or misleading claims, according to The Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president. That’s an average of more than 6.5 claims a day.
“When we first started this project for the president’s first 100 days, he averaged 4.9 claims a day. But the average number of claims per day keeps climbing as the president nears the 500-day mark of his presidency.
“In the month of May, the president made about eight claims a day — including an astonishing 35 claims in his rally in Nashville on May 29. Among the claims at the rally: He more than tripled the projected savings from repealing Obamacare, and said the individual mandate was unconstitutional even though the Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., said it passed constitutional muster. He once again falsely said he passed the biggest tax cut in U.S. history, when it’s only in eighth place. He inflated the trade deficit with Mexico. And he offered a long list of false statements about immigration, ranging from mischaracterizing the visa lottery to whether his long-promised wall is being built. (It’s not.) He also twisted the words of Democrats, casting words of sympathy for undocumented immigrants as support for MS-13 gang But perhaps the president’s most astonishing claim in May came on the last day of the month, in the form of a tweet.
@realDonaldTrump
“Not that it matters but I never fired James Comey because of Russia! The Corrupt Mainstream Media loves to keep pushing that narrative, but they know it is not true!
7:11 AM - May 31, 2018
“Initially, the White House had said FBI director James B. Comey was fired May 9, 2017, because of his handling of the Hillary Clinton investigation, on the recommendation of Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein. But here’s what Trump himself said to NBC’s Lester Holt just two days after the firing: “I was going to fire Comey knowing there was no good time to do it. And in fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said, you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story, it’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an e******n that they should have won.”
“Moreover, the New York Times reported that Trump, in a meeting with Russian officials the day after the firing, said: “I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job. I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.” Those quotes appeared in a White House document summarizing the meeting.
“Our interactive graphic, created with the help of Leslie Shapiro and Kaeti Hinck of The Washington Post’s graphics department, displays a running list of every false or misleading statement made by Trump. We also catalogued the president’s many flip-flops, since those earn Upside-Down Pinocchios if a politician shifts position on an issue without acknowledging that he or she did so.
“Trump has a proclivity to repeat, over and over, many of his false or misleading statements. We’ve counted at least 122 claims that the president has repeated at least three times, some with breathtaking frequency.
“Almost one third of Trump’s claims — 931 — relate to economic issues, trade deals or jobs. He frequently takes credit for jobs created before he became president or company decisions with which he had no role. He cites his “incredible success” in terms of job growth, even though annual job growth under his presidency has been slower than the last five years of Barack Obama’s term. He also loves to cite unemployment figures, even though he repeatedly said during his campaign that the unemployment rate was phony and could not be trusted.
“Not surprisingly, immigration is another source of Trump’s misleading claims, now totaling 379. Nineteen times just in the past three months, for instance, the president has falsely claimed his long-promised border wall with Mexico is being built, even though Congress has denied funding for it.
“Misleading claims about taxes — now at 299 — are also a common feature of Trump’s speeches. Seventy-five times, he has made the false assertion that he passed the biggest tax cut in U.S. history.
“But moving up the list quickly are claims about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 e******n and whether people in the Trump campaign were in any way connected to it. The president has made 265 statements about the Russia probe, using hyperbolic claims of “worse than Watergate,” “McCarthyism” and, of course, “witch hunt.” He often asserts that the Democrats colluded with the Russians, even though the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign were victims of Russian activities, as emails were hacked and then released via WikiLeaks.”
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So, to all of you Trumpkins who like to quote your demigod of a President, here are the FACTUAL numbers and comments. Too bad, most of you can’t see through his BS and realize he’s conned you and made you look like fools.
June 1 at 3:00 AM
Washington Post
“The Fact Checker is keeping a running list of the false or misleading claims Trump says most regularly. Here's our latest tally as of May 31, 2018.
“In the 497 days since he took the oath of office, President Trump has made 3,251 false or misleading claims, according to The Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president. That’s an average of more than 6.5 claims a day.
“When we first started this project for the president’s first 100 days, he averaged 4.9 claims a day. But the average number of claims per day keeps climbing as the president nears the 500-day mark of his presidency.
“In the month of May, the president made about eight claims a day — including an astonishing 35 claims in his rally in Nashville on May 29. Among the claims at the rally: He more than tripled the projected savings from repealing Obamacare, and said the individual mandate was unconstitutional even though the Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., said it passed constitutional muster. He once again falsely said he passed the biggest tax cut in U.S. history, when it’s only in eighth place. He inflated the trade deficit with Mexico. And he offered a long list of false statements about immigration, ranging from mischaracterizing the visa lottery to whether his long-promised wall is being built. (It’s not.) He also twisted the words of Democrats, casting words of sympathy for undocumented immigrants as support for MS-13 gang But perhaps the president’s most astonishing claim in May came on the last day of the month, in the form of a tweet.
@realDonaldTrump
“Not that it matters but I never fired James Comey because of Russia! The Corrupt Mainstream Media loves to keep pushing that narrative, but they know it is not true!
7:11 AM - May 31, 2018
“Initially, the White House had said FBI director James B. Comey was fired May 9, 2017, because of his handling of the Hillary Clinton investigation, on the recommendation of Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein. But here’s what Trump himself said to NBC’s Lester Holt just two days after the firing: “I was going to fire Comey knowing there was no good time to do it. And in fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said, you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story, it’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an e******n that they should have won.”
“Moreover, the New York Times reported that Trump, in a meeting with Russian officials the day after the firing, said: “I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job. I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.” Those quotes appeared in a White House document summarizing the meeting.
“Our interactive graphic, created with the help of Leslie Shapiro and Kaeti Hinck of The Washington Post’s graphics department, displays a running list of every false or misleading statement made by Trump. We also catalogued the president’s many flip-flops, since those earn Upside-Down Pinocchios if a politician shifts position on an issue without acknowledging that he or she did so.
“Trump has a proclivity to repeat, over and over, many of his false or misleading statements. We’ve counted at least 122 claims that the president has repeated at least three times, some with breathtaking frequency.
“Almost one third of Trump’s claims — 931 — relate to economic issues, trade deals or jobs. He frequently takes credit for jobs created before he became president or company decisions with which he had no role. He cites his “incredible success” in terms of job growth, even though annual job growth under his presidency has been slower than the last five years of Barack Obama’s term. He also loves to cite unemployment figures, even though he repeatedly said during his campaign that the unemployment rate was phony and could not be trusted.
“Not surprisingly, immigration is another source of Trump’s misleading claims, now totaling 379. Nineteen times just in the past three months, for instance, the president has falsely claimed his long-promised border wall with Mexico is being built, even though Congress has denied funding for it.
“Misleading claims about taxes — now at 299 — are also a common feature of Trump’s speeches. Seventy-five times, he has made the false assertion that he passed the biggest tax cut in U.S. history.
“But moving up the list quickly are claims about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 e******n and whether people in the Trump campaign were in any way connected to it. The president has made 265 statements about the Russia probe, using hyperbolic claims of “worse than Watergate,” “McCarthyism” and, of course, “witch hunt.” He often asserts that the Democrats colluded with the Russians, even though the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign were victims of Russian activities, as emails were hacked and then released via WikiLeaks.”
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So, to all of you Trumpkins who like to quote your demigod of a President, here are the FACTUAL numbers and comments. Too bad, most of you can’t see through his BS and realize he’s conned you and made you look like fools.
Jun 1, 2018 09:15:45 #
alabuck wrote:
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"There are more stars in the sky, than grains of sand"
Thank you for your interest.
Jun 1, 2018 09:29:28 #
alabuck wrote:
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Do you expect me to believe someone who would take notes when obama was lying every time he opened his trap. You know nothing about t***h. What your party knows is how to c***t, how to lie, how to whine, and how to be a treasonous criminal while lacking the brain matter to do so. Every American that is worth his salt knows Trump don't lie and he isn't a r****t. So stop your crying. Do something constructive and send him back your tax cut. Or better than that send it to me.
Jun 1, 2018 10:22:09 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
[quote=badbob85037] "Every American that is worth his salt knows Trump don't lie and he isn't a r****t."
All politicians are prone to lying. But, any American that has a brain and reasonable recall knows full well that Trump lies at a level above any politician in history, as it is well documented. Whether he is a r****t or not remains a question for each individual to ponder on their own.
All politicians are prone to lying. But, any American that has a brain and reasonable recall knows full well that Trump lies at a level above any politician in history, as it is well documented. Whether he is a r****t or not remains a question for each individual to ponder on their own.
Jun 1, 2018 10:22:51 #
alabuck wrote:
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Lowest unemployment rate in over a half century.
Jun 1, 2018 10:24:39 #
[quote=slatten49]
He must be lying only to you liberals.
badbob85037 wrote:
"Every American that is worth his salt knows Trump don't lie and he isn't a r****t."
All politicians are prone to lying. But, any American that has a brain and reasonable recall knows full well that Trump lies at a level above any politician in history, as it is well documented. Whether he is a r****t or not remains a question for each individual to ponder on their own.
All politicians are prone to lying. But, any American that has a brain and reasonable recall knows full well that Trump lies at a level above any politician in history, as it is well documented. Whether he is a r****t or not remains a question for each individual to ponder on their own.
He must be lying only to you liberals.
Jun 1, 2018 10:26:52 #
badbob85037 wrote:
Do you expect me to believe someone who would take notes when obama was lying every time he opened his trap. You know nothing about t***h. What your party knows is how to c***t, how to lie, how to whine, and how to be a treasonous criminal while lacking the brain matter to do so. Every American that is worth his salt knows Trump don't lie and he isn't a r****t. So stop your crying. Do something constructive and send him back your tax cut. Or better than that send it to me.
Just like children in a candy store.
Jun 1, 2018 10:29:23 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
Hemiman wrote:
He must be lying only to you liberals.
"The t***h does not change according to ones ability to stomach it."
Jun 1, 2018 10:46:46 #
slatten49 wrote:
"The t***h does not change according to ones ability to stomach it."
That’s what I said during Obama’s reign of terror.
Jun 1, 2018 10:58:01 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
Hemiman wrote:
That’s what I said during Obama’s reign of terror.
We agree then, as it holds up during any administration.
Jun 1, 2018 11:10:07 #
slatten49 wrote:
We agree then, as it holds up during any administration.
Only the tone ,texture and purpose ,also the much smaller amount are different in this administration.
Jun 1, 2018 11:18:35 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
Hemiman wrote:
Only the tone ,texture and purpose , also the much smaller amount are different in this administration.
Really
You can't be serious. 
But, why should DJT concern himself with any negative reaction to his numerous and egregious lies
For example...[Quote/DonaldTrump]..."You know what else they say about my people? The polls, they say I have the most loyal people. Did you ever see that? Where I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any v**ers, okay? It’s like incredible."
Jun 1, 2018 11:31:36 #
Trump is not a politician. He's part salesman, part master of ceremonies, part cheerleader, and a few other things. Obama was a politician and an activist. He spoke eloquently about feelings and ideas, but his actions didn't match the rhetoric. Trump speaks like no previous president. But he has done more of what he promised he'd do than nearly anyone before. And he's done it in the face of a firestorm of opposition from the media, entertainment, sports, democrats, l*****ts, socialists, rinos, never-trumpers, the CIA/FBI/NSA/et. al., the EU... (have I missed anybody)? If you're hung up on how he communicates, I guess we'll deal with that, just like we dealt with 8 years of "Make America Less Than Great". It's finally your turn.
Jun 1, 2018 13:01:23 #
working class stiff
Loc: N. Carolina
Hemiman wrote:
Lowest unemployment rate in over a half century.
Irrelevant. Since the Obama administration was measure by the labor force participation rate, that seems to be the new metric.
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000
Notice the LFPR is actually declining.
Here is Trump on unemployment rate numbers:
During the Sept. 28, 2015, media event, Trump described an unemployment rate in the range of 5 percent as "such a phony number."
"The number isn't reflective," he said. "I've seen numbers of 24 percent -- I actually saw a number of 42 percent unemployment. Forty-two percent." He continued, "5.3 percent unemployment -- that is the biggest joke there is in this country. … The unemployment rate is probably 20 percent, but I will tell you, you have some great economists that will tell you it's a 30, 32. And the highest I've heard so far is 42 percent."
http://www.politifact.com/t***h-o-meter/statements/2015/sep/30/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-unemployment-rate-may-be-42-perc/
And here's some more, if you care to see how the President misleads his followers:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/10/19-times-trump-called-the-jobs-numbers-f**e-before-they-made-him-look-good/?utm_term=.6cb1714aea7d
It would be nice if folks would compare apple to apples and if the President wouldn't speak out of both sides of his mouth.
Jun 1, 2018 13:32:04 #
slatten49 wrote:
All politicians are prone to lying. But, any American that has a brain and reasonable recall knows full well that Trump lies at a level above any politician in history, as it is well documented. Whether he is a r****t or not remains a question for each individual to ponder on their own.
How blessed we are that Obama is no longer president. How blessed we are that Hillary lost.All politicians are prone to lying. But, any American that has a brain and reasonable recall knows full well that Trump lies at a level above any politician in history, as it is well documented. Whether he is a r****t or not remains a question for each individual to ponder on their own.
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