Talk Lies + Corruption

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LIES

Quotes

“As long as you keep repeating something, it doesn’t matter what you say.” Donald J Trump

By the end of this term, Trump had accumulated 30,573 untruths during his presidency – averaging approximately 21 erroneous claims a day. (Washington Post)

“A lot of people’s support for politicians who say things that aren’t true isn’t because they believe those statements per se, but they view that misinformation as supporting political goals that they believe in,” said Ethan Poskanzer, an assistant professor of strategy and entrepreneurship in the Leeds School of Business

The president keeps going long after the facts are clear, in what appears to be a deliberate effort to replace the truth with his own, far more favorable, version of it. He is not merely making gaffes or misstating things, he is purposely injecting false information into the national conversation. Glenn Kessler, Washington Post

Concerns

Too many people believe what they want to hear with out checking the facts. Rachel W, Los Angeles CA

Trump did his best to discredit Obama back in 2011 by implying that he was not a U.S. citizen born in Kenya. When Obama published a copy of his birth certificate, Trump claimed there was something wrong with it. There was no truth to it and Trump finally had to admit to it. He then blamed Hillary for it. Karen T, Gardena CA

Trump wants to stop the use of offshore wind turbines to generate energy on his first day in office. His lies towards accomplishing this are that wind turbines kill whales, cause cancer, are the most expensive type of energy and that, “if it’s not windy, people won’t be able to watch TV.” Ann C, Culver City, CA

Facts – The Lies

LYING ABOUT BUSINESS – Inflated property values to dupe banks and investors

LYING ABOUT BUSINESS – Posed as his own spokesperson to secure a higher ranking on Forbes to dupe investors and bankers

LYING ABOUT PHILANTHROPY – The Donald J Trump Foundation had to admit it engaged in self-dealing practices to benefit Trump, his family, and businesses.

LYING ABOUT GOLF

LYING ABOUT 911 – Claimed he saw thousands of Muslims celebrating

LYING ABOUT HIS FATHER – His father was arrested at a KKK rally which he denied

LYING ABOUT HIS INHERITENCE

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – Claimed Ted Cruz’s father was connected to the assassination of JFK and that he stole the Iowa caucus

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – Claimed he would build a wall and Mexico will pay for it. Only a small portion of the wall was built and Mexico did not pay for it. He still claims Mexico paid for it and is still paying for it.

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – Trump Tower wiring tapping fallacy

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – Denial of Russian hacking and election interference in 2016

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – Spygate conspiracy theory

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – The Economy while president

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – Family Separation Policy was his policy, not Obama’s

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – Obamagate. Another Trump contrived conspiracy theory about Obama, the Justice Dept. and the U.S Intelligence Community.

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – Joe Scarborough murder conspiracy theory created by Trump to help discredit the “fake news” media

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – He claims he did more for blacks than any other president since Lincoln and maybe including Lincoln.

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – Covid 19 pandemic. Trump denied responsibility for his administration’s disbanding of the US Pandemic Response Team headed by Rear Adm. R. Timothy Ziemer in 2018

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – False statements about Covid going away quickly

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – The world respected him

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – He falsely and repeatedly takes credit for The Veteren’s Choice Program led by McCain and Sanders and signed by Obama.

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – Voting by mail is rigged

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – 2020 Election

LYING FOR POLITICAL GAIN – January 6 attack

LYING TO COVER LUNACY – NOAA determined Hurricane Dorian would not hit Alabama. He told the public it would and altered the map with a sharpie against Federal regulations. When called out for it, he would not stop lying about it.

LYING ABOUT LEGAL ISSUES – Jean Carrol

LYING ABOUT LEGAL ISSUES – Federal Documents Case

LYING ABOUT LEGAL ISSUES

Questions

How honest and truthful do you think Trump is?

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