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Donald Trump made 16 false claims in that dizzying infrastructure speech
The U.S. president has now said 1,400 false things since his inauguration, an average of 3.2 per day.
By Daniel DaleWashington Bureau Chief
Mon., April 2, 2018
The U.S. president has now said 1,400 false things since his inauguration, an average of 3.2 per day.
Speaking in Ohio, President Donald Trump is threatening to "hold up" the trade agreement his administration just finalized with South Korea to provide more leverage for talks with North Korea. (The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump was supposed to give a speech on infrastructure. Instead, he took his audience on a dizzying ramble-journey that covered everything from the war in Syria to the sitcom Roseanne. And he was highly dishonest along the way.
Trump made 16 false claims during the Ohio address. He added five more over the course of the week for a total of 21.
He has made 1,400 false claims over the first 437 days of his presidency, an average of 3.2 per day.
Read more: Minute by minute at Donald Trump’s rambling Ohio ‘infrastructure’ speech
If Trump is a serial liar, why call this a list of “false claims,” not lies? The answer is that we can’t be sure that each and every one was intentional. In some cases, he may have been confused or ignorant. What we know, objectively, is that he was not telling the truth.
By Daniel DaleWashington Bureau Chief
Mon., April 2, 2018
The U.S. president has now said 1,400 false things since his inauguration, an average of 3.2 per day.
Speaking in Ohio, President Donald Trump is threatening to "hold up" the trade agreement his administration just finalized with South Korea to provide more leverage for talks with North Korea. (The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump was supposed to give a speech on infrastructure. Instead, he took his audience on a dizzying ramble-journey that covered everything from the war in Syria to the sitcom Roseanne. And he was highly dishonest along the way.
Trump made 16 false claims during the Ohio address. He added five more over the course of the week for a total of 21.
He has made 1,400 false claims over the first 437 days of his presidency, an average of 3.2 per day.
Read more: Minute by minute at Donald Trump’s rambling Ohio ‘infrastructure’ speech
If Trump is a serial liar, why call this a list of “false claims,” not lies? The answer is that we can’t be sure that each and every one was intentional. In some cases, he may have been confused or ignorant. What we know, objectively, is that he was not telling the truth.
More here :
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2018/04/02/donald-trump-made-16-false-claims-in-that-dizzying-infrastructure-speech.html
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