AP FACT CHECK: Trump Says US Steel Opening Mills. Not So.

[mobeau69]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is crediting his tariffs with persuading U.S. Steel to open a half dozen new plants. That's not so.

TRUMP at a Pennsylvania rally Thursday night: "U.S. Steel is opening up seven plants." On Tuesday, he told supporters in Florida: "U.S. Steel just announced that they're building six new steel mills."

THE FACTS: The Pittsburgh-based company has made no such announcement. U.S. Steel spokeswoman Meghan Cox declined to comment on Trump's claim but said any "operational changes" such as the opening of new mills would be "publicly announced" and "made available on our website" if it occurred.

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/08/03/us/politics/ap-us-trump-steel-fact-check.html

Another day, more lies.

[Botany]

1. I wonder if all these blatant lies are part of a plan to overwhelm us with such non stop crap?

Except for Trump's mouth breathing base who buy almost anything.

[dalton99a]

8. It's the daily manna for his cult

Constant reinforcement is necessary

[spanone]

2. he speaks, he lies.

[hexola]

3. Gotta wonder if he knew "US Steel" was a company when dreamed up this lie?

That's how they'll spin this -

SHS: "The President was referring to American Steel companies - not specifically the company, US Steel"

[SunSeeker]

4. What sucks is his lie was widely reported as fact, this fact check wasn't.

[NewJeffCT]

9. That's always the case

in 2016, there was a meme going around about the Pope endorsing Trump. It was shared well over 1 million times. The debunkings from Snopes and other fact checkers were shared something like 25,000 times in total.

Meanwhile, even if a Papal endorsement were valuable, Trump had insulted the Pope earlier in 2016 over the Pope calling for civility in politics or something like that. So, any papal endorsement was highly unlikely.

[duforsure]

5. He's spreading propaganda to those he can take advantage of the most.

His history is littered with examples of doing this to people.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Maybe he'll hand over $12 billion in incentives to US Steel to back his claim.

[ooky]

7. He has normalized the lie.

And his "Christian" supporters have allowed him to do it.

[Achilleaze]

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[gratuitous]

11. The lie served its purpose; it got a cheer from the crowd

And that's all that matters. If the administration really needs to refer to this lie again, they will, but for now it can just be dumped down the memory hole. The fans felt good about themselves, Trump got an ovation, and nothing else matters.

[mobeau69]

12. Sad but true, not that truth matters much anymore.

[eleny]

13. Not so much winning for those who believe the lie and inquire about jobs

Another day and the bs pile grows higher.