Am I the only one who believes that Trump

[TNNurse]

would lie under oath without breaking a sweat? Lying is effortless and automatic in his daily speech. He has gotten away with it for his whole life and surely thinks he can continue.

[Kaleva]

1. In his mind, he's not lying and everything he says is the truth.

[TNNurse]

5. he is that much of a narcissist.

[Kaleva]

11. If he knew he was saying lies, he'd be the world's greatest actor.

An actor that always in character with no down time.

[Salviati]

26. But the character he'd be playing is a terrible liar

[Quanta]

30. Nah...he know's he's lying.

He just believes he will always get away with it, because he always has.

[Major Nikon]

42. Almost, but not quite

He knows he's lying, but he believes if he says it then it must be magically transformed into the truth. That's not just your normal garden variety narcissism, that's damn impressive narcissism. Since nobody has ever held him accountable for his obvious bullshit, there's no reason for him to believe he can't simply continue.

[Phoenix61]

2. Absolutely not

He's done it before why would he stop now?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Of course, he will. It's natural for him.

But he will be caught by his lies, since so much of what he's said is in his tweets, or in the taped stuff from the tube.

He won't be able to deny what he's said before, since so much of it is on the record.

No way out.

[Leghorn21]

17. Yes! A post here (or was it a tweet i read?! who can keep up, eh?!) pointed out

that a crack prosecutor could ask dft so many questions so quick his hair would literally just fall off his head. BAM, caught, DONE.

And Lordy, that Robert S. Mueller III is handpicking the best, sharpest, most experienced team of veteran prosecutors ever assembled under one banner, EVER!!

So good luck with all that, lil donnie...oh, and btw, NY AG Eric Schneiderman? He knows where you live, know what I'm sayin?

[JI7]

4. he would sell out the country with joy if he could gain anything from it

[TNNurse]

6. Has he not already done that?

[onetexan]

35. He sure has

Treasonous bastard

[dalton99a]

7. Republicans see no problem with it

[athena]

8. He is incapable of not lying.

I can't wait for him to testify under oath.

Once he does, we'll all enjoy watching the Republicans try to explain how lying under oath is not such a bad thing and accuse Democrats of blowing things out of proportion.

[VOX]

9. It's not a lie if he believes it shouldn't be.

The Orange Bastard has twisted, dodged and outright ignored Truth since he emerged from the womb.

He lives to serve himself, and himself only. Truth is something to be gotten around, avoided, ignored. He thrives on chaos.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. He's repeatedly lied under oath in depositions in civil cases.

It's very rare that people are prosecuted for lying in depositions, even though it's technically perjury. What usually happens is if the case goes to trial their deposition testimony can be used to impeach their trial testimony on cross-examination, but that's about it. Trump's litigation almost always settles after his lawyers have made it financially impossible for his opponent to continue to trial, so he has always gotten away with lying under oath in depositions, with the result that making statements under oath means nothing to him.

But this is a whole different ball game, and he hasn't figured that out yet. He soon will, though - the hard way.

[TheCynic56]

12. You are not alone!

[briv1016]

13. He would be able to lie with prepaired statements or to a rally crowd but he would never be able to

keep his lies straight under questioning. The most rookie investigator or prosecutor would easily be able to break him in an interrogation or cross-examination.

Needless to say any "under oath" questioning will handled in writing through his lawyer.

[LiberalFighter]

14. It is his nature. He thinks he can talk his way out of anything.

[3catwoman3]

15. You are most definitely not the only one.

A fighter pilot friend of ours once asked me if I kknew how to tell if a fighter pilot was lying to me. His standard - "If his lips are moving."

I really wonder if Donnie 2 Scoops even knows whether or not he is telling the truth or lying. It often seems as if he thinks that just because he says something, it is true.

[Wounded Bear]

16. You are not alone...

He seems to have that basic personality quirk that tells him to lie, even when he doesn't have to.

I think he lies to prove that he can put shit over on others and prove he's better than everybody else because only a fool would buy into his shit. Frankly, I'm tired of our system enabling him.

[NastyRiffraff]

18. You're far from the only one

Lying comes naturally to Trump. It's like the magical thinking that most small children do; if they believe it, it is so (the Tinkerbell effect). Most of us grow out of that, of course; Trump never has. If he wants it, he must have it; if he believes it, it's true.

[Leith]

19. We All Agree with You

Every post in this thread shows that.

[Doreen]

20. I know he will lie.

I think that he really believes himself and he could probably pass a lie detector test. Lie detectors pick up on body reaction and brain activity and when someone lies their body goes through some type of process and I do not think his would.

[onetexan]

38. Yep he's a pathological liar

[world wide wally]

21. He can't help but lie

It's not in his power

[Amaryllis]

22. He lives in a world where truth and not truth do not exist. All that exists is what will benefit

him or not. Sociopaths do not live in a world that includes right/wrong or truth/not truth. Only what benefits them.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. It's not Trump v Comey under oath; it's Trump v tRump

He has lied under deposition in civil suits before.

A skilled lawyer would have Republican stupid President Trump contradicting himself under oath in ten minutes.

However, first he has to agree to testify under oath and then he has to agree to answer questions and not just make a statement. Unlikely since he is full of bluster and was going to release his tax returns a year ago.

But keep him saying this oath shit. Bring it.

[Laffy Kat]

24. I'd bet he could lie under polygraphy and pass.

He has no conscious.

[MrPurple]

25. It's a bogus offer, he's not going to voluntarily go under oath

Just more conman bullshit. And, he's going to release his taxes as soon as the audit's over and Melania's about to give a press conference about how she immigrated and he'd never cut Medicare and the people he's trained will teach you how to buy real estate with no money down and the check's in the mail and ......

[Quixote1818]

27. He would lie his ass off! However, thats not so easy when you are under oath

someone really skilled could tie him into knots and he would probably fuck up big time. I don't think he will EVER attempt to go down that road unless he was forced to.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

29. They are saying there are zero lawyers who would have condoned his statement about how

he would testify under oath. Bet even his casino lawyer is cringing

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. of course. there ain't no tapes - duh. if there were he (1) wouldn't

say Comey lied in testimony and (2) wouldn't agree to lie under oath.

It is totally absurd that ANYONE is wondering about tapes.

[Moral Compass]

31. Yeah, he'd lie without hesitation

But what he wouldn't be able to do is make any sense.

[murielm99]

37. Yes.

The word salad would be so completely tossed that no one would be able to tell the lies from the truth. No one would understand what he was saying. He often fails to complete a sentence or a thought. He jumps from one thing to another.

Is that part of his illness, or is it at least somewhat intentional?

[southerncrone]

32. He's a pathological liar. He lies as his default position. Has done it so much, it is the more

natural state for him. He's more comfortable lying than telling the truth.

Just think how well that will work out for us with our foreign relations.
Oh, right, it'll be GREAT.

[lambchopp59]

33. Do you suppose Hannity had to take a break to heal an ulcer?

Let's face it: Anyone attempting to continually create obfuscative narrative broad enough to keep building a taller protective house of lies around the Trumpinator has got their hands, their headaches and their black, undersized hearts very, very full of work.
And it's only been six months!
Yes, I agree the Donald has no scruples whatsoever. He fully admitted that in his "Art of the Steal" book.
We watched for 8 years while Republicans built, and maintained half a dozen false narratives around our pick for president.
They got used to nursing a relatively small stack of falsehoods.

Keep the popcorn coming mom, I believe the climax of implosion under the sheer weight of bullshit is yet to come. Maybe sooner, maybe later. The longer this keeps up, the heavier their own burden of their own FrankenTrump becomes.

[doc03]

34. He will lie and nobody can prove he is nt

[MojoWrkn]

36. I totally agree! Didn't he place his tiny hand on a Bible and take an oath to

uphold the Constitution of the US on Jan 20th? Lying is second nature to him.

[lapfog_1]

39. "without breaking a sweat"

That could literally be the truth.

Trump is the sort of liar who could easily pass a lie detector test.

He literally has rewritten history or facts in his head such that he is telling the "truth" even though it is all false and provably false.

No change in heart rate. No changes in skin temperature. No sweat.

[iluvtennis]

40. I'm with you on that. he's a pathological liar with no ethics or moral compass. Easy peasy for him

[BadgerMom]

41. My sis-in-law and I were discussing this very thing

on our way to my nephew's high school graduation. No way would he even think twice. If perjury improved his personal situation, you can bet he'd perjure himself. Then he'd deny doing it until he'd convinced himself.

[Cryptoad]

43. He has no God therefore,,,,,

any oath is meaningless!

[Turbineguy]

44. no, you are not.

trump has a totally flexible view of reality.

[customerserviceguy]

45. I really don't think

he has enough of a grip on reality to actually think that he's capable of lying.

If enough of the right people sincerely come to that conclusion, we may be relieved of him without the spectacle of a full impeachment in the Congress. But, it's going to require a majority of his supporters coming to that conclusion first before the actors who could actually remove him would have the necessary courage to do so.

As long as Trump keeps his voters in line, he can pretty much do anything he wants. He showed us that during the primaries, during the general election, and even now. And he can go right over the heads of the media with Twitter. Even George Orwell would be shocked.

[lamp_shade]

46. No... you're not the only one.

[no_hypocrisy]

47. In Trump's mind, it's only lying if he BELIEVES it's lying.

Either Trump is mendacious or delusional, making him believe he's trothing.

[WinkyDink]

49. It's only lying if it backfires. Then he changes the lie.

[WinkyDink]

48. That's a rhetorical question, right? Trump lied to the reporter!

[Vinca]

50. As someone said yesterday, he could swear on a stack of Bibles or a stack of pancakes and it

would make no difference. I don't think he can distinguish truth from lies at this point. Maybe being nuts is his only defense in this.

[mdbl]

51. What I don't understand is why the American public lets him get away with it

He's been lying continually for, forever and people act like he's not. I don't get it.

[gordianot]

52. Trump is a rich man for hire.

If you have money and want to hire a swarmy prick as a front man completely amoral devoid of morals the Trump brand is for you, now with other similar figures for free. You do have to provide them with the trappings of wealth. Only problem is senility is setting in and the lead actor is getting cranky the secondary actors are becoming worried about the lead.

[Pacifist Patriot]

53. Nope. I dont think he can tell the difference between truth and a lie.

[GeorgeGist]

54. I expect under the right circumstances ...

he would brag about it.