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gabeana

(3,166 posts)
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 10:41 PM Jun 2017

I know we have had liars as president

but this guy takes the cake and that is saying something

http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/22/news/economy/trump-jobs-claims/index.html

n addition, the ADP report is markedly different from the official numbers issued by Trump's own Labor Department. The department's latest data, reported June 2, shows that about 600,000 jobs were added from February through May. Trump had taken credit for 600,000 new jobs back in April -- so that claim finally came true.

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I know we have had liars as president (Original Post) gabeana Jun 2017 OP
Nixon lied quite a bit, but his lies were purposeful, considered, and intended The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #1
This is like a "bad trip"x 100,000,000 furtheradu Jun 2017 #2

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,615 posts)
1. Nixon lied quite a bit, but his lies were purposeful, considered, and intended
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 10:47 PM
Jun 2017

to protect him from specific problems, mostly related to Watergate. Trump, on the other hand, lies all the time about pretty much everything, whether or not those lies have an actual, useful purpose. He lies about whatever he thinks might make him look good or feel comfortable at any particular moment, without much thought to the ultimate consequences of the lie. He's a compulsive, pathological liar, not a strategic liar like Nixon.

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