Top 10 Lies President Donald Trump Has Told Since Taking Office
Donald Trump was a historically dishonest presidential candidate. He was such a compulsive liar that he denied making his "that makes me smart" comment the very day he said it - on national television, in front of a viewing audience of 80,000,000 people.Given his chronic aversion to the truth or his inflated opinion of himself, which far exceeded the bounds of facts and reason, it was little surprise that Trump continued his lying ways as President-Elect. He claimed that he won in a landslide and that "millions of people voted illegally" - two assertions with zero basis in fact.
As the 45th President of the United States, Trump made it clear that President Trump was as honesty-challenged as citizen Trump. So much so that, within less than a week of taking office, the administration coined a new term in a feeble attempt to justify its falsehoods: "alternative facts."
Throughout his presidency, this pattern of dishonesty persisted. To reflect on his time in office, here are the top 10 lies publicly told by President Donald Trump. Feel free to add more as they come to mind.
I just can't understand why you people tolerate this kind of behavior. He is a cold-blooded liar, and that's all. In my opinion, Trump disgraces the presidency. I really hope that Americans would be more aware of the fact that Asians and Europeans, for example, think he's an arrogant schmuck - nothing else, just a loud, arrogant schmuck.
This is a lie that Trump has been repeating for months, but it still counts because he told it again after officially becoming president. There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and the claim that 3 to 5 million unauthorized immigrants voted has no basis in reality. This is yet another lie Trump tells to massage his delicate ego.
No, it didn't extend to the Monument. Photos of the event clearly show large sections of empty space. While Trump's inability to estimate a crowd size may not be a lie, overstating it by four times or more is a blatant disregard for the truth. Perhaps this is why Administration spokespeople who touted Trump's ridiculous claims have since tried to frame them as "alternative facts" and then resigned themselves to saying that the crowd size Trump spent so much effort talking about is "not so important."
At the time of this comment, Trump hadn't had any significant legislation passed into law, despite his party controlling both the House and the Senate. No major legislation had been passed since he took office. The health care legislation he promised was stalled in the Senate, no tax reform legislation had been written, and the border wall remained unfunded. The only way Trump could claim to have done more than any other President would be if he were guilty of all the obstruction, collusion, corruption, and other treasonous actions he's been accused of.
To make such a laughable claim, is President Trump a) delusional, b) ignorant, c) an idiot, or d) all of the above?
Trump never showed a hint of embarrassment or remorse about this blatant lie. This makes me wonder whether the man actually believes the lies he puts out there. Is he that stupid, or is he simply a first-rate ass wipe?
The numbers don't lie. Trump does. It's the same old lie he's been saying since early in his campaign, despite the numerous fact-checkers who keep pointing out how false it is. This is a willful disregard for the truth - a lie he keeps saying, knowing full well it is a lie.
That's false. Back in the early 20th century, the Ottoman Empire (not Turkey, by the way) had a nationalist violent terrorist group, and more terrorist groups existed back then.
Almost as bad as Bush's Fool me once speech.
Trump posted this only 19 days into his Presidency. Obama didn't have his final Cabinet member confirmed until day 99.
According to CEOWORLD Magazine, the highest-taxed nation in 2015 was Sweden. The USA didn't even come in the top 25 highest-taxed nations, and 2015 was the year before the 2016 elections.
No, they're not even close. Obama's policy applied to a specific group of people - refugees and Special Immigrant Visa applicants from Iraq - and it was not a "ban" as Trump falsely claims. It was a throttling of the number of people in this group allowed to enter the country while screening procedures were being updated. People in this group were still allowed into the country, but at a slower rate than usual.
Trump's policy prevents millions of people from seven countries from obtaining nearly any type of available visa.
As of the time of the comment, Trump had not submitted anything.
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Go to the Fund's website and click "Browse Projects." That's where the money is going. Just because Donald Trump doesn't know doesn't mean nobody knows. As time goes by, it becomes more and more apparent there are a lot of things people know that are a mystery to President Trump.
No, not everybody agrees. Many, many people feel the exact opposite is true.
Same lie again. Another failed attempt to rewrite history.
In truth, the major media outlets said the exact opposite, prompting Trump to stand in front of the CIA's memorial wall and, instead of using the opportunity to attempt to mend fences with the agency, use his platform to talk about his "running war" with the media, whom he hypocritically stated are "among the most dishonest human beings on earth."
Truth... Since the 1870s, every Republican president except for George W. Bush and Richard Nixon (in 1968) has won a bigger share of the Electoral College than Trump did.
In truth, it started to rain at the start of his speech. Perhaps Trump's divine comments were accurate.
Trump has been on the cover 11 times, not 15. As for it being a record, that couldn't be farther from the truth. Trump's 11 appearances are dwarfed by Richard Nixon's 55.
Trump tried to change history to make himself look better and to take another shot at the press. He claimed he was at Turnberry the day before Brexit happened and said, "Brexit is going to happen." He went on to say, "And I was scorned in the press for making that prediction. I was scorned. Lo and behold, the following day it happened, and the odds weren't looking good for me when I made that statement because, as you remember, everyone thought it wasn't going to happen."
The truth is Trump arrived in Scotland the day after the referendum when the result was already clear.
Chicago Police say this is not true. They said there were no people killed by gun violence on January 10th, the day of the speech, let alone while Obama was delivering the speech.
He has approved the Dakota Access pipeline. As of the time he said the quote, the Keystone XL from Alberta had not been approved.
He said it again on February 5th, so it counts.
He got a little more than 50%.
That 99.9% statistic has no basis in reality.
The capacity of the arena in question is about 18,000.
The fund does not "obligate" the U.S. to do anything. Contributions are voluntary.