673 thoughts on “Untruth Social”

1. Guy on YouTube:

   You know, this whole nightmare could end today if someone would just tell Trump that Obama can hold his breath for 15 minutes.

   Except that Trump would hold his breath for 45 seconds and then lie and say that he’d done it for an hour.

2. Trump to take part in ‘America Reads the Bible’ streaming event

   President Donald Trump will read verses from the Old Testament that will be streamed across the country Tuesday evening as part of a week-long “America Reads the Bible” event to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

   Trump’s reading of 2 Chronicles 7:11-22 will go out online on the faith-based Pure Flix app and streamed via the America Reads the Bible website a week after he recorded the two-and-a-half minute passage to camera, reading from the bible in the Oval Office.

   Probably the first time the guy has ever cracked open a Bible. I’ll bet they had to coach him not to say “Two Chronicles”.

   Trump quotes from “Two Corinthians”

   I asked Bill once if he thought Trump was a true Christian, and he dodged the question:

   Do you think the Dear Leader is a genuine Christian?

   colewd:

   I am not sure what a “genuine Christian” is?

   keiths:

   Tell me you know Trump is a fake Christian without telling me you know Trump is a fake Christian.

   keiths:

   Do you think the Bible is his favorite book, as he claims?

   colewd:

   <silence>

   keiths:

   Tell me you know the Bible isn’t Trump’s favorite book without telling me you know the Bible isn’t Trump’s favorite book.

   Trump can’t recite (or even name) a single verse from his ‘favorite book’

3. They released the video of Trump attempting to read the Bible. You can tell, by his mangling of the words (“prosperiously”, lol) and prosody that he has no idea what he’s reading or what it means.

   Shameless and purely performative.

4. I missed this at the time, but about a week ago, Trump said:

   The Pope made a statement. He says Iran can have a nuclear weapon. I say Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

   The Pope made no such statement, of course. Bill, do you think Trump is lying, or just that he’s stupid and delusional enough to believe that the Pope is fine with a nuclear-armed Iran?

5. A third option is that Trump doesn’t actually follow any of the news at all (he is too busy playing golf and posting on his website) and relies entirely on whatever his cabinet of creeps and misfits tells him. So it is possible that they told him this and he simply believes them without double-checking.

   I have heard that this kind of thing is quite common within the inner circle of autocratic despots, especially when they are not all too bright.

6. faded_Glory: A third option is that Trump doesn’t actually follow any of the news at all…

   It is well sourced that Trump’s Oval Office has Fox News constantly blasting. Other than that, he gets his information from his entourage of aye-sayers.

7. Erik: It is well sourced that Trump’s Oval Office has Fox News constantly blasting.

   Possibly, but that doesn’t mean he actually listens to it (and how much of his time does he actually spend in the Oval Office?). I know that I wouldn’t, I would mentally block it out (not just Fox News but any talking head that drones on and on and on).

8. faded_Glory: Possibly, but that doesn’t mean he actually listens to it

   He certainly watched Fox News during his first term – because he live-tweeted directly reflecting what was on at the moment. This term he tweets every now and then about some reporters not praising him enough, so this is how he cares.

9. Is there anything Trump won’t lie about? After the incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Trump said this on 60 Minutes about the Secret Service evacuating him from the room:

   Well, what happened is, it was a little bit me. I wanted to see what was happening and I wasn’t making it that easy for them. I wanted to see what was going on. And by that time, we started to realize maybe it was a bad problem, different kind of a problem, bad one and different than what would be normal noise from a ballroom, which you hear all the time. And I was surrounded by great people and I probably made them act a little bit more slowly. I said, “Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Let me see. Wait a minute.” And so you know I’m telling guys…

   Norah O’Donnell:

   Just at that moment where it looks like you go sort of down with the Service, you were telling them to wait?

   Trump:

   Well no, what happened is then I started walking with them. I turned, I started walking and they said “Please go down. Please go down on the floor.” So I went down and first lady went down also but we were asked to go down by the agents as I was walking.

   O’Donnell:

   In other words, they wanted you almost to crawl.

   Trump:

   I was standing up — pretty much. I was standing up and then turned around the opposite direction and started pretty much walking out pretty tall, a little bent over because they, you know, I’m not looking to be standing too tall and, uh, but I was walking out, was pretty about halfway there and they said, “Please go down to the floor. Please go down to the floor.” So I dropped to the floor. So did the first lady.

   That’s a complete fabrication. In the videos, you can see that he isn’t trying to stay in the room in order to see what’s going on. He gets up from his seat immediately when the Secret Service comes for him. They don’t ask him to get down on the floor; he trips and falls, and you can tell that they haven’t asked him to get down because they pull him up immediately after he falls and walk him out of the room.

   This pathetic, insecure man wants us to believe that he bravely wanted to stay but wasn’t allowed to, and that he didn’t trip and fall — he was just following orders to drop to the ground. Would it really have been so hard to admit the truth for once? To just say, “They were rushing me out of there but I tripped and fell”?

   Here’s one of the videos if you want to see for yourself.

   Another revealing moment from the 60 Minutes interview:

   O’Donnell:

   Mr. President, he appears to reference a motive. In it, he writes this, quote, “Administration officials, they are targets.” And he also wrote this: “I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.” What’s your reaction to that?

   Trump:

   Well, I was waiting for you to read that, because I knew you would because you’re, you’re horrible people. Horrible people. Yeah, he did write that. Uh, I’m, I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody.

   O’Donnell:

   Oh, do you think he was referring to you?

   Trump:

   Excuse me. Excuse me. I’m not a pedophile. You read that crap from some sick person. Uh, I got associated with all stuff that has nothing to do with me. I was totally exonerated. Your friends on the other side of the plate are the ones that were involved with, let’s say, Epstein or other things. But I said to myself, you know, I’ll do this interview and they’ll probably — I read the manifesto. You know, he’s a sick person. But you should be ashamed of yourself reading that because I’m not any of those things.

   O’Donnell:

   Mr. President, these are the gunman’s words…

   Trump:

   Excuse me. Excuse me. You shouldn’t be reading that on 60 Minutes. You’re a disgrace. But go ahead. Let’s finish the interview.

   Trump is the disgrace, not O’Donnell. He knew she was going to ask that question, and it would have been journalistic malpractice if she hadn’t. Instead of dealing with it like a grown-up, he attacked her for doing her job and got extremely defensive. He reacted as strongly as if she herself had accused him.

   He hasn’t been exonerated, not by a long shot, and if the files actually exonerated him he would have released them a year ago instead of fighting to keep them hidden. His administration is continuing the coverup and only half of the files have been released. His reaction to her question is not the reaction of a man who has nothing to hide. And of course he is a rapist, as the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial showed.

10. Trump, Friday:

    Because frankly, maybe we’re better off not making a deal at all, do you want to know the truth.

    Trump, Saturday:

    I didn’t say that.

    Nothing particularly special or surprising about that lie, but I’m quoting it for Bill’s sake because it is so obviously false, and it’s all in Trump’s own words.

    What’s your explanation, Bill? Is Trump lying, or do you believe that he is so addled that he couldn’t remember what he said less than 24 hours earlier and was unaware that he had changed his mind since then?

11. After the 60-day deadline passed, Trump was required by law to get congressional approval to continue military action against Iran. He ignored that obligation but pretended to abide by the law by lying to Congress, saying that hostilities were “terminated”, when they obviously weren’t.

    The official line was that the war was over, and Marco Rubio said yesterday:

    Yeah, look, operation Epic Fury is concluded. We achieved the objectives of that operation…. The operation is over. The president notified Congress, we’re done with that stage of it.

    Trump, today:

    Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran.

    So Epic Fury is over, but it isn’t over. Despite a lifetime of practice, Trump is still an incompetent liar who can’t keep his story straight.

12. Operation Epic Freedom But I’m Still Fury-ous.

13. Trump posted this yesterday:

    

    He’s lying, of course. For fun, I had ChatGPT regenerate the graph using the correct numbers:

    

    I also asked for one showing gas prices:

    

    This didn’t age well:

    I will cut the price of energy and electricity in half. Ready? 12 months from January 20th — I take office on January 20th — your electric bill including cars, air conditioners, heating, everything — your total electric bill will be 50 — five-oh — 50% less. We’re going to cut it in half and we have it — we have the power to do it because we have it — we don’t need ships, we don’t need long train, we have everything. We’re going to have to build some pipelines because we can’t transport it but that’s easy to do and that’s safer than trains. But we’re going to get this done and you’re going to have within one year — think of it — within one year you’re going to have electric bills and energy bills and your gasoline for your car is going to be five-oh, 50% cheaper than it is right now. That’s a big thing, that’s a big thing.

    The “big thing” turned out to be a big failure.

14. I figured I should do one for diesel too, because that’s going to affect prices across the board:

    

15. Kevin Hassett:

    The thing that I’ve seen when I look at credit card data and other things that I can get for the private sector is that while people have been spending more money at gas stations, they’ve been spending more money on everything else, which means that they’re still very, very optimistic about the state of the economy.

    “Very, very optimistic”? Only 16% of Americans think that the state of the economy is “good” or “excellent”, according to Gallup. The Michigan Consumer Sentiment survey has dropped to its all-time lowest level since 1952, when the survey began.

16. I hadn’t seen this lie before, but Trump has claimed multiple times that his father was born in Germany, most recently in a meeting with German chancellor Friedrich Merz. Fred Trump was actually born in the Bronx. It was his father, Trump’s grandfather, who was born in Germany.

    The guy lies about everything. I suppose Bill will tell us that Trump isn’t lying, while failing to acknowledge the only alternative, which is that he is so addled that he can’t remember where his father was born.

17. Scott Bessent debasing himself for Trump today:

    President Trump has done something that no other administration was able to do. We have gotten the Iranians to talk about their nuclear program and to perhaps commit to not having one. That has never happened before. It had been off the table.

    He’s lying. the Iranians did exactly that in the JCPOA, the deal that Obama negotiated with them. Obama not only got them to talk about it, he got them to commit to it in writing:

    Iran reaffirms that under no circumstances will Iran ever seek, develop or acquire any nuclear weapons.

    Obama accomplished that without firing a shot or spending a single dollar on munitions. No American soldiers died. Iran didn’t close the Strait of Hormuz. Gas prices didn’t shoot up. Our Gulf allies didn’t get attacked.

    Trump ripped up the agreement. He’s an insecure little boy who is jealous of Obama’s accomplishments and puts his own ego ahead of the country’s best interests. The Iran mess we’re in today is a direct result of Trump’s weakness and fragile ego.

18. Trump today, on Truth Social:

    My REAL Polling Numbers, not those made up by the Fake News Media, are the best they have ever been, and why wouldn’t they be with the biggest tax cuts and employment numbers EVER, the biggest outside Investment in America in World history, a totally secure Border, a giant Victory in Venezuela, the Denuclearization of Iran, unparalleled respect and success throughout the World, and much more? Don’t believe the Radical Left’s Fake Poll numbers. They are Crooked and Corrupt, just like the Country Destroying Dumocrats are Crooked and Corrupt. VOTE REPUBLICAN FOR GREATNESS IN AMERICA! Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT

    The dishonesty is unsurprising, but does he really think he can fool people into believing that his poll numbers are “the best they have ever been”? Bill, do you actually believe him?

    ETA:

    CNN Data Guru Floored by Trump’s ‘Absolutely Awful’ Poll Disaster

    A brutal trio of fresh surveys released this week showed Trump sinking to historic second-term lows, leaving CNN’s chief data analyst visibly floored on air. The surveys—showing Trump at 34 percent in a CNN poll, 33 percent in an AP-NORC poll, and an all-time low of 32 percent in a Quinnipiac University poll—signal a public approval collapse with no floor in sight.

    The CNN video:
    
    Where’s the bottom? Can Trump’s approval rating go any lower?

19. Trump reposted the above today, word for word:

    My REAL Polling Numbers, not those made up by the Fake News Media, are the best they have ever been, and why wouldn’t they be with the biggest tax cuts and employment numbers EVER, the biggest outside Investment in America in World history, a totally secure Border, a giant Victory in Venezuela, the Denuclearization of Iran, unparalleled respect and success throughout the World, and much more? Don’t believe the Radical Left’s Fake Poll numbers. They are Crooked and Corrupt, just like the Country Destroying Dumocrats are Crooked and Corrupt. VOTE REPUBLICAN FOR GREATNESS IN AMERICA! Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT

    He knows he’s a failure, he knows that his poll numbers reflect that, and it is really getting under his skin. So he repeats the lie that his poll numbers are great, hoping it will stick this time.

    Lying is his tactic of first, middle, and last resort.

20. Susan Collins claimed that she was going to be the deciding vote not to confirm Blanche, proving she’s independent after all (which would be very important in her re-election campaign). But, surprising to nobody, it turns out that Cassidy has decided to vote yes, rendering Collins’ vote meaningless. Anyone care to guess whether or not Collins knew what Cassidy was going to do?

21. Trump, yesterday:

    But our country right now is doing better than it’s ever done. You know, when I see polls on the economy, I should have — I should have 150%, not 100%. Because we have the greatest — this is the golden age of America. What’s being built now in this country has never ever been built. And we’re really — we are literally in the golden age of America. And, uh, I think people are starting — I actually think people are starting to see it.

    No we aren’t, and no they aren’t. 66% of people disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy.

    Bill, do you think we are in “the golden age of America”?

22. 

    Iran isn’t a war, it’s an excursion. Except it is a war, and we’ve won decisively. Except according to JD Vance, it isn’t a war. Except it is a war. Except we haven’t won decisively, but we will! Except that we’re losing the war, not winning. But we control the Strait of Hormuz! Except we don’t.

    I will cut energy prices in half within twelve months of my inauguration. Except that I won’t, but I will get gas below $2 a gallon. Except that I won’t, and the price of gas has gone up since I took office. But it will be be back down to where it was by Labor Day. Except that it was the highest it’s ever been on Labor Day. But it will drop when we win the war/not war, just like everything else is dropping. Except everything else isn’t dropping, it’s getting more expensive.

    We will accept nothing less than unconditional surrender from Iran. Except we will, but we hope to get a deal, and the Iranians are begging for one. Except that they aren’t begging, but we’re on the verge of getting a deal. Except that we aren’t, but we’re talking with the Iranians. Except that they aren’t talking to us, and we’re nowhere near a deal.

    But the good news is that we attacked Iran in June of 2025 and obliterated their nuclear program. Except that we didn’t obliterate it, and they were on the verge of having a nuclear weapon in February, which is why we attacked. Except that they weren’t on the verge of having a nuclear weapon, but they were about to attack us and Israel. Except that negotiations were ongoing, and they weren’t about to attack us. But we wanted regime change, and we knew the Iranian people would rise up if we attacked. Except that they didn’t, and I always knew that they wouldn’t. The real reason for the war was to get Iran’s oil and natural resources. Except that it wasn’t, and what we really wanted to do was eliminate their military capabilities. And we have! Except that we haven’t, and Iran is still attacking us and neighboring countries. But we eliminated the ballistic missile threat, except that we haven’t, and ballistic missiles continue to rain down on our bases and on the neighboring countries. But Iran will never have a nuclear weapon! Mission accomplished! Except mission not accomplished, and Iran’s nuclear program continues at Pickaxe Mountain. But at least we got out of Obama’s crappy Iran deal. Except that Obama’s deal is better than anything I’ve been able to negotiate. But at least we control the Strait of Hormuz, and we can make it a US territory if we want to. Except that we don’t control it and cannot make it a US territory, whereas under Obama’s deal, Iran wasn’t developing a nuclear weapon and oil was flowing freely through the Strait.

    But I’m the greatest president of all time, and Obama is among the worst. Except that scholars and historians, including Republican ones, think I’m the worst president of all time, and Obama ranks far higher, at #7. But I’m more popular with the people. Except that I’m not, and Obama is far more popular.

    I could go on, but do I really need to? Bill, has it finally dawned on you that your Dear Leader is a pathological liar and a loser?

23. I think you have identified plenty of differences between earth 1 and earth 2, but one third of the voters live on earth 2 and can’t see any problem there, but plenty of problems with earth 1. I’m always impressed at how people can reject the same reality they are blaming others for anyway. Trump is a master at telling people what they want to believe, and has an instinct for making people happy to believe it. Recall that he said he could shoot someone on 5th avenue and wouldn’t lose a single vote? Sensible people laughed, but by now we must recognize that he was correct. A majority of voters in all too many districts are like several SCOTUS justices, for whom the law, the facts, and precedent don’t matter. Like them, people can find outrageous ways to rationalize foregone nonsense. Trump justices can “discover” that the Constitution does not say what it plainly says, if they don’t like (or Trump doesn’t like) what it says.

    (I thought it was scary watching Trumpies pledging to support “the greatest president we’ve ever had” and are more than willing to “cheat like hell, because they’re (democrats) doing it”. This results in a standing ovation. Clearly, the intelligent part of our brains exist to justify the urges the lizard brain can’t let go of.)