Dishonesty is the defining characteristics of Trump and his administration, and lies are a daily occurrence. While there are far too many lies to track, I thought a thread dedicated to the worst and most notable lies would be useful. There’s a lot of material to choose from.
(I could have tapped into a rich vein of lies simply by linking to Trump’s Truth Social account — hence the OP title.)
At this stage any semi-competent googler can go down the catalog of Trump’s lies and verify for oneself that each of his lies is indeed contradicting easily available independent facts. The tragic part is that you are unable to do it.
colewd:
Allan:
Textbook case of denial. He is watching the sun rise in the east while denying that the sun rises in the east.
colewd:
Yes, I gave you Trump’s words and I gave you the facts. He lied.
Yes, which is why I gave you Trump’s words and gave you the facts for the other two. Same standard. He lied.
Bill, this is not… healthy.
By the by. I believe the number of wars Trump has ended has gone down to minus one. Perhaps time for Infantino to revoke that prestigious FIFA peace price?
keiths,
It is indeed not healthy to build your views of the world on shaky facts. You are not using the same standard on your new claims. You do not have intent nailed on your new claims. What’s wrong is you are presupposing that Trump is a liar and that maybe skewing your judgement.
Bill, this is not… healthy.
You’re suggesting that Trump actually believes that he tried out for major league baseball alongside Willie McCovey? That he has an entire “memory” of a major life event that never occurred? Does this level of delusion not concern you?
You’re suggesting that he actually believes, or believed when he said it, that the Epstein files were fabricated by Obama, Clinton, Comey, Brennan, and the Biden administration? Despite the fact that his own administration had already released some of them, confirming that they were authentic?
Trump’s lie regarding the Epstein files lie is a twofer because it demonstrates not only his dishonesty but also his stupidity. Pam Bondi staged her “Epstein Files: Volume 1” event in February, and she said that same month that the Epstein client list was on her desk for review at Trump’s directive. The files were constantly in the news during the following months. Then the DOJ issued a memo in July saying that they had “exhaustively reviewed” the files and found no reason to investigate anyone.
It was after all of the above that Trump made his claim about the files being fabricated. Did he actually think no one would notice that he was contradicting what his own administration had been stating for months?
Regarding the baseball tryout lie, it isn’t just that Willie McCovey wasn’t there. It’s that Trump clearly never tried out at all. A reporter looked into Trump’s high school batting average and found box scores for a third of the games Trump played. His batting average was .138, lol. Does anyone think that a major league team would invite a guy with a .138 high school batting average to try out?