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Gothmog

(145,313 posts)
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 10:35 AM Jan 2018

President Trump has made 1,950 false or misleading claims over 347 days

Trump is setting a record https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/01/02/president-trump-has-made-1949-false-or-misleading-claims-over-347-days/?utm_term=.554b6e2d1012

With just 18 days before President Trump completes his first year as president, he is now on track to exceed 2,000 false or misleading claims, according to our database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president.

As of Monday, the total stood at 1,950 claims in 347 days, or an average of 5.6 claims a day. (Our full interactive graphic can be found here.)

As regular readers know, the president has a tendency to repeat himself — often. There are now more than 60 claims that he has repeated three or more times. The president’s impromptu 30-minute interview with the New York Times over the holidays, in which he made at least 24 false or misleading claims, included many statements that we have previously fact-checked.

We currently have a tie for Trump’s most repeated claims, both made 61 times. Both of these claims date from the start of Trump’s presidency and to a large extent have faded as talking points.
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President Trump has made 1,950 false or misleading claims over 347 days (Original Post) Gothmog Jan 2018 OP
How do you know when Trump is lying? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2018 #1
President Trump has made more than 2,000 false or misleading claims over 355 days Gothmog Jan 2018 #2

Gothmog

(145,313 posts)
2. President Trump has made more than 2,000 false or misleading claims over 355 days
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 07:15 PM
Jan 2018

I knew that trump would break 2000 lies before the first year was up https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/01/10/president-trump-has-made-more-than-2000-false-or-misleading-claims-over-355-days/?utm_term=.ebd7ed90716b

President Trump has broken 2,000.

With just 10 days before he finishes his first year as president, Trump has made 2,001 false or misleading claims in 355 days, according to our database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president. That’s an average of more than 5.6 claims a day.

When we started this project, originally aimed at the president’s first 100 days, he averaged 4.9 claims a day. At that pace, it appeared unlikely the president would break 2,000 in a year. But the longer the president has been in the job, the more frequently he touts an assortment of exaggerated, dubious or false claims. (Our full interactive graphic can be found here.)
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