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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStudy says trump is becoming increasingly more dishonest...
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2018/07/14/trump-has-said-1340330-words-as-president-theyre-getting-more-dishonest-a-star-study-shows.htmlThe analysis relies on some subjective judgments, which well explain in detail below. But it provides the most comprehensive picture yet available of what historians say is an unprecedented avalanche of serial lying.
Weve tried to quantify the issue. Since Trumps inauguration speech on Jan. 20, 2017, weve fact-checked every word Trump has spoken or tweeted since his inauguration speech on Jan. 20, 2017. Up until July 1, 2018, the end date for the analysis, we had counted 1,929 false claims.
Readers wanted more than just this raw number. They asked us, for example, to explain why the number of false claims per week has increased since early 2017. The key question: is Trump just talking more, or are his words denser with dishonesty than they used to be?
Thanks to never-before-released data, we can now offer an answer: its a bit of both, but theres no doubt hes getting worse per word spoken.
Tripper11
(4,338 posts)dameatball
(7,398 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)did he have a medical procedure requiring sedation that day?
catrose
(5,068 posts)Or had dentistry that knocked him our for awhile?
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)This is not normal.
malaise
(269,048 posts)So it's logical that this will only get worse until they look him up or take him out in a straitjacket. These days he doesn't even remember all his lies.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)of KKKarl Rove).
malaise
(269,048 posts)MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)dalton99a
(81,515 posts)Always Be Best
The Best Liar Ever
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Of course, he'll tell us that's not true!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)The recent spikes are interesting in that they indicate a new level of his agitation.
Good to see Mueller is having an increased affect.
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)He knows Mueller is going to nail him...it will get worse and rapidly.
robbedvoter
(28,290 posts)more and more. It's a narcissist/authoritarian thang.
Alwaysna
(574 posts)How many people believe his lies no matter what!
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)Unless he's able to perform at the 'giving it 110%' level.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)The man lies every time he opens his mouth. As do people who work for him, such as Kellyanne Gish Gallop Conway.
One of the MSNBC programs I was watching yesterday mentioned what most of us recognize, which is that the constant lying is by design. They throw so much bullshit out there that you get lost in it. Nobody has the time or the inclination to address more than a fraction of it, and even if you try to, that's less time for you to put out your own message.
As a recently posted article stated, Trump and this administration is more competent than we'd like to believe. They know what they're doing (even the lack of a reunification plan following the family separation policy was intentional). They're just evil.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)Instead of 'lie early, lie often', it's 'lie early, lie always, lie oftener'.
Increased frequency of lies is an important observation. By definition, you can't give more than 100%, it's impossible. But that lazy fatass is giving it the old college try.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)Hmmmm????
DoctorJoJo
(1,134 posts)... doubled, close to tripled, our GNP in his 1.5 years in office. Just ponder how profoundly ignorant that statement is! Yet I have not seen him confronted with this gem. If the economy went up at a 4% rate continuously (never happened) for 10 straight years, our GNP would be up less than 50%. This fool could not pass a citizenship test! He does not know GNP from GPS!
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)when reviewing his math skills combined with a system he is 100% ignorant about. The pathetic part is that he intends to remain ignorant with 99.9% of the issues that he should at least be a little familiar with. But he doesn't care and doesn't want to learn how to do his job since he is smarter, richer, more attractive, etc than everyone else on the planet.
I must say though, after The Sun printed the interview in England ahead of his meeting with May, he realized he fucked up and had to walk it back (which he NEVER does) then in the next sentence he said that the article was all recorded and it was FAKE NEWS of course. Yeah, sure...fake news again. I am sure the 250,000 English protesters really believed that BS!