Stop helping Donald Trump spread his lies. Don't correct, don't rage, just turn away.

Trump doesn't lie to be believed, he lies to be repeated. Even fierce opponents can be unwitting viral marketers for his lies. Don't fall into the trap.

The president of the United States is a liar. There’s no question about that. The question is, are you going to help him spread his lies?

That the world’s most famous birther is a liar is not just an opinion held by me, every legitimate fact checker or the 60 percent of Americans who refuse to believe most of what comes out of Donald Trump’s Diet Coke hole.

It's the clear reading of statements from Trump’s own Justice Department (which said there was no evidence for a claim he made in a speech to Congress) and FBI (which said the same of his claim that China hacked Hillary Clinton's email).

What did these remarkable rebukes from nation’s top law enforcement officials change?Absolutely nothing. Trump, as usual, couldn’t be bothered to even correct himself.

This doesn’t mean Trump’s lies are irrelevant. The truth matters. But Trump doesn’t lie to be believed. He lies to be repeated — by his fans, the media and even his fiercest opponents, whom he often manages to enlist as viral marketers in his effort to distract and distort.

It’s likely that no American had more lies debunked than the 45th president, and no one has ever been more checked, to less effect, by fact checkers. His hurricane of half-truths is only picking up speed.