DrLove
Diamond Member
Finally - We call a spade a spade. A brilliant documentation of the evolution of perhaps Donald's YUUGEST Whopper. 
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Analysis | Not just misleading. Not merely false. A lie.
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Itās now clear that the presidentās statement [about payoffs] was a lie ā and that the people speaking for him repeated it.
One of the distinguishing characteristics of Donald Trumpās presidency has been his loose relationship with facts. As of the beginning of this month, The Washington Postās Fact Checker had documented 4,229 false or misleading claims from the president ā an average of nearly 7.6 a day.
Trumpās allies have defended the president by suggesting that facts are debatable. Early into his presidency, one aide famously said he was operating with āalternative facts.ā On Aug. 19, Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani declared: āTruth isnāt truth.ā
How to characterize Trumpās statements has become its own pitched political battle, with many of the presidentās critics demanding that they be called ālies.ā The Fact Checker has been hesitant to go that far, as it is difficult to document whether the president knows he is not telling the truth.
On Aug. 22, Sanders said during a White House briefing that it was āa ridiculous accusationā to say the president has lied to the American people.
But this weekās guilty plea by Cohen, offers indisputable evidence that Trump and his allies have been deliberately dishonest at every turn in their statements regarding payments to Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Here is the definitive story of a Trump lie:
One of the distinguishing characteristics of Donald Trumpās presidency has been his loose relationship with facts. As of the beginning of this month, The Washington Postās Fact Checker had documented 4,229 false or misleading claims from the president ā an average of nearly 7.6 a day.
Trumpās allies have defended the president by suggesting that facts are debatable. Early into his presidency, one aide famously said he was operating with āalternative facts.ā On Aug. 19, Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani declared: āTruth isnāt truth.ā
How to characterize Trumpās statements has become its own pitched political battle, with many of the presidentās critics demanding that they be called ālies.ā The Fact Checker has been hesitant to go that far, as it is difficult to document whether the president knows he is not telling the truth.
On Aug. 22, Sanders said during a White House briefing that it was āa ridiculous accusationā to say the president has lied to the American people.
But this weekās guilty plea by Cohen, offers indisputable evidence that Trump and his allies have been deliberately dishonest at every turn in their statements regarding payments to Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Here is the definitive story of a Trump lie:
Analysis | Not just misleading. Not merely false. A lie.
