Day 834: Donald Trump: man of 10,000+ lies

Donald Trump hit an ignominious number of lies this week, according to a running tally by The Washington Post.

While it took Trump 601 days to hit 5,000 lies, he was able to hit his next 5,000 lies nearly three times faster: just 226 more days. While he lied an average of “only” five times per day over his first 100 days in office, that number quickly ratcheted up, according to the Post, including an “average of nearly 23 claims a day in [the last] seven month[s]…”

He has lied about everything, from the economy to the military to immigration to foreign policy to social issues to Robert Mueller’s investigation.

Many of his interviews feature an average of a lie per minute.

In recent days, the president demonstrated why he so quickly has piled up the claims. There was a 45-minute telephone interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News on April 25: 45 claims. There was an eight-minute gaggle with reporters the morning of April 26: eight claims. There was a speech to the National Rifle Association: 24 claims. There was 19-minute interview with radio host Mark Levin: 17 claims. And, finally, there was the campaign rally on April 27: 61 claims.

The president’s constant Twitter barrage also adds to his totals. All told, the president racked up 171 false or misleading claims in just three days, April 25–27. That’s more than he made in any single month in the first five months of his presidency.

Donald Trump is a liar. Always was, always will be. The staggering accounting of his many lies shouldn’t be a mere footnote in history, it should be the story of today. Every time he opens his mouth, he has proven to shout a wholly unreliable message.

His speeches and tweets and interviews are actual fake news.

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