Current Events > President Trump made 16,241 false or misleading claims in his first three years

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DundiesAward 01/22/20 8:48:01 PM #1:	https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/20/president-trump-made-16241-false-or-misleading-claims-his-first-three-years/ Three years after taking the oath of office, President Trump has made more than 16,200 false or misleading claims a milestone that would have been unthinkable when we first created the Fact Checkers database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement he has uttered. We started this project as part of our coverage of the presidents first 100 days, largely because we could not possibly keep up with the pace and volume of the presidents misstatements. We recorded 492 claims an average of just under five a day and readers demanded that we keep it going for the rest of Trumps presidency. Little did we know what that would mean. In 2017, Trump made 1,999 false or misleading claims. In 2018, he added 5,689 more, for a total of 7,688. And in 2019, he made 8,155 suspect claims. In other words, in a single year, the president said more than the total number of false or misleading claims he had made in the previous two years. Put another way: He averaged six such claims a day in 2017, nearly 16 a day in 2018 and more than 22 a day in 2019. As of Jan. 19, his 1,095th day in office, Trump had made 16,241 false or misleading claims. Only 366 days to go at least in this term. --- Black Pope <cite>DundiesAward posted [p:933345796] in President ... [t:78353123]...</cite> <quote>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/20/president-trump-made-16241-false-or-misleading-claims-his-first-three-years/ Three years after taking the oath of office, President Trump has made more than 16,200 false or misleading claims a milestone that would have been unthinkable when we first created the Fact Checkers database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement he has uttered. We started this project as part of our coverage of the presidents first 100 days, largely because we could not possibly keep up with the pace and volume of the presidents misstatements. We recorded 492 claims an average of just under five a day and readers demanded that we keep it going for the rest of Trumps presidency. Little did we know what that would mean. In 2017, Trump made 1,999 false or misleading claims. In 2018, he added 5,689 more, for a total of 7,688. And in 2019, he made 8,155 suspect claims. In other words, in a single year, the president said more than the total number of false or misleading claims he had made in the previous two years. Put another way: He averaged six such claims a day in 2017, nearly 16 a day in 2018 and more than 22 a day in 2019. As of Jan. 19, his 1,095th day in office, Trump had made 16,241 false or misleading claims. Only 366 days to go at least in this term. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Manocheese 01/22/20 8:51:35 PM #2:	Obama calls that "a slow Tuesday". --- ()_() Hardcore - We'll probably be modded for this... (o.o) http://manocheese.googlepages.com/manocheesery <cite>Manocheese posted [p:933345957] in President ... [t:78353123]...</cite> <quote>Obama calls that "a slow Tuesday".</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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