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All 294 false things Donald Trump has said as president
The Star’s running tally of every false claim the president of the United States of America has made, so far.
As U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Cincinnati to discuss health care and his infrastructure plan, he first met with people described by the White House as "victims" of the Obama-era health law.(The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON—In a tumultuous world, at least one thing is stable: the pace of U.S. President Donald Trump’s dishonesty. Trump made another 13 false claims last week, mixing in some new ones about his campaign and air traffic control with some old standbys about Obamacare and infrastructure.
Trump has steadily maintained an average of two false claims per day.
This president has proven uniquely willing to lie, exaggerate and mislead. By all expert accounts, he is more frequently inaccurate than any of his predecessors.
We are keeping track. Below is a list of every false claim Trump has made since his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017.
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Why call them false claims, not lies? We can’t be sure that each and every one was intentional; in some cases, he may have been confused or ignorant. What we know, objectively, is that he was not telling the truth.
U.S. President Donald Trump says a lot of false things, big and small — another 13 last week. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
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