Trump is lying: a daily diary

[smilesammich 10,727]

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President Donald Trump ticked off his presidential accomplishments in front of a warm crowd in Youngstown, Ohio, saying he was already keeping his promises to strengthen the military with record defense expenditures.

"We've achieved a historic increase in defense spending to get our troops the support they so richly deserve," Trump said at a July 25, 2017, rally organized by his campaign.

This isn’t the first time he’s trumpeted big spending for the military. In an address to Congress in March, Trump said his budget "calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history," which we rated Mostly False.

His brag in Youngstown is more overblown, and more inaccurate. The White House did not provide information for this fact-check.

The increase in defense spending is not historic. Trump’s proposed base spending cap for 2017-18 defense spending is $603 billion, a 9.4 percent increase.

There have been 10 years since 1977 when the base level has gone up by more than that, and in some years, the increase more than doubled Trump’s.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan hiked the spending cap by 24.9 percent and by 20.4 percent the following year. More recently, President George W. Bush bumped spending by 10 percent in 2009.

Base defense budget doesn’t include war-related funding, though. If we were to include that funding, the statistics are less in Trump's favor. Trump’s proposed budget represents a 5.4 percent increase in the total defense budget, but we’ve also had greater increases in the past.

President Jimmy Carter increased military spending by 25 percent in 1981 and President Ronald Reagan’s added another 20 percent the next year. President George W. Bush raised the defense budget by 27 percent in 2003, 13 percent in 2007 and nearly 12 percent in 2008.

This time, Trump wasn’t just saying he proposed one of the largest increases; he said he had already "achieved" it. The spending has not yet been approved.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jul/27/donald-trump/its-false-trump-achieved-historic-increase-defense/

 

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

Pathetic.

[CaliCat 3,957]

On 7/31/2017 at 4:53 PM, smilesammich said:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jul/27/donald-trump/its-false-trump-achieved-historic-increase-defense/

 

 

In other words, the crooked lying president told another lie, and his followers ate it all up.  LOL.

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

If they at least acknowledge his lies but they are in such denial that they believe every word he says.
Their standards are set so low not even an ant could crawl underneath the bar.

The river of DeNile is a treacherous swamp but viewed as an island beach resort.

Up the creek without a paddle just fits these days.

Braggadocious Donnie at it again. Daily.

[CaliCat 3,957]

13 hours ago, Ebunoluwa said:

If they at least acknowledge his lies but they are in such denial that they believe every word he says.
Their standards are set so low not even an ant could crawl underneath the bar.

The river of DeNile is a treacherous swamp but viewed as an island beach resort.

Up the creek without a paddle just fits these days.

Braggadocious Donnie at it again. Daily.

 

And that's as best as he can. It's bigly!!

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

that map was so red!  

Boy Scouts 'Unaware' of Call Trump Said He Received From Organization Praising Jamboree Speech

 

President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal that after his controversial speech at the Boy Scouts National Jamboree in West Virginia, the head of the Boy Scouts called him and told him it was "the greatest speech that was ever made to them." But the organization told TIME they are unaware of any call from national leadership placed to the White House.

“The Chief Scout Executive’s message to the Scouting community speaks for itself,” the organization said, referring to a July 27 statement from Michael Surbaugh, the Chief Scout Executive for the Boy Scouts of America, who apologized to anyone in the scouting community who could have been offended or alarmed by the political rhetoric in the speech.

 

"For years, people have called upon us to take a position on political issues, and we have steadfastly remained non-partisan and refused to comment on political matters. We sincerely regret that politics were inserted into the Scouting program," Surbaugh wrote.

The President also told the paper he did not find his politicized speech to the Boy Scouts last month to be controversial, despite Surbaugh's apology.

"They loved it," the President told the Wall Street Journal, according to a transcript of the interview obtained and published by Politico. In the transcript, the President is responding to claims from the paper's reporters that the reaction to his speech was "mixed."

"I’d be the first to admit mixed. I’m a guy that will tell you mixed," Trump responded. "There was no mix there. That was a standing ovation from the time I walked out to the time I left, and for five minutes after I had already gone. There was no mix."

During his July 24 speech, the President bragged about his election victory,slamming his former opponent Hillary Clinton as well his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, and repeatedly decrying the media for what he deemed unfair coverage.

The interview with the Journal took place July 25, but the paper only released excerpts rather than a full transcript. Politico obtained and released the transcript on Tuesday.

http://time.com/4883422/donald-trump-boy-scouts-wall-street-journal-transcript/

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

33 minutes ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

that map was so red!  

Boy Scouts 'Unaware' of Call Trump Said He Received From Organization Praising Jamboree Speech

 

President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal that after his controversial speech at the Boy Scouts National Jamboree in West Virginia, the head of the Boy Scouts called him and told him it was "the greatest speech that was ever made to them." But the organization told TIME they are unaware of any call from national leadership placed to the White House.

“The Chief Scout Executive’s message to the Scouting community speaks for itself,” the organization said, referring to a July 27 statement from Michael Surbaugh, the Chief Scout Executive for the Boy Scouts of America, who apologized to anyone in the scouting community who could have been offended or alarmed by the political rhetoric in the speech.

 

"For years, people have called upon us to take a position on political issues, and we have steadfastly remained non-partisan and refused to comment on political matters. We sincerely regret that politics were inserted into the Scouting program," Surbaugh wrote.

The President also told the paper he did not find his politicized speech to the Boy Scouts last month to be controversial, despite Surbaugh's apology.

"They loved it," the President told the Wall Street Journal, according to a transcript of the interview obtained and published by Politico. In the transcript, the President is responding to claims from the paper's reporters that the reaction to his speech was "mixed."

"I’d be the first to admit mixed. I’m a guy that will tell you mixed," Trump responded. "There was no mix there. That was a standing ovation from the time I walked out to the time I left, and for five minutes after I had already gone. There was no mix."

During his July 24 speech, the President bragged about his election victory,slamming his former opponent Hillary Clinton as well his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, and repeatedly decrying the media for what he deemed unfair coverage.

The interview with the Journal took place July 25, but the paper only released excerpts rather than a full transcript. Politico obtained and released the transcript on Tuesday.

http://time.com/4883422/donald-trump-boy-scouts-wall-street-journal-transcript/

 

 

He seriously suffers from a mental problem, pathological liar. Not fit for office. He is crazy.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

the president keeps having imaginary conversations , maybe he can talk to Napoleon

Trump's call history called into question

On Monday, Trump heralded a call from Mexico's President about a decrease in border crossings.

"Even the President of Mexico called me," Trump asserted in the Oval Office on Monday after swearing in his new chief of staff. "Their southern border, they said very few people are coming because they know they're not going to get to our border, which is the ultimate compliment."

In Mexico, however, officials recalled a different version of events.

"President Enrique Peña Nieto has not been in recent communication via telephone with President Donald Trump," read a statement from the Mexican President's office.

The two leaders did meet in person on the sidelines of last month's G20 meetings in Hamburg, Germany, and did discuss migration, Peña Nieto's office said.

But the Mexican presidential authorities said Peña Nieto offered Trump a different set of figures than the ones he claimed: a 31% decrease in repatriations of Mexican citizens from the United States over the past six months and a 47% decrease in migration from central America into Mexico.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/politics/trump-phone-calls/index.html

[CaliCat 3,957]

2 hours ago, Ebunoluwa said:

 

 

He seriously suffers from a mental problem, pathological liar. Not fit for office. He is crazy.

 

 

He's a pathological liar. The so-called president is naked, but you can't talk about it.

 

Expect a blizzard.

 

 

[ready4ONE 5,400]

A true legend in his own addled mind. #sad

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

Edited August 2, 2017 by Ebunoluwa

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

It really takes a special kind of stupid to lie about Mexico and the Boy Scouts, thinking you get away with it.

It has got to be a mental thing with him. Has to. No other explanation. It's one thing to do the rinse and repeat brainwashing "say it until they believe it"

but to outright claims about Mexico and the BScouts calling......man oh man. Somebody set this liar straight.

 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

10 minutes ago, Ebunoluwa said:

It really takes a special kind of stupid to lie about Mexico and the Boy Scouts, thinking you get away with it.

It has got to be a mental thing with him. Has to. No other explanation. It's one thing to do the rinse and repeat brainwashing "say it until they believe it"

but to outright claims about Mexico and the BScouts calling......man oh man. Somebody set this liar straight.

 

Boy Scout Law

A Scout is:

• Trustworthy,
• Loyal,
• Helpful,
• Friendly,
• Courteous,
• Kind,
• Obedient,
• Cheerful,
• Thrifty,
• Brave,
• Clean,
• and Reverent.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

A Chilling Theory on Trump’s Nonstop Lies

His duplicity bears a disturbing resemblance to Putin-style propaganda.

 

That was the headline on a piece last week from the Washington Post, whose reporters continued the herculean task of debunking wave after wave of President Donald Trump’s lies. (It turned out there was a 30th Trump falsehood in that time frame, regarding the head of the Boy Scouts.) The New York Times keeps a running tally of the president’s lies since Inauguration Day, and PolitiFact has scrutinized and rated 69 percent of Trump’s statements as mostly false, false, or “pants on fire.”

Trump’s chronic duplicity may be pathological, as some experts have suggested. But what else might be going on here? In fact, the 45th president’s stream of lies echoes a contemporary form of Russian propaganda known as the “Firehose of Falsehood.”

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/08/trump-nonstop-lies/

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

Why the technique works: RAND explains that “repetition leads to familiarity, and familiarity leads to acceptance.”

 

Yep, as we can see how easily people accept the lies here. Amazing how gullible people can become.
Whether propaganda, an alternate reality or pathological lies, it's all the same....an outrage and it must be stopped.
I don't think Trump is intelligent enough to lay out propaganda as he is too full of himself with his hungry ego, seems more of an illness.
Interesting article though and it does carry Trump's stench of lies.
He called himself the greatest person on earth to the Australian prime minister.
One sick puppy. Disgusting.
And what's up with the milk people ?
My spouse texted me a while ago and said please make me some covfefe and I responded 'with milk people' ?
You can see how Trump gets into our heads even though we say it as a joke, how much more do his lies stick with those who worship him like a god ?!