'Trump is not known for one big lie — just a constant stream of exaggerated, invented, inconsistent, dubious and false claims,' writes GlennKesslerWP for usatodayopinion.
Every president lies at some point, for diplomatic or national security reasons or to sell a policy. But Trump is not known for one big lie — just a constant stream of exaggerated, invented, inconsistent, dubious and false claims. In the nine years I have run The Fact Checker, I have never encountered a politician so cavalier about the facts, so unconcerned with accuracy, so willing to attack people for made-up reasons and so determined to falsely depict his achievements.
We started our database of Trump claims out of a desire to not let Trump overwhelm our fact-checking enterprise. We aim to fact-check politicians of every stripe, not just whoever happens to be president. We use politicians’ claims as a jumping off point to write deeply about complex policy issues, so we did not want that core function to be sidelined by chasing down the latest bizarre tweet by the president.
But ultimately, it has been a personally fulfilling enterprise. Our cataloging of Trump’s claims has had an impact. Social scientists have already
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