When do you know a politician is lying?
His lips are moving.
Over 3,200 times since his inauguration? Clearly Trump is hellbent on setting a new record.
WaPo has a running list of all the false or misleading claims last updated May 31st, 2018 (they're gonna have a lot of catching up to do for June and July since the lies are coming faster and more blatant)
In 497 days, President Trump has made 3,251 false or misleading claimsThe Fact Checker’s ongoing database of the false or misleading claims made by President Trump since assuming office.(note, this is an interactive chart and list of the various, uh, falsehood (lies)) It's searchable by topic and date and there's a graph of when high frequency falsehood days (lies) occurred.
Cool huh?
Now, it's not just an American sport...it seems the Brits got into the swing...
All the times Donald Trump has lied since arriving in the UKRemember that painful press conference with May after the Sun article, rich!
Donald Trump only arrived in the UK on Thursday, but has already been caught lying several times in his first 24 hours in the country. The US President arrived in London to protests, and large demonstrations are being carried out country-wide on Friday. He has already dealt a huge blow to Theresa May and the Tory government by claiming her soft Brexit plan will “kill” a US-UK trade deal – before backtracking in Friday’s press conference.
In a six-page interview with The Sun he also claimed Boris Johnson would make a good prime minister and said Britain is “losing its culture” to immigration. But alongside his characteristically outspoken opinion, President Trump has also blurted out a number of definite falsehoods.
Read more at: https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-lies-brexit-uk-visit/
If you think the Lyin' Mainstream Media is unworthy, how about a neutral observer
www.politifact.comWell, they have a running total of all the Politifact checked uh, "false statements" (aka lies) by Trump...
All False statements involving Donald Trump
Warning, the link goes to page 1 of 10 pages of, uh, "False Statements" involving Donald Trump.
And the lies keep piling up.
So, yeah, all politicians "lie" in that they try to tell people what they want to hear but that's not Trump, he just makes things up off the top of his head like a comedian telling jokes.
Trump is a classic pathological liar...he lies even when the truth is actually more effective.
This is an interesting look at pathological liars...
11 Fascinating Scientific Facts About Pathological LiarsWhile we all tell little white lies occasionally, there's a big difference between someone who fibs every now and again, and someone who is a pathological liar. "A pathological liar is somebody who lies without effort, someone for whom telling a lie comes more naturally than telling the truth," psychologist Dr. Michele Barton, director of Psychology Life Well, tells Bustle. It can become a part of the liar's everyday life, to the point where their whole existence is a fabrication.
As you might have guessed, this level of lying is usually a symptom of a greater problem. While pathological lying can be its own disorder — known as pseudologia fantastica — it can also be a symptom of psychopathy, narcissistic personality disorder, anxiety, depression, and obsessive compulsive disorder, among other things.
Ding, ding, ding...
1 Pathological Lying Is Often Connected To A Personality Disorder
Ding....
2 It Might Have Roots In OCD, Too
Ding...
3 Pathological Liars Have Different Hormone Levels Than Most People
I don't want to think about Trump's hormones....EEEEEK
4 They Often Lie About Medical Issues
Hum...a life treating issue?
5 Many Pathological Liars Actually Believe Their Own Lies
Ding, ding...Trump clearly believes that the lies he spout are true (even though deep down he knows, but doesn't care)
6 Children Who Lie Sometimes Have Anxiety Or Depression
Poor little Donny (according to some in the White House he's like a terrible toddler)
7 It's Difficult To Treat Adult Liars
At age, what, 70? I think there's no hope...
8 Pathological Liars Lie To Relieve Anxiety
9 But Lying Also Causes Anxiety
10 Lying Can Be Addictive
Ding...
11 If You Just Met A Pathological Liar, They've Already Lied To You
