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发帖数: 897 | 1 o say that President Donald Trump has a casual relationship with the truth
would be a gross understatement. He has repeatedly cited debunked conspiracy
theories, pushed voter fraud myths, and embellished his record and
accomplishments. The barrage of falsehoods has been so furious that
journalists have taken to issuing instant fact-checks during press
conferences and calling out false statements during cable news broadcasts.
All presidents lie, but lying so brazenly and so frequently about even silly
factoids like his golf game has put Trump in his own category. His
disregard for the truth is reflected in his top aides, who have inflated
easily disproved figures like the attendance at his inauguration and even
cited terror attacks that never happened.
The Huffington Post tracked the public remarks of Trump and his aides to
compile a list of 100 incidents of egregious falsehoods. Still, it is likely
the administration has made dozens of other misleading and exaggerated
claims.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer falsely claimed the crowd on the
National Mall was “largest audience to ever witness an inauguration.” (
Jan. 21)
Trump falsely claimed that the crowd for his swearing-in stretched down
the National Mall to the Washington Monument and totaled more than 1 million
people. (Jan. 21)
As Trump fondly recalled his Inauguration Day, he said it stopped
raining “immediately” when he began his speech. A light rain continued to
fall throughout the address. (Jan. 21)
During his speech at CIA headquarters, Trump claimed the media made up
his feud with the agency. In fact, he started it by comparing the
intelligence community to “Nazi Germany.” (Jan. 21)
During his speech at CIA headquarters, Trump repeated the claim that he
“didn’t want to go into Iraq.” He told Howard Stern in 2002 that he
supported the Iraq War. (Jan. 21)
During his speech at CIA headquarters, Trump said he had the “all-time
record in the history of Time Magazine. … I’ve been on it for 15 times
this year.” Trump had been featured on the magazine a total of 11 times. (
Jan. 21)
Trump claimed that his inauguration drew 11 million more viewers than
Barack Obama’s in 2013. It didn’t, and viewership for Obama’s first
inauguration, in 2009, was even higher. (Jan. 22)
Spicer said during his first press briefing that there has been a “
dramatic expansion of the federal workforce in recent years.” This is false
. (Jan. 23)
While pushing back against the notion of a rift between the CIA and
Trump, Spicer claimed the president had received a “five-minute standing
ovation” at the agency’s headquarters. He did not. The attendees were also
never asked to sit down. (Jan. 23)
Spicer claimed that “tens of millions of people” watched the
inauguration online. In fact, about 4.6 million did. (Jan. 23)
Trump told CBN News that 84 percent Cuban-Americans voted for him. It’s
not clear where Trump got that number. According to the Pew Research Center
, 54 percent of Cuban-Americans in Florida voted for him. (Jan. 23)
While meeting with congressional leaders, Trump repeated a debunked
claim that he only lost the national popular vote because of widespread
voter fraud. (Jan. 24)
In remarks with business leaders at the White House, Trump said, “I’m
a very big person when it comes to the environment. I have received awards
on the environment.” There is no evidence that Trump has received such
awards. (Jan. 24)
In signing an executive memo ordering the construction of the Keystone
pipeline, Trump said the project would create 28,000 construction jobs.
According to The Washington Post Fact Checker, the pipeline would create an
estimated 16,000 jobs, most of which are not construction jobs. (Jan. 25)
Spicer said in a press briefing that Trump received more electoral votes
than any Republican since Ronald Reagan. George H.W. Bush won 426 electoral
votes in 1988, more than Trump’s 304. (Jan. 24)
In remarks he gave at the Homeland Security Department, Trump said
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and border patrol agents “unanimously
endorsed me for president.” That’s not true. (Jan. 25)
Spicer said during a press briefing that a draft executive order on CIA
prisons was not a “White House document.” Citing three administration
officials, The New York Times reported that the White House had circulated
the draft order among national security staff members. (Jan. 25)
In an interview with ABC, Trump again claimed he “had the biggest
audience in the history of inaugural speeches.” False. (Jan. 25)
Trump claimed during an interview with ABC that the applause he received
at CIA headquarters “was the biggest standing ovation since Peyton Manning
had won the Super Bowl.” It wasn’t even a standing ovation. (Jan. 25)
In an interview with ABC, Trump attacked the Affordable Care Act and
said there are “millions of people that now aren’t insured anymore.”
Twenty million people have gained health coverage because of the law so far.
The estimated 2 million people who did not qualify under the law received
waivers that kept the plans going until the end of 2017. (Jan. 25)
At the GOP retreat in Philadelphia, Trump claimed he and the president
of Mexico “agreed” to cancel their scheduled meeting. Enrique Peña
Nieto said he had decided to cancel it. (Jan. 26)
At the GOP retreat in Philadelphia, Trump said the national homicide
rate was “horribly increasing.” It is down significantly. (Jan. 26)
On Twitter, Trump repeated his false claim that 3 million votes were
illegal during the election. (Jan. 27)
In an interview on “Good Morning America,” Trump counselor Kellyanne
Conway said Tiffany Trump, the president’s daughter, had told her she was
“not registered to vote in two states.” A local election official
confirmed to NBC News twice that the younger Trump indeed was. (Jan. 27)
Trump said he predicted the so-called “Brexit” when he was in Scotland
the day before the vote. He was actually there the day after the United
Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. (Jan. 27)
Trump claimed The New York Times lost subscribers “because their
readers even like me.” The Times experienced a sharp uptick in subscribers
after Election Day. (Jan. 27)
Trump claimed two people were fatally shot in Chicago during Obama’s
last speech as president. That didn’t happen. (Jan. 27)
Trump claimed that under previous administrations, “if you were a
Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost
impossible.” In fact, almost as many Christian refugees were admitted to
the U.S. as Muslim refugees in fiscal year 2016. (Jan. 27)
Trump defended the swiftness of his immigration order on the grounds
that terrorists would have rushed into the country if he had given the world
a week’s notice. Even if terrorists wanted to infiltrate the refugee
program or the visa program, they would have had to wait months or even
years while being vetted to get into the country. (Jan. 30)
The White House maintained that Trump’s immigration order did not apply
to green card holders and that was “the guidance from the beginning.”
Initially, the White House said the order did include green card holders. (
Jan. 30)
Trump said his immigration order was “similar to what President Obama
did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months.”
Obama’s policy slowed resettlement of refugees from Iraq, but did not keep
them from entering the country. Moreover, it flagged the seven countries
included in Trump’s order as places the U.S. considered dangerous to visit.
(Jan. 30)
Spicer said that “by and large,” Trump has been “praised” for his
statement commemorating the Holocaust. Every major Jewish organization,
including the Republican Jewish Coalition, criticized it for omitting any
specific references to the Jewish people or anti-Semitism. (Jan. 30)
A Trump administration official called the implementation of Trump’s
travel ban a “massive success story.” Not true ― young children, elderly
people and U.S. green card holders were detained for hours. Some were
deported upon landing in the U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) even
criticized the rollout as “confusing.” (Jan. 30)
Spicer equated White House adviser Steve Bannon’s appointment to the
National Security Council Principals Committee with Obama adviser David
Axelrod attending meetings pertaining to foreign policy. Axelrod, however,
never sat on the Principals Committee. (Jan. 30)
Spicer said people would have “flooded” into the country with advance
notice of Trump’s immigration order. Not true. (Jan. 30)
Spicer insisted that only 109 travelers were detained because of Trump’
s immigration order. More than 1,000 legal permanent residents had to get
waivers before entering the U.S. An estimated 90,000 people in total were
affected by the ban. (Jan. 30)
Trump tweeted the false claim that “only 109 people out of 325,000 were
detained and held for questioning.” (Jan. 30)
Trump took credit for cutting $600 million from the F-35 program. But
Lockheed Martin already had planned for the cost reductions for the next
generation fighter plane. (Jan. 31)
Trump accused China of manipulating its currency by playing “the money
market. They play the devaluation market, and we sit there like a bunch of
dummies.” According to The Washington Post, the United States is no longer
being hurt by China’s currency manipulation, and China is no longer
devaluing its currency. (Jan. 31)
In defending the GOP’s blockade of Merrick Garland, Obama’s nominee to
the Supreme Court, Spicer said no president had ever nominated a justice “
so late” in his term. It previously happened three times. (Jan. 31)
Spicer repeatedly insisted during a press conference that Trump’s
executive order on immigration was “not a ban.” During a Q&A event the
night before, however, Spicer himself referred to the order as a “ban.” So
did the president. (Jan. 31)
White House officials denied reports that Trump told Peña Nieto
that U.S. forces would handle the “bad hombres down there” if the Mexican
authorities don’t. It confirmed the conversation the next day, maintaining
the remark was meant to be “lighthearted.” (Jan. 31)
Trump claimed that Delta, protesters and the tears of Sen. Chuck Schumer
(D-N.Y.) were to blame for the problems over his travel ban. In fact, his
administration was widely considered to blame for problems associated with
its rollout. (Jan. 31)
Trump said the Obama administration “agreed to take thousands of
illegal immigrants from Australia.” The deal actually involved 1,250
refugees. (Feb. 1)
Trump said the U.S. “has the most generous immigration system in the
world.” Not really. (Feb. 2)
Trump said the U.S. was giving Iran $150 billion for “nothing” under
the Iranian nuclear deal. The money was already Iran’s to begin with, and
the deal blocks Iran from building a nuclear bomb. (Feb. 2)
Spicer called a U.S. raid in Yemen “very, very well thought out and
executed effort” and described it as a “successful operation by all
standards.” U.S. military officials told Reuters the operation was approved
“without sufficient intelligence, ground support, or adequate backup
preparations.” (Feb. 2)
Spicer said that Iran had attacked a U.S. naval vessel, as part of his
argument defending the administration’s bellicose announcement that Iran is
“on notice.” In fact, a suspected Houthi rebel ship attacked a Saudi
vessel. (Feb. 2)
In his meeting with union leaders at the White House, Trump claimed he
won union households. He actually only won white union households. (Feb. 2)
Conway cited the “Bowling Green massacre” to defend Trump’s travel
ban. It never happened. (Feb. 3)
Conway said citing the nonexistent “Bowling Green massacre” to defend
Trump’s immigration order was an accidental “slip.” But she had mentioned
it twice prior to that interview. (Feb. 3)
Trump approvingly shared a story on his official Facebook page which
claimed that Kuwait issued a visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries.
Kuwait issued a statement categorically denying it. (Feb. 3)
Trump claimed people are “pouring in” after his immigration order was
temporarily suspended. Travelers and refugees cannot simply rush into the U.
S. without extensive and lengthy vetting. (Feb. 5)
After a judge halted his immigration ban, Trump claimed that “anyone,
even with bad intentions, can now come into the U.S.” Not true. (Feb. 5)
Spicer said nationwide protests of Trump are not like protests the tea
party held, and called them “a very paid AstroTurf-type movement.”
Although Democrats have capitalized on the backlash against Trump by
organizing, the massive rallies across dozens of cities across the country
― which in some cases have been spontaneous ― suggests they are part of
an organic phenomenon. (Feb. 6)
During an interview with Fox News before the Super Bowl, Trump repeated
his debunked claim of widespread voter fraud during the presidential
election. There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. Republican and
Democratic state officials have said so, as have Trump’s own campaign
attorneys. (Feb. 6)
During an interview with Fox News before the Super Bowl, Trump repeated
his false claim that he has “been against the war in Iraq from the
beginning.” (Feb. 6)
Conway said she would not appear on CNN’s “State of the Union”
because of “family” reasons. CNN, however, said the White House offered
Conway as an alternative to Vice President Mike Pence and that the network
had “passed” because of concerns about her “credibility.” (Feb. 6)
Spicer claimed CNN “retracted” its explanation of why it declined to
take Conway for a Sunday show appearance. CNN said it never did so. (Feb. 6)
Trump cited attacks in Boston, Paris, Orlando, Florida, and Nice, France
, as examples of terrorism the media has not covered adequately. “In many
cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn’t want to report it,” he said
at CENTCOM. Those attacks garnered wall-to-wall television coverage, as well
as thousands of news articles in print and online. (Feb. 6)
The White House released a more expansive list of terrorist attacks it
believed “did not receive adequate attention from Western media sources.”
Again, the list includes attacks that were widely covered by the media. (Feb
. 6)
Trump said sanctuary cities “breed crime.” FBI data indicates that
crime in sanctuary cities is generally lower than in nonsanctuary cities. (
Feb. 6)
Trump claimed The New York Times was “forced to apologize to its
subscribers for the poor reporting it did on my election win.” The paper
has not issued such an apology. (Feb. 6)
Trump claimed the murder rate is the highest it’s been in 47 years. The
murder rate rose 10.8 percent across the United States in 2015, but it’s
far lower than it was 30 to 40 years ago. (Feb. 7)
Spicer explained that the delay in repealing Obamacare was a result of
the White House wanting to work with Congress. Unlike during the Obama
administration, he asserted, the legislature ― not the White House ― was
taking the lead on health care. Various congressional committees worked on
drafting multiple versions of the bill that would become the Affordable Care
Act ― a lengthy process that took over a year. (Feb. 7)
Trump accused Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) of misrepresenting “
what Judge Neil Gorsuch told him” in response to the president’s attacks
against the judiciary. Gorsuch called Trump’s tweets attacking federal
judges “demoralizing.” A spokesman for Gorsuch confirmed the judge’s
remarks. (Feb. 9)
Trump has repeatedly said he doesn’t watch CNN. But he had to in order
to see and offer and opinion on the network’s interview with Blumenthal. (
Feb. 9)
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn has said that phone calls
he made to Russia prior to Trump’s inauguration were not related to
sanctions. According to a Washington Post report, however, Flynn held
private discussions with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador, before
Trump took office, suggesting that sanctions against Moscow would be eased
by the incoming administration. (Feb. 9)
Trump took credit for Ford’s decision not to open an auto factory in
Mexico and instead expand its Michigan plant. The company said Trump was not
responsible for its decision. (Feb. 9)
Trump told a room full of politicians that “thousands” of “illegal”
voters had been driven into New Hampshire to cast ballots. There is no
evidence of such a claim. (Feb. 11)
During an interview with ABC’s “This Week,” White House senior policy
aide Stephen Miller falsely said the “issue of busing voters into New
Hampshire is widely known by anyone who’s worked in New Hampshire politics.
” Again, not true. (Feb. 11)
Miller cited the “astonishing” statistic that 14 percent of
noncitizens are registered to vote. The study the stat is based on has been
highly contested. (Feb. 11)
Trump said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was “cut off” on CNN for “
using the term fake news the describe the network.” The senator was joking
and he was not cut off. (Feb. 12)
Trump accused the media of refusing to report on “big crowds of
enthusiastic supporters lining the road” in Florida. There were a few
supporters, but they were vastly outnumbered by hundreds of protesters. (Feb
. 12)
White House officials told reporters that Flynn decided on his own to
resign. However, Spicer said during a press briefing that the president
asked Flynn to resign. (Feb. 13)
Trump denied in a January interview that he or anyone on his campaign
had any contact with Russia prior to the election. However, The New York
Times and CNN both reported that Trump campaign officials and associates “
had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials” before
Nov. 8. (Feb. 15)
Spicer denied in a daily briefing that anyone on the Trump campaign had
had any contact with Russian officials. (Feb. 15)
Trump complained he “inherited a mess” upon being elected to office.
The stock market is experiencing record highs, the economy is stable and
growing, and unemployment is low. (Feb. 16)
Trump disputed the notion that his administration is experiencing
turmoil, telling reporters it is working like a “fine-tuned machine.” His
poorly executed travel ban has been suspended by the courts, a Cabinet
nominee was forced to withdraw his nomination, and Trump’s national
security adviser resigned after less than four weeks on the job. (Feb. 16)
Trump said his 306 Electoral College votes was the biggest electoral
votes victory since Ronald Reagan. Obama got 332 votes in 2012. (Feb. 16)
Trump said his first weeks in office “represented an unprecedented
month of action.” Obama accomplished much more during his first weeks in
office. (Feb. 16)
Defending himself from charges of hypocrisy on the matter of leaks ―
which he frequently celebrated when they pertained to his campaign
opposition but now denounces ― Trump said that WikiLeaks does not publicize
“classified information.” It does, often anonymously. (Feb. 16)
Trump repeated his claim that Hillary Clinton gave 20 percent of
American uranium to the Russians in a deal during her tenure as secretary of
state. Not true. (Feb. 16)
Trump said drugs are “becoming cheaper than a candy bar.” They are not
. (Feb. 16)
Trump said his administration had a “very smooth rollout of the travel
ban.” His immigration caused chaos at the nation’s airports and has been
suspended by the courts. (Feb. 16)
Trump said the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is in “chaos” and “
turmoil.” It is not. (Feb. 16)
Flynn lied to FBI investigators in a Jan. 24 interview about whether he
discussed sanctions with Russian officials prior to Trump’s inauguration,
according to The Washington Post. (Feb. 16)
Trump falsely suggested at a Florida rally that Sweden had suffered a
terror attack the night before his speech. It had not, and Trump was likely
referring to a Fox News segment on crime in Sweden. (Feb. 18)
During his Florida rally, Trump repeated his false claim that the United
States has already let in thousands of people who “there was no way to vet
.” Refugees undergo the most rigorous vetting process of any immigrants
admitted to the United States, often waiting upwards of two years to be
cleared for entry. (Feb. 18)
White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said in a “Fox News Sunday”
interview that Trump “has accomplished more in the first 30 days than
people can remember.” Obama accomplished much more during his first weeks
in office. (Feb. 19)
Trump said during his campaign that he would only play golf with heads
of state and business leaders, not friends and celebrities like Obama did.
Trump has golfed with world leaders like Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Most recently, however, he hit the links with golf pro Rory McIlroy,
International Sports Management’s Nick Mullen and his friend Rich Levine. (
Feb. 19)
A White House spokesperson told reporters that Trump only played a “
couple” of holes at his golf resort in Florida. A day later, as reports
came out saying the president had played 18 holes with Mcllroy, the White
House admitted he played “longer.” (Feb. 19)
Trump said the media is “trying to say large scale immigration in
Sweden is working out just beautifully. NOT!” Sweden’s crime rate has
fallen in recent years, and experts there do not think its immigration
policies are linked to crime. (Feb. 20)
Spicer said Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) asked for a meeting with Trump at
the White House. John Weaver, a former campaign aide of the governor, said
the president asked for the meeting. (Feb. 21)
Vice President Mike Pence called Obamacare a “job killer.” Overall,
job growth has been steady since it was signed into law. And the number of
unwilling part-time jobs has also gone down, contrary to GOP claims. (Feb.
22)
Trump claimed that he negotiated $1 billion in savings to develop two
new Boeing Co. jets to serve as the next Air Force One. The Air Force can’t
account for that number. (Feb. 22)
During a meeting with the nation’s CEOs at the White House, Trump
claimed his new economic adviser Gary Cohn “paid $200 million in tax” to
take a job at the White House. Cohn didn’t have to pay taxes, he had to
sell more than $200 million of Goldman Sachs stock. (Feb. 23)
Trump claimed there were “six blocks” worth of people waiting to get
into the Conservative Political Action Conference to see him. People filled
only three overflow rooms. (Feb. 24)
At CPAC, Trump said that Obamacare covers “very few people.” Nearly 20
million people have gotten health insurance under the law. (Feb. 24)
At CPAC, Trump said companies like Intel were making business
investments in the United States because of his election. The company
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: o say that President Donald Trump has a casual relationship with the truth
: would be a gross understatement. He has repeatedly cited debunked conspiracy
: theories, pushed voter fraud myths, and embellished his record and
: accomplishments. The barrage of falsehoods has been so furious that
: journalists have taken to issuing instant fact-checks during press
: conferences and calling out false statements during cable news broadcasts.
: All presidents lie, but lying so brazenly and so frequently about even silly
: factoids like his golf game has put Trump in his own category. His
: disregard for the truth is reflected in his top aides, who have inflated
: easily disproved figures like the attendance at his inauguration and even
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