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…kind of presents how I feel. Trump can’t go more than a few minutes without actively saying things that are verifiably untrue (I mean, he has Tweeted things and then later done the “I never said that, they’re spreading lies about me” routine even when people post screenshots of his old tweet). [/quote]
There are many many examples of this. Here is a major one:
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He says his book is the best-selling business book ever (it isn’t). [/quote]
Very minor lie. It’s been estimated by some to be a top 5 business books of all time (exact sales numbers are hard to come by).
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He says he’s worth 10 billion dollars (he’s not). [/quote]
Yes he embellishes for effect.
He lies about his worth and the business book being a best seller so these facts will stick in people’s minds. It also gets the Left Wing media to inadvertently report his success to the public.
10 billion is a round number - people remember 10 better than they will remember 2-4 (his likely worth). It also forces the press to show he is successful, every estimate I’ve seen of his wealth still pegs his worth in the billions.
Same goes for suggesting his book is the best selling business book of all time. Best selling of all time sticks better in people’s mind than top 5.
I’m not saying this is right but why he does this. To have any chance he almost has to do this stuff because of the bias against him.
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He said he raised $6 million for veterans in one night (he didn’t, and only paid the amount after the press caught on to the fact that he had made no such donation). [/quote]
No he was vetting the charities.
He is playing with optics/public perception. You can call this wrong but at the same time keep in mind the media way portrays the handful of his unsuccessful ventures as massive failures when they were tiny and insignificant.
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He said Ben Roethlisberger would speak at the RNC (he didn’t and never had any intention of doing so). He said Tom Brady would speak at the RNC (ditto Roethlisberger). He said Tim Tebow would speak at the RNC (Tebow’s reaction the day after that rumor broke was “Um, why is my name being dragged into this?”). [/quote]
He said he had Wanted Roethlisberger, Tebow and Brady to speak at the RNC to portray a culture of winning. They declined.
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He said he wanted to have them all address the convention, to be held next month in Cleveland, as examples of “winners,” rather than “these people, these politicians who are going to get up and speak and speak and speak.”[/quote]
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He said John Oliver had called him 4 or 5 times to ask about going on his show (Oliver says his show never called). [/quote]
Of course John Oliver is going to say that. John Oliver’s bosses are Time-Warner who are one of Hillary’s contributors.
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His latest silly claim: the Democrats are trying to “rig the debates” by scheduling them to line up with NFL games (the debate schedule was set last fall by the nonpartisan Committee on Presidential Debates) and furthermore that the NFL has sent him a letter saying this is ridiculous (an NFL spokesman confirms that they have sent no such letter). The guy is completely and utterly allergic to the truth - he just makes up whatever he wants to say at a given time, even things that can be verified false with a two-second Google search. [/quote]