UNDERNEWS: Trump has lied over a 1000 times since taking office

August 23, 2017

Trump has lied over a 1000 times since taking office

Common Dreams - A new video produced by the Washington Post asserts that President Donald Trump has mislead or blatantly lied to the public more than 1,000 times since taking office in January. The newspaper counted a total of 1,057 lies, with the president averaging nearly five falsehoods per day since his inauguration.

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Anonymous said...: "Trump has lied over a 1000 times since taking office"

That ain't nothing. I lied 2000 times to them there feds about what's that there smoke comin out of the hillside.

I tell them I'm roastin goddam hot-dogs and thay say OK but reelly its my still. Dopes.; August 23, 2017 at 3:16 PM

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