Trump made 8,158 false or misleading claims in two years


Washington, Jan 22 (IANS): Two years after taking the oath of office, US President Donald Trump has made 8,158 false or misleading claims, according to The Washington Post's database.

The daily's Fact Checker's database analyses, categorises and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the President, it said in the report on Monday.

In 2018, he made an "astonishing" 6,000-plus such claims.

The President averaged nearly 5.9 false or misleading claims a day in his first year in office, but he hit nearly 16.5 a day in his second year, almost triple the pace.

The Washington Post started the Fact Checker online project as part of its coverage of the President's first 100 days, "largely because we could not possibly keep up with the pace and volume of the President's misstatements".

The project's interactive graphic displays a running list of every false or misleading statement made by Trump. A reader can also search for specific claims or obtain monthly or daily totals.

According to Fact Checker, the President in his first 100 days made 492 unsupported claims.

He managed to top that number just in the first three weeks of 2019.

Before the midterm elections in October, he made more than 1,200 false or misleading claims.

The biggest source of misleading claims is immigration, with a tally that has grown with the addition of 300 immigration claims in the past three weeks, for a total of 1,433, the Fact Checker said.

In the President's immigration address on January 19, the last day of his second year in office, there were 12 false or misleading claims.

According to Fact Checker, there were only 82 days or about 11 per cent of the time that there were recorded no claims.

"These were often days when the President golfed," it added.

  

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  • Arthur, Mangalore

    Wed, Jan 23 2019

    WaPo is the leader in fake news. Nobody should trust it.

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 22 2019

    Because of Modiji s friendship Trump has learned to talk false promises.

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 22 2019

    Because of Modiji s friendship Trump has learned to talk false promises.

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  • Chris, Tel Aviv

    Tue, Jan 22 2019

    Washington post , huffington post all these worthless news portals are run by Democrats , what else do you expect . Trump is sure to win the next election his trump card will be Terrorism by the peace lovers .

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  • Nash, Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 22 2019

    Pappu s fake-o-meter will blast in this case

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  • Kumari, Karkala

    Tue, Jan 22 2019

    Trump is keeping his election promises. Washington post owned by Democrats loosers.

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  • Dr. Haneef Shabab, Bhatkal

    Tue, Jan 22 2019

    Fekugiri me Trump abhi Bachcha hai...
    Hamarey paas Modi jaisa Trump ka Chacha hai !

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  • PenMightierThanTheSword!, Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 22 2019

    Worlds largest democracies headed by the worlds biggest fekus — Trump in USA and Feku Fakendranath Modi in India!

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  • El En Tea, Mumbai

    Tue, Jan 22 2019

    Forget about US we are worried In India 4 - 1/2 years

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  • Zahoor Ahmed, Karkala

    Tue, Jan 22 2019

    No. Modi never allow trump to break his record. Feku title still with our great PM. One thing is similar in these two. that is both all liers.

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  • gm, mlur

    Tue, Jan 22 2019

    Trying to break the world record.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Jan 22 2019

    Modi Fakes 24 X 7 ...

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Tue, Jan 22 2019

    Modi is not less !

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  • Ahmed K.C., Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 22 2019

    Can we expect similar report from "Cobrapost" ????

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