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he broke 34 of his promises on day 1 https://thinkprogress.org/on-his-first-day-in-office-trump-broke-34-promises-683c957286dc https://thinkprogress.org/on-his-

he broke 34 of his promises on day 1 https://thinkprogress.org/on-his-first-day-in-office-trump-broke-34-promises-683c957286dc https://thinkprogress.org/on-his-first-day-in-office-trump-b...

paulddraper 10y ago
So even his own forecasts are wrong :) More seriously, they might not complete on day 1, but many will happen. E.g. your article lists the TPP withdrawl was a broken "day 1" promise. How long did that take? Couldn't have been much more than 24 hours...
- xienze 10y ago
  Well that's how the "Trump is such a liar" stuff works. Take everything he says 100% literally with no wiggle room and wow, look at all those promises he broke. He said he'd do this the first day, it's actually the second day! What a complete fraud this guy is!
  - meesterdude 10y ago
    This is not normal. Trump is not normal. Do not act like this is just any old election. Millions of people in the USA and around the world do not normally march in protest of our elections. Oh yeah, and trump is a liar. That's very well documented - and just a google search away. But I'm not really concerned with if he's a liar or not. I just care about what he ends up doing. I do not suspect I will like it very much - but I would LOVE to be wrong.
xienze 10y ago
So I kinda understand, but at the same time don't understand the point of articles like this. "Ha ha, Trump didn't do all those awful things that he said he would on the very first day!" Shouldn't that make people who are against Trump happy? I know, I know, the point is that people who are apparently smart but don't understand the concept of hyperbole can say "LOL Trump lied again, he said he'd do all this stuff on day one but he didn't until day three, you Trump voters got taken for a ride!"
- Malician 10y ago
  People don't like a wildcard. Trump's broken promises are a little more than slight exaggerations. At this point I have to wonder if it's possible for him to lie in a way he hasn't already which will lead his supporters to recognize it as more than hyperbole. My guess is that it's not about what he says, but whether they feel he is acting in favor of their interests or not - which is really a totally different matter. He just stood up in front of the CIA and claimed that he had more people than any Inauguration. In reality, he had less than half. The man has 0 integrity. It's not just one thing, it's everything he says. Hillary had a public and a private position - he's got so many positions his words mean nothing. Yes, he really does seem to be behind reducing immigration. Yes, I can guess that when he stood up and told Silicon Valley's CEOs he was going to remove the borders and trade restrictions, he was probably lying. But in the end, the details are what matter, and for him to violate every single thing he says in favor of vague wishy-washy nonsense is not someone I can trust as President.
  - DefaultUserHN 10y ago
    >He just stood up in front of the CIA and claimed that he had more people than any Inauguration. Except he didn't. I watched that press conference. He said he had lots and lots of people. He never said he had more people than Obama. He was calling out CNN because CNN was trying to make it seem like had less than half. >In reality, he had less than half. Except we have photos showing he have almost the same as Obama. Around 90% of Obama. https://i.redd.it/romblz2zsxay.jpg https://i.redd.it/romblz2zsxay.jpg https://i.redd.it/gvwobqfr0yay.jpg https://i.redd.it/gvwobqfr0yay.jpg The photo you saw probably came from CNN. CNN posted a photo from earlier in the day, before people started filling it up, and claimed that Trump only had half the people. http://i.imgur.com/cLiofdu.png http://i.imgur.com/cLiofdu.png Here's a photo closer to the end, showing the crowds goes all the way to the back, almost comparable to Obama. https://i.reddituploads.com/a3495b511eed42509c6f3a82b853996f?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=02d97ed976b28d2805de75338613859e https://i.reddituploads.com/a3495b511eed42509c6f3a82b853996f...

he broke 34 of his promises on day 1 https://thinkprogress.org/on-his-first-day-in-office-trump-broke-34-promises-683c957286dc https://thinkprogress.org/on-his-first-day-in-office-trump-b...

paulddraper 10y ago

So even his own forecasts are wrong :) More seriously, they might not complete on day 1, but many will happen. E.g. your article lists the TPP withdrawl was a broken "day 1" promise. How long did that take? Couldn't have been much more than 24 hours...

xienze 10y ago
Well that's how the "Trump is such a liar" stuff works. Take everything he says 100% literally with no wiggle room and wow, look at all those promises he broke. He said he'd do this the first day, it's actually the second day! What a complete fraud this guy is!
- meesterdude 10y ago
  This is not normal. Trump is not normal. Do not act like this is just any old election. Millions of people in the USA and around the world do not normally march in protest of our elections. Oh yeah, and trump is a liar. That's very well documented - and just a google search away. But I'm not really concerned with if he's a liar or not. I just care about what he ends up doing. I do not suspect I will like it very much - but I would LOVE to be wrong.

xienze 10y ago

So I kinda understand, but at the same time don't understand the point of articles like this. "Ha ha, Trump didn't do all those awful things that he said he would on the very first day!" Shouldn't that make people who are against Trump happy? I know, I know, the point is that people who are apparently smart but don't understand the concept of hyperbole can say "LOL Trump lied again, he said he'd do all this stuff on day one but he didn't until day three, you Trump voters got taken for a ride!"

Malician 10y ago
People don't like a wildcard. Trump's broken promises are a little more than slight exaggerations. At this point I have to wonder if it's possible for him to lie in a way he hasn't already which will lead his supporters to recognize it as more than hyperbole. My guess is that it's not about what he says, but whether they feel he is acting in favor of their interests or not - which is really a totally different matter. He just stood up in front of the CIA and claimed that he had more people than any Inauguration. In reality, he had less than half. The man has 0 integrity. It's not just one thing, it's everything he says. Hillary had a public and a private position - he's got so many positions his words mean nothing. Yes, he really does seem to be behind reducing immigration. Yes, I can guess that when he stood up and told Silicon Valley's CEOs he was going to remove the borders and trade restrictions, he was probably lying. But in the end, the details are what matter, and for him to violate every single thing he says in favor of vague wishy-washy nonsense is not someone I can trust as President.
- DefaultUserHN 10y ago
  >He just stood up in front of the CIA and claimed that he had more people than any Inauguration. Except he didn't. I watched that press conference. He said he had lots and lots of people. He never said he had more people than Obama. He was calling out CNN because CNN was trying to make it seem like had less than half. >In reality, he had less than half. Except we have photos showing he have almost the same as Obama. Around 90% of Obama. https://i.redd.it/romblz2zsxay.jpg https://i.redd.it/romblz2zsxay.jpg https://i.redd.it/gvwobqfr0yay.jpg https://i.redd.it/gvwobqfr0yay.jpg The photo you saw probably came from CNN. CNN posted a photo from earlier in the day, before people started filling it up, and claimed that Trump only had half the people. http://i.imgur.com/cLiofdu.png http://i.imgur.com/cLiofdu.png Here's a photo closer to the end, showing the crowds goes all the way to the back, almost comparable to Obama. https://i.reddituploads.com/a3495b511eed42509c6f3a82b853996f?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=02d97ed976b28d2805de75338613859e https://i.reddituploads.com/a3495b511eed42509c6f3a82b853996f...