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I think Trump was in a different league from past presidents, maybe not because of the magnitude of the lies (all of them have fairly big military lies involvin

I think Trump was in a different league from past presidents, maybe not because of the magnitude of the lies (all of them have fairly big military lies involving life and death), but the frequency was astounding… I do not know how someone even functions like he does.

torbTurret 5y ago
You can say the same about any big politician. The real difference was Trump’s immature demeanor, but make no mistake that Democrats are just as big of liars as Republicans.
- solveit 5y ago
  Your garden-variety politician lies to further an agenda and it's usually clear what the agenda is in retrospect. Trump lied constantly for no discernible purpose, which either makes him a genius or an idiot depending on how highly you think of his abilities.
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  No one who has been President has even come within an order of magnitude in sheer number of lies coming out of his mouth per unit of conversation. He makes Nixon look like an honest guy. https://www.indy100.com/news/trump-tweet-lies-cnn-fact-checker-us-election-andy-mccabe-9710871 https://www.indy100.com/news/trump-tweet-lies-cnn-fact-check...
- porknubbins 5y ago
  The weird thing about Trump’s lies was they weren’t really calculated to decieve people they were more like BS talking points as if we were in some pre-information age where whoever was the biggest bully won the argument.
mc32 5y ago
The weird thing is he liked to fib a lot, as if he were talking to the construction crew talking shop. It was a lot of little things that didn't need making things up or exaggerating, yet he did. On the other hand Bush would lie about big things and didn't lie about the small things so much as just brush things off.
- pstuart 5y ago
  > He liked to "fib a lot". That is beyond charitable. Many would say it's part of his nature.

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I think Trump was in a different league from past presidents, maybe not because of the magnitude of the lies (all of them have fairly big military lies involvin

by micromacrofoot 5y ago

torbTurret 5y ago
You can say the same about any big politician. The real difference was Trump’s immature demeanor, but make no mistake that Democrats are just as big of liars as Republicans.
- solveit 5y ago
  Your garden-variety politician lies to further an agenda and it's usually clear what the agenda is in retrospect. Trump lied constantly for no discernible purpose, which either makes him a genius or an idiot depending on how highly you think of his abilities.
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  No one who has been President has even come within an order of magnitude in sheer number of lies coming out of his mouth per unit of conversation. He makes Nixon look like an honest guy. https://www.indy100.com/news/trump-tweet-lies-cnn-fact-checker-us-election-andy-mccabe-9710871 https://www.indy100.com/news/trump-tweet-lies-cnn-fact-check...
- porknubbins 5y ago
  The weird thing about Trump’s lies was they weren’t really calculated to decieve people they were more like BS talking points as if we were in some pre-information age where whoever was the biggest bully won the argument.
mc32 5y ago
The weird thing is he liked to fib a lot, as if he were talking to the construction crew talking shop. It was a lot of little things that didn't need making things up or exaggerating, yet he did. On the other hand Bush would lie about big things and didn't lie about the small things so much as just brush things off.
- pstuart 5y ago
  > He liked to "fib a lot". That is beyond charitable. Many would say it's part of his nature.