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A busy day the other day:
In two press appearances in the same day, President Donald Trump made several false claims and distorted the facts on issues ranging from Syria to trade:
- Trump claimed that former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan “would never issue a subpoena,” because of his “respect for our country.” But subpoenas were issued under Ryan’s watch. “Our committee alone issued more than 100 subpoenas,” a former GOP House oversight staffer has said.
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- Trump said “the FBI never got” the DNC server that was hacked during the 2016 election, and that the server is now held by a company co-owned by someone “from Ukraine.” But the company — which is based in the U.S. — gave the FBI an exact copy of the DNC hard drives. It also has said it never possessed the server and that its owners are not from Ukraine.
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- He said he was able to secure the release of a U.S. pastor detained by Turkey “very quickly,” while the previous administration failed. It’s worth noting the pastor was detained less than four months before Trump took office and released nearly 21 months after.
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Five more whoppers
here. How does he even
come up with these, day after day?
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Over 13K documented lies. If he participates in a presidential debate, the questioning should be a hoot.
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Speedy wrote:
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Over 13K documented lies. If he participates in a presidential debate, the questioning should be a hoot.
He won’t participate in the debates.
I think you may be right. What could he possibly gain from doing it?
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He will debate. His ego makes him think he's invincible in front of a camera. We already know his handlers can't keep him from doing anything that he really wants to do.
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Yeah he always needs the TV time. Even a "bad night" gives him something to talk about the next day which is all that matters. One story I read had stats on his tweets and public speaking (official + lengths of rallies/campaign events) and everything has been going up since being in office.
Remember, he "lost" his debates against HRC. The earlier ones against Republican rivals captured "zingers" from him = headlines.
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Maybe he won't be around to debate. (wishful thinking)
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Read in
today’s newspaper (yeah, the dead-tree thing):
Trump declared Friday “we’ve taken control of the oil in the Middle East” -- a claim that seemed disconnected from any known development there.
He made the assertion twice Friday, but other U.S. officials were unable to explain what he meant.
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