Impossible
to Dispute this Truism About Trump
Decent time to review the public record seen here from
the Washington Post’s fact checkers (not up to date BTW, but very an accurate set
of facts nevertheless) and this ties into my
related post here (re: Trump’s most-recent
lie about Mueller).
We maintain the database by
closely reading or watching Trump’s myriad public appearances and television
and radio interviews. The interviews are especially hard to keep up with, in
part because the White House does not routinely post on them on its website.
Moreover, Trump tends to seek
out right-leaning interviewers who rarely challenge him or question him when he
repeats false claims that have already been fact-checked. The interviews thus
often contain a torrent of misleading claims, and we despair that supposed
journalists are not confronting the president about his rhetoric.
So we were amused to see a foreign
leader fact-check the president on his Asian trip in November 2017. On November
13, Trump met with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. When he started to repeat one of his
favorite false claims that the United States has “deficits with almost
everybody.”
PM Turnbull interjected: “Except us.”
Trump said: “Except with you.
You’re the only one.”
Trump then quickly suggested that Turnbull check his figures,
but Turnbull just as quickly assured him: “It’s real.”
FACTS: Indeed, the United
States has a goods trade surplus of $13 billion and services trade surpluses of
$15 billion with Australia. That is largely because of a Free Trade Agreement
(FTA), and according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Trump would like us to assume that he was joking when he said Australia was the
“only one.”
For the record: The United
States has trade surpluses with the Netherlands, the UK, Brazil, Belgium,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Chile, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE among other
countries, according to the International Trade Commission.
My 2 cents: Again I ask: How can anyone trust or believe anything that Trump
says?
His record speaks for itself – sadly Trump cannot. Yet, his loyalists stick
with him through thick and thin – no matter the issue and lie or denial.
Never in American history and indeed in world history perhaps has any world
leader ever lied this much. So congrats, Mr. Trump – this is a real title you
can brag about in all honesty and be correct. Congrats...!!!
Thanks for stopping by.
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