Trump: It Is What I Say It Is! Period!

A deep look at Trump’s pattern of distortion, redefinition, and policy consequences in his second term.

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If one were to fact check all of Donald Trump’s misstatements, exaggerations, lies, and redefinitions of established traditions before, during, and between his two terms as President of the United States, one would not have enough time to sleep more than two or three hours in a 24-hour period.

From his hyperbolic claim, through his first term Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, on January 21, 2017, that “That was the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period,” even after aerial views showed far less people upon the Washington Mall in attendance at Trump’s inaugural ceremony compared with those of Barack Obama.

Then to what has come to be referred to as “Sharpiegate” arising from Trump’s attempt to cover up his misstatement in September 2019 that the approaching storm, Hurricane Dorian, would hit several Southern states while incorrectly including Alabama. Local weather bureaus had previously reassured Alabama residents that the hurricane would not affect their state. Rather than admit his mistake, Trump showed reporters a weather map, which he altered with a black Sharpie pen, by expanding the possible path…