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tailgater Offline
#701 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 10:00 AM EST
Joined: 06-01-2000
Posts: 26,185
victor809 wrote:
Not to point out the obvious but....
"I related a story from my perspective to my friends and they all agreed with me!" is not really a surprise. Whether they're trump fans or not.


"Some guy on a forum is typing hundreds and hundreds of "Trump lies". One after the other. Day after day."


Not sure how that's "MY perspective".

But good on you.
Those with TDS must stick together.
banderl Offline
#702 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 10:51 AM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
Typing?

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TDS?
Tailgater Disgust Symptoms?
banderl Offline
#703 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 10:51 AM EST
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Posts: 10,153
Hurricane Maria's winds were "200 miles an hour.”

Topic: Environment

Source: Remarks

Hurricane Maria reached maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour.
banderl Offline
#704 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 10:52 AM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We've had tremendous reviews from government officials. This morning the government made incredible statements about how well we're doing.”
Repeated 3 times
Sep 29, 2017Sep 28Sep 26

Topic: Environment

Source: Remarks

Not exactly. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said the federal government has "complied with our petitions in an expedited manner," but "we need to do a lot more in order for us to get out of the emergency."
banderl Offline
#705 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 10:53 AM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“So everybody has said it's amazing the job that we've done in Puerto Rico.”
Repeated 3 times
Sep 29, 2017Sep 28Sep 26

Topic: Environment

Source: Remarks

Not exactly. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said the federal government has "complied with our petitions in an expedited manner," but "we need to do a lot more in order for us to get out of the emergency."
banderl Offline
#706 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 10:53 AM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Currently, more than half of high schools do not offer computer programming, and nearly 40 percent do not offer physics.”

Topic: Education

Source: Remarks

Trump supported investments for STEM education at an event with his daughter and White House adviser, Ivanka Trump. But this is inconsistent with his campaign rhetoric, and his proposed fiscal 2018 budget, according to {The Washington Post.} His budget "zeroed out one of the Education Department’s main programs that could be used for such a purpose, and it eliminated funding for NASA’s education office (which, among other things, oversees efforts to support women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields)."
banderl Offline
#707 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 10:54 AM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“They have him (Luther Strange) as best friends with Mitch McConnell. He doesn’t even know Mitch. He met him a few months ago.”
Repeated 1 time
Sep 22, 2017

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Interview

It's doubtful the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would not know one of his colleagues (Luther Strange), especially since Strange was a longtime Republican operative. In February 2017, when Strange was appointed to fill the seat of Jeff Sessions, who was appointed attorney general, Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama {told the New York Times} that McConnell welcomed Strange to the Senate. “I went by his [McConnell's] office, and the first person that he actually mentioned was Luther Strange,” Bentley was quoted in the Times. “He named several people, but the first one that he mentioned was Luther Strange.”
victor809 Offline
#708 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 12:44 PM EST
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Posts: 23,866
tailgater wrote:
"Some guy on a forum is typing hundreds and hundreds of "Trump lies". One after the other. Day after day."


Not sure how that's "MY perspective".

But good on you.
Those with TDS must stick together.



mmhmm... yeah. I'm gonna believe that apropos of nothing you stated that exact sentence to at least 3 of your friends... individually.... in the past week.

You're turning more and more into your cheeto-smeared hero every day tail.

banderl Offline
#709 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:30 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
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Question: "Are you inflaming racial tensions?"
Trump: "No, this has nothing to do with race. I've never said anything about race. This has nothing to do with race or anything else. This has to do with respect for our country, and respect for our flag.”
Repeated 2 times
Sep 26, 2017Sep 25

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Remarks

NFL players who decided to kneel during the anthem prior to the game said it was an act of protest against police brutality of black Americans.
banderl Offline
#710 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:32 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“...NFL attendance and ratings are WAY DOWN. Boring games yes, but many stay away because they love our country. League should back U.S.”
Repeated 6 times
Sep 28, 2017Sep 27Sep 26Sep 24Sep 24Sep 22

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Twitter

This lacks context. The TV audience size for NFL games is down this year, but it’s unclear exactly why, and there is no direct connection to the protests. “Average attendance at regular season NFL games last year was the highest since 2007, when the NFL set an all-time record in attendance. The NFL says ticket sales are “on par” with last year,” according to the {Associated Press.} And professional football games remain among the most-watched televised events, the AP reported.
banderl Offline
#711 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:32 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Alaska, Arizona, Maine and Kentucky are big winners in the Healthcare proposal.”

Topic: Health care

Source: Twitter

All would have lost federal funding.
banderl Offline
#712 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:33 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Alaska, Arizona, Maine and Kentucky are big winners in the Healthcare proposal.”

Topic: Health care

Source: Twitter

All would have lost federal funding.
banderl Offline
#713 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:33 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“Arizona had a 116% increase in ObamaCare premiums last year, with deductibles very high. Chuck Schumer sold John McCain a bill of goods. Sad”
Repeated 15 times
Oct 16, 2017Oct 12Sep 23Sep 23Sep 23Sep 22Aug 22Jul 25Jul 19Jul 19Jul 12Jun 28Jun 27Jun 13Jun 8

Topic: Health care

Source: Twitter

This is one of Trump’s favorite talking points on Obamacare, yet it’s still misleading. For 2017, the average increase in premiums before subsidies was 25 percent, so he is cherry-picking the highest end of premium increases. Moreover, Trump using data from the Department of Health and Human Services that do not take into account the effect of subsidies, which shield 84 percent of people in the exchanges from such extreme premium hikes. On average, eight out of 10 marketplace enrollees receive government premium subsidies, and they are protected from a premium increase (and may even see a decrease) if they stay with a low-cost plan.
banderl Offline
#714 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:34 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“I spoke to your governor. I said, how are you doing? She said, well, we have about 17 million people that just entered Alabama for shelter. And you took such great care of those people, you really did.”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Remarks

Trump is way off. Alabama state officials said they took in 250,000 people displaced by Hurricane Irma. Moreover, Alabama has fewer than 5 million residents.
banderl Offline
#715 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:34 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“If crooked Hillary got elected, you would not have a Second Amendment, believe me. You'd be handing in your rifles. You'd be saying here, here, here they are.”

Topic: Election

Source: Remarks

This was a common talking point from Trumpd uring the campaign, but Clinton did not propose abolishing the Second Amendment.
banderl Offline
#716 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:35 PM EST
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“So with Luther, so I have a list and one of the names is Luther Strange. And I know he's the senator from Alabama, but I don't know him, I met him once. I said that is the tallest human being I've ever seen. I'm tall. I'm tall. I never saw something -- he's, like, he should be on the New York Nicks, they could use him. So that's why I call him 'Big Luther,' everyone is now calling him 'Big Luther.'”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Remarks

Trump {did not invent} the nickname "Big Luther."
banderl Offline
#717 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:35 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“So with Luther, so I have a list and one of the names is Luther Strange. And I know he's the senator from Alabama, but I don't know him, I met him once. I said that is the tallest human being I've ever seen. I'm tall. I'm tall. I never saw something -- he's, like, he should be on the New York Nicks, they could use him. So that's why I call him 'Big Luther,' everyone is now calling him 'Big Luther.'”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Remarks

Trump {did not invent} the nickname "Big Luther."
banderl Offline
#718 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:35 PM EST
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“But what he did on the borders, and this is without the wall -- by the way, the wall is happening, folks, OK. Believe me, the wall is happening. In fact, you probably saw, you know, we have a wall up there now and we're renovating it already, it's being made pristine, perfect, just as good as new, although we may go a little bit higher than that, but that's OK. And we're building samples of the new wall.”
Repeated 1 time
Jul 12, 2017

Topic: Immigration

Source: Remarks

The Customs and Border Protection announced it would repair existing fencing, but this is nowhere near the signature campaign promise by Trump to build a border wall.
banderl Offline
#719 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:37 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
Today if you hit too hard, right, they hit too hard, 15 yards, throw him out of the game. ... They're ruining the game. Hey, look, that's what they want to do, they want to hit, OK? They want to hit. But it is hurting the game.”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Remarks

Trump is exaggerating. The National Football League's rules prevent blows to the head, in an effort to avoid head trauma. {According to Sports Illustrated writer Peter King}, college football "has begun to eject players for 'targeting' defenseless opponents. The NFL has ratcheted up penalties and fines for hits on defenseless receivers, often angering players and coaches. But in talking to players and coaches in the last couple of years, I sense they get it. Traditional coaches roll their eyes at the crackdown on big hits, and on cutting back how often teams can hit and be physical during practice. But the vast majority understand why it’s being done. It’s being done to try to save the game."
banderl Offline
#720 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:37 PM EST
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“But I would rather have the popular vote count because for me it would be easier than winning the Electoral College, which they said a Republican could not win, if you remember. Remember, they said there is no way to 270 for Trump.”
Repeated 8 times
Dec 28, 2017Nov 8Oct 25Sep 22Jul 24Jun 9May 10Apr 16

Topic: Election

Source: Remarks

According to a {tally} by John Pitney of Claremont McKenna College, every Republican president since Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876 won a larger share of the electoral college votes than Trump, with the exception of George W. Bush (twice) and Nixon in 1968.
banderl Offline
#721 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:38 PM EST
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“I call it the Russian hoax, one of the great hoaxes. Actually, that's the thing I was thinking about. That's the thing that the Democrats did best. They lost the election and they didn't know what happened. And they needed an excuse, so they said Russia. And then they said, wait a minute, wait a minute, Russia and Trump. Honestly? It's the thing they did best. They did a rotten job of running. But to convince people about this hoax, that was probably the thing that they did best, but it is one great hoax. No, Russia did not help me, that I can tell you, OK.”
Repeated 38 times
Jan 6, 2018Jan 6Jan 5Dec 28, 2017Dec 28Dec 28Dec 15Dec 12Nov 26Nov 11Oct 27Oct 25Oct 25Oct 18Oct 16Oct 11Oct 10Sep 22Sep 22Aug 3Jul 29Jul 23Jul 12Jul 9Jun 22May 12May 10Apr 28Apr 5Apr 1Mar 20Mar 20Mar 20Mar 20Feb 26Feb 24Feb 16Feb 7

Topic: Russia

Source: Remarks

The information on Russian efforts to sway the 2016 election was developed by the intelligence community and published in a declassified report, in which the agencies said they had "high confidence" it was correct.
banderl Offline
#722 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:39 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“As your attorney general, Luther helped you lead the fight in court against the Obama administration's big power grabs. That includes challenging the EPA's clean power plan, which, by the way, did you see what I did to that? Boom, gone. Look at that guy, he knows. Gone.”

Topic: Environment

Source: Remarks

The Clean Power Plan was already on hold in the courts while pending litigation.
banderl Offline
#723 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:40 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Every day I am keeping my promise. We have done so much.”

Topic: Biographical record

Source: Remarks

Full story

According to {Fact Checker's Trump Promise Tracker}, Trump had kept six of his 60 promises to American voters as of this speech.
banderl Offline
#724 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:40 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
We are doing one of our best jobs with our veterans. We publish online wait times at every VA facility, opened the promised White House VA hotline, extended Veterans' Choice.”
Repeated 2 times
Aug 12, 2017Jul 25

Topic: Health care

Source: Remarks

The VA started publishing wait times at its medical centers, but the effort to do this started more than a year and half ago under the Obama administration, following the 2014 Phoenix VA scandal. Wait-time issues persist at the VA. During his May 31 "State of the VA" speech, VA Secretary David Shulkin said the VA is "still in critical condition and require intensive care," and veterans are waiting more than 60 days for new appointments at about 30 of 168 VA medical centers.
banderl Offline
#725 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:41 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We have VA worker accountability. For 40 years they've been trying to get it passed, they couldn't. I will not blame the unions and I will not blame civil service. But that was the problem, OK? You have the unions, you have the -- they didn't want it. For 40 years, they couldn't get it passed. So you would have people working in the VA who were sadists, who would abuse our great, great people, our great veterans.”
Repeated 3 times
Aug 23, 2017Aug 22Aug 12

Topic: Health care

Source: Remarks

The Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 was an important measure for accountability and whistleblower protection at the VA. But this law builds on firing authority given to the VA secretary through the Choice, Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 in response to the 2014 Phoenix VA scandal.
banderl Offline
#726 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 2:41 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We're building our future with American hands, American labor and American iron, aluminum and steel. We will buy American, we will hire American”
Repeated 23 times
Nov 2, 2017Oct 11Sep 29Sep 22Sep 6Aug 22Aug 3Jul 26Jul 25Jul 21Jul 20Jul 17Jul 7Apr 29Apr 19Apr 18Apr 18Mar 28Mar 20Mar 18Mar 15Mar 15Mar 6

Topic: Economy

Source: Remarks

Trump himself has a long history of outsourcing a variety of his products and has acknowledged doing so. Even during Trump’s “Made in America” week, when he urged manufacturers and consumers to “buy American, hire American,” his family’s company continued to rely on foreign workers. Another of Trump’s golf courses recently filed a request to hire 10 foreign workers to be waiters. Further, the fashion line of Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and adviser to the president, is out of step with the principles championed by her father.
banderl Offline
#727 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 3:09 PM EST
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“I've ended the Obama administration's war on coal and we're putting our wonderful coal miners back to work producing beautiful clean coal.”
Repeated 6 times
Sep 22, 2017Sep 6Aug 3Jul 25Jul 25Jul 12

Topic: Jobs

Source: Remarks

Full story

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 1,600 jobs have been created in the coal industry since Trump became president — an increase of 3 percent. Administration officials often misleadingly refer to “mining” jobs, which mostly consist of jobs in the oil sector, which has rebounded from a price slump that has little to do with administration policies.
banderl Offline
#728 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 3:10 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We've increased our military and defense budget to the highest level it's been probably ever.”
Repeated 1 time
Sep 18, 2017

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Remarks

As a percentage of the U.S. economy, this is completely false. But even if the budget is approved at $700 billion, it would not even be the biggest in raw dollars.
banderl Offline
#729 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 3:11 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We have Tom Cotton, we have David Perdue, two great senators, and they're working on it. The RAISE Act would keep new immigrants from going on welfare for five years. Isn't that nice? They don't walk over and say I'm going on welfare. Isn't that nice. Maybe keep them from ever going on welfare. And would require them to support themselves and their families financially.”
Repeated 4 times
Sep 22, 2017Aug 4Aug 3Aug 2

Topic: Immigration

Source: Remarks

Full story

In general, legal permanent residents already can't "come in immediately and start picking up welfare." The five-year ban that Trump suggests already exists, and new immigrants are not eligible for the major federal public assistance programs during those years. There are some exceptions, such as refugees and asylees, or people with military connections.
banderl Offline
#730 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 3:11 PM EST
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“Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Remarks

{It's unclear} whether Trump actually extended a formal invite to the Warriots to the White House.
banderl Offline
#731 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 3:12 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“By the way, outside there are thousands of people that can’t in…thousands, yeah, thousands.”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Remarks

According to employees at the arena where Trump spoke to rally for Luther Strange in the Alabama Senate race, "a couple hundred people could not get in after the doors closed, and they tried to watch the rally on a big screen outside but there was no audio, so they left," {The Washington Post reported.}
banderl Offline
#732 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 3:12 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“By the way, Rocket Man should have been handled a long time ago. He should’ve been handled a long time ago by Clinton – I won’t mention the Republicans – by Obama.”
Repeated 1 time
Apr 17, 2017

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Remarks

This is an odd statement. Trump uses the "Rocket Man" nickname for Kim Jong-Un. It's unclear whether Trump knows that there have been three North Korean leaders since Bill Clinton's presidency, all with the last name Kim. It's a misleading claim that the past three presidents have "all been outplayed by this gentleman." It's actually three men in the same Kim family: Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong-Il and Kim Jong-Un.
banderl Offline
#733 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 3:13 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Will be in Alabama tonight. Luther Strange has gained mightily since my endorsement, but will be very close. He loves Alabama, and so do I!”
Repeated 3 times
Sep 30, 2017Sep 27Sep 21

Topic: Biographical record

Source: Twitter

Polling does not support Trump's claim that Luther Strange's chances improved after Trump's endorsement, {PolitiFact found.}
banderl Offline
#734 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 3:13 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“And I have to tell you, I made a friend in China, President Xi, and yesterday he basically took the banking industry away from North Korea. Never been done before. Never been done. That's based on relationship. Relationship is very good.”

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Remarks

Trump goes too far to say such action has never been done. In 2005, after the U.S. Treasury Department accused Macau-based Banco Delta Asia as being a willing pawn for North Korean money-laundering, the People's Bank of China ordered the closure of North Korean accounts in major Chinese banks. The effort was undone after the George W. Bush administration, seeking to reopen talks with Pyongyang, in 2007 facilitated the return of frozen North Korean funds held in BDA.
banderl Offline
#735 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 3:14 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“It’s one of the greatest honors of my life to represent the American people on that world stage. And I will tell you, the world is starting to respect the United States of America again.”
Repeated 1 time
Dec 30, 2017

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Remarks

Two international surveys indicate the United States has fallen in world respect since Trump became president. The U.S. lost its top spot as the country with the best brand image, falling from first place to sixth, in a survey released in November. And a Pew Research Survey released In June showed a dramatic drop in international approval, with citizens in 35 out of 37 countries having less confidence in Trump than they did in former President Obama.
tailgater Offline
#736 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 4:58 PM EST
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Posts: 26,185
victor809 wrote:
mmhmm... yeah. I'm gonna believe that apropos of nothing you stated that exact sentence to at least 3 of your friends... individually.... in the past week.

You're turning more and more into your cheeto-smeared hero every day tail.



Two guys at work, and their response prompted me to ask another back home.
I'm sure my wording was different, but the gist was the same.
Some things don't need to be twisted to show their utter lunacy.
victor809 Offline
#737 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:04 PM EST
Joined: 10-14-2011
Posts: 23,866
tailgater wrote:
Two guys at work, and their response prompted me to ask another back home.
I'm sure my wording was different, but the gist was the same.
Some things don't need to be twisted to show their utter lunacy.




Hm.
seems like an odd conversation you have with your friends. I don't even mention this place to any of my friends.
banderl Offline
#738 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:09 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“People don’t realize you had 20 terrorist groups in Afghanistan. This is where the World Trade Center people -- I’ll call them 'people' -- were trained. This is what happened. But you had 20 groups -- more than anyplace else.”
Repeated 1 time
Aug 21, 2017

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Remarks

Full story

Trump came up with this figure by mixing together apples and oranges --two distinct lists of foreign terrorist organizations and groups that financially support terrorists. The official State Department list of foreign terrorist organizations is smaller.
banderl Offline
#739 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:10 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Puerto Rico was absolutely obliterated. Puerto Rico got hit with winds -- they say they've never seen winds like this anywhere. It got hit as a five -- Category 5 storm -- which just literally never happens.”
Repeated 7 times
Sep 26, 2017Sep 26

Topic: Environment

Source: Remarks

Hurricane Maria touched down on Puerto Rico as Category 4.
banderl Offline
#740 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:10 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
I would not sign Graham-Cassidy if it did not include coverage of pre-existing conditions. It does! A great Bill. Repeal & Replace.”

Topic: Health care

Source: Twitter

Full story

This is misleading. Depending on the state, the protection for preexisting conditions could be the same under Graham-Cassidy — or people with cancer or other serious illnesses could find themselves in a high-risk pool being charged extraordinarily high premiums.
banderl Offline
#741 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:11 PM EST
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U.S. “has achieved more against ISIS in the last eight months than it has in many, many years combined.”
Repeated 13 times
Dec 27, 2017Nov 29Nov 15Nov 5Oct 25Oct 13Oct 10Sep 19Sep 15Sep 7Jul 18Jul 12Jul 6

Topic: Terrorism

Source: Prepared speech

Full story

By just about every metric, this is not correct. Obama set up virtually all the structure that did the key fighting under Trump, and more land was captured, fighters trained and munitions dropped under Obama than under Trump. The basic plan of attack in 2017 was also developed under Obama, though Trump appears to have speeded up the tempo.
banderl Offline
#742 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:13 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Yet in recent years, the United Nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement. While the United Nations on a regular budget has increased by 140 percent, and its staff has more than doubled since 2000, we are not seeing the results in line with this investment.”

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Remarks

The United Nations bureaucracy is the secretariat, which has shrunk every year since 2010, {BBC Reality Check found.} There are different budgets and different time periods for budgeting within the UN, so it's unclear exactly what he's talking about regarding the 140 percent increase. If he were referring to the "regular budget" of the UN he'd be almost righton the numbers, but it's not the whole story because it does not include the cost of peacekeeping operations, BBC Reality Check found.
banderl Offline
#743 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:14 PM EST
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“I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night. Asked him how Rocket Man is doing. Long gas lines forming in North Korea. Too bad!”

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Twitter

This is doubtful. According to analysts in touch with North Korean residents, there were no obvious signs that the heightened sanctions led to long lines for gas, {The Washington Post reported.}
banderl Offline
#744 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:14 PM EST
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“ESPN is paying a really big price for its politics (and bad programming). People are dumping it in RECORD numbers. Apologize for untruth!”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Twitter

ESPN's May 2017 survey {found} that of the viewers who see a political bias on the network, "30 percent actually believe ESPN expresses a conservative viewpoint. Most importantly, even those who identify as conservative (or Republican) actually rate ESPN’s overall performance higher than those groups had in October" 2016. Moreover, ESPN was the "highest-rated full-time cable network among Men and Adults aged 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54," it found.
banderl Offline
#745 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:16 PM EST
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“(Susan Rice is) not supposed to be doing that and what she did was wrong. We’ve been saying that. It’s just the tip of the iceberg. She wasn’t supposed to be doing that the unmasking and the surveillance. I heard she admitted that yesterday.”

Topic: Russia

Source: Remarks

Trump mischaracterized media reports of what Susan Rice told House investigators. {According to CNN}, Rice explained to investigators the reason behind the unmasking of senior Trump White House officials, but she did not admit any wrongdoing. "I didn't hear anything to believe that she did anything illegal," Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Fla.), who is helping lead the House Russia investigation, told CNN after the meeting with Rice.
banderl Offline
#746 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:16 PM EST
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“We all feel, look, 92 percent of the people agree on DACA, but what we want is very, very powerful border security.”

Topic: Immigration

Source: Remarks

Several public opinion polls suopported Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, but not as high as 92 percent, {PolitiFact found.}
banderl Offline
#747 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:17 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Crooked Hillary Clinton blames everybody (and every thing) but herself for her election loss. She lost the debates and lost her direction!”

Topic: Election

Source: Twitter

Credible, independent public opinion polls largely found Hillary Clinton won the three debates. In her book, Clinton repeatedly cited mistakes she had made in the race against Trump.
banderl Offline
#748 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:18 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Malaysia is a massive investor in the United States in the form of stocks and bonds, and the stock exchange.”

Topic: Economy

Source: Remarks

Malaysia does not rank in the {Treasury Department's list} of top 35 major foreign holders of treasury securities.
banderl Offline
#749 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:18 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“He does not do business with North Korea any longer, and we find that to be very important.”

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Remarks

Malaysia stopped issuing visas to North Korean workers, but has not yet stopped all trade ties. The Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak agreed to conduct a review of the country's business ties with North Korea.
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#750 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:19 PM EST
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“Our military has never been stronger.”

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: News conference

During the 2016 campaign, Trump frequently claimed that President Barack Obama had left the military "depleted" and "a disaster." Trump's relatively modest boost in defense spending has yet to be approved by Congress, so he now is essentially describing the military he inherited as "never been stronger."
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