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banderl Offline
#1051 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 6:42 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
May 8 2017

“I’m getting very good marks in foreign policy. People would not think of me in that light. I’m just saying, and you read the same things I read. I’m getting As and A+s on foreign policy.”

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Interview

Trump has barely begun his presidency, so it's a bit early to be handing out grades. Many foreign policy experts, if anything, have given him low marks.
banderl Offline
#1052 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:30 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“Rexnord of Indiana made a deal during the Obama Administration to move to Mexico. Fired their employees. Tax product big that's sold in U.S.”

Topic: Jobs

Source: Twitter

This was announced after Trump was elected and when he was making a show of saving jobs at another Indiana company. Yet now he blames Obama.
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#1053 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:31 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
The reason I am staying in Bedminster, N. J., a beautiful community, is that staying in NYC is much more expensive and disruptive. Meetings!”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Twitter

Trump claimed he was at the Trump golf club in Bedminster, N.J., for "Meetings!" but an Instagram user captured a photo of him playing golf that day.
banderl Offline
#1054 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:32 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Our tax relief will be focused on the Middle Class, including much-needed relief for low and middle-income parents raising children.”

Topic: Taxes

Source: Remarks

Wealthy Americans, who pay most of the taxes, receive the bulk of the tax cuts under Trump's plan, especially when the proposed repeal of the Obamacare taxes are included.
banderl Offline
#1055 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:32 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Rather than causing a big disruption in N.Y.C., I will be working out of my home in Bedminster, N.J. this weekend. Also saves country money!”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Twitter

The White House made it hard for taxpayers to learn much about travel costs and there is no evidence that working in New Jersey rather than Manhattan actually saves much money.
banderl Offline
#1056 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:33 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“As you know we put our tax plan in, it’s a massive tax cut, the biggest tax cut in the history of our country. I used to say the biggest since Ronald Reagan. Now, it’s bigger than that.”
banderl Offline
#1057 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:34 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“The abuses were all over. As just one example, people were forbidden from giving or receiving religious items at a military hospital where our brave service members were being treated, and when they wanted those religious items.”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Remarks

Full story

Trump appears to be pointing to an outdated controversy over a poorly worded September 2011 policy at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The policy was intended to prevent proselytizers from harassing patients, but was so poorly worded that lawmakers raised concerns it would ban visitors from bringing religious items for servicemembers. The hospital quickly rescinded and revised the policy, and apologized for the confusion.
banderl Offline
#1058 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:35 PM EST
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
“You know, like, at the court in Canada, we always lose. Well, the judges are three Canadians and two Americans. We always lose. ”
Repeated 1 time
Oct 25, 2017

Topic: Economy

Source: Interview

Full story

Trump likely is referring to the binational dispute resolution panels for anti-dumping and countervailing duties, under NAFTA. These five-member panels comprise two members from each country, and a fifth member that both sides agree to. In a case involving Canada and the United States, the panel may consist of three Canadians and two Americans, or three Americans and two Canadians. Experts say most decisions by the five-member panels are done unanimously, meaning the panelists set aside their nationality to decide the cases.
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#1059 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:36 PM EST
Joined: 10-18-2005
Posts: 98,555
Sounds like it was resolved... Mellow
banderl Offline
#1060 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:36 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
On China: "You know, since I’ve been talking about currency manipulation with respect to them and other countries, they stopped.”
Repeated 5 times
May 4, 2017May 1Apr 30Apr 29Apr 21

Topic: Economy

Source: Interview

Trump falsely claims China stopped devaluing its currency because he raised the issue. China had not devalued its currency for about two years prior to his election. In fact, as recently as 10 days before his announcement that China was not manipulating its currency, Trump falsely blamed China for being a “world champion” of devaluing the yuan.
banderl Offline
#1061 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:38 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Nobody cares about my tax return except for the reporters. Oh, at some point I’ll release them. Maybe I’ll release them after I’m finished because I’m very proud of them actually. I did a good job.”

Topic: Taxes

Source: Interview

Polls have consistently shown strong majorities of Americans support the public release of Trump's tax returns.
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#1062 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:39 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
Part of the problem with NAFTA is that Mexico’s a VAT. So Mexico is paying almost…we pay 17%. So we are now down 17%, going into Mexico when we trade. So that’s like, you have a football team and every time they play a game, they’re down, you know, 25 points. How can you possibly do good?”

Topic: Economy

Source: Interview

The United States is unusual in that it does not have a value-added txa, which is imposed at every stafe of production, not just at the final sale. But, contrary to Trump's claim. a VAT is not considered a form of trade protection. It does not treat imports or domestically-prdouced goods differently.
banderl Offline
#1063 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:40 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
The United States "has about a $15 billion trade deficit with Canada.”
Repeated 2 times
May 1, 2017Apr 28

Topic: Economy

Source: Interview

Trump is citing figures for trades in goods, but not including services. The United States had a trade surplus of $12 billion with Canada when services are included.
banderl Offline
#1064 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:41 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
May 4 2017

“Our health care is much better than Obamacare…We’re going to have competition, we’re getting rid of the state lines.”

Topic: Health care

Source: Interview

The House Republican bill does not allow insurers to sell plans across state lines.
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#1065 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:42 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Insurance is, you’re 20 years old, you just graduated from college, and you start paying $15 a month for the rest of your life and by the time you’re 70, and you really need it, you’re still paying the same amount.”

Topic: Health care

Source: Interview

As The Washington Post's health policy reporter Paige Winfield Cunningham notes: "That’s not the way insurance works, unless you regulate insurers (which Republicans generally don’t want to do). Older people pay higher premiums because they cost insurers more."
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#1066 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:43 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Now, Obama[care] has something that’s very, very bad. Where you have to pay a penalty. And people don't realize, how many people are forced to pay a penalty and they don’t get any benefit out of it. We don’t have that. We’re going to have much lower premiums and we’re going to have much lower deductibles.”

Topic: Health care

Source: Interview

The House Republican plan does get rid of the fine for people who fail to buy coverage, but it still increases premiums by 30 percent one year for people who don't maintain continuous coverage.
banderl Offline
#1067 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:44 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We have to prime the pump. ... Have you heard that expression used before? Because I haven't heard it. ... I came up with it a couple of days ago and I thought it was good.”

Topic: Biographical record

Source: Interview

The president did not come up with this phrase, and he has used it before.



LMAO!!!!!!!!

sorry Frank
banderl Offline
#1068 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:45 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We’re the highest-taxed nation in the world.”
Repeated 33 times
Dec 5, 2017Nov 29Nov 6Nov 5Nov 2Nov 1Oct 25Oct 24Oct 18Oct 17Oct 17Oct 17Oct 17Oct 17Oct 16Oct 16Oct 10Oct 10Oct 7Oct 6Oct 6Sep 28Sep 26Sep 6Sep 6Jul 25Jul 25Jul 25Jul 12Jun 21May 5May 4Apr 28

Topic: Taxes

Source: Interview

Full story

Trump is simply wrong when he says the United States is the highest taxed nation in the world. The Pew Research Center, using 2014 data, found that the tax bill for Americans, under various scenarios, is below average for developed countries. In 2014, according to comparative tables of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), revenue as a percentage of the gross domestic product — the broadest measure of the economy — was 26 percent for the United States. Out of 34 countries, that put the United States in the bottom third — and well below the OECD average of 34.4 percent.
banderl Offline
#1069 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:45 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“I have cut billions and billions of dollars off plane contracts sitting here. Do they give me credit? No, but that’s okay.”
Repeated 21 times
Oct 3, 2017Sep 29May 17May 8May 2May 1Apr 29Apr 21Apr 6Mar 21Mar 20Mar 15Feb 28Feb 28Feb 27Feb 23Feb 22Feb 18Feb 7Feb 6Jan 30

Topic: Jobs

Source: Remarks

Full story

Trump takes credit for the lowered cost in the F-35 program, but the Pentagon had announced cost reductions of roughly $600 million before Trump began meeting with Lockheed Martin’s chief executive.
banderl Offline
#1070 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:46 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We’re putting up a lot of new walls in certain areas. We’re putting up a tremendous amount of money to fix the existing structures that we have, some of which we can keep into the future. They’re in good shape, but we have to bring them back to the highest level. We’ll be doing that with this payment.

Topic: Immigration

Source: Remarks

Trump was referring to the deal to keep the government funded through September, which did not have money to build a new wall or fencing along the border, the Associated Press reported. But it does provide $772 million for border security. That money can be used to fix existing barriers, which were built under the George W. Bush administration.
banderl Offline
#1071 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:47 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We’re proposing one of the largest tax cuts in history, even larger than that of President Ronald Reagan. Our tax cut is bigger.”
Repeated 55 times
Jan 8, 2018Jan 8Dec 22, 2017Dec 22Dec 22Dec 20Dec 18Dec 18Dec 13Dec 12Dec 8Dec 1Nov 29Nov 28Nov 27Nov 2Nov 2Nov 2Nov 1Nov 1Oct 31Oct 31Oct 29Oct 25Oct 25Oct 18Oct 18Oct 17Oct 17Oct 16Oct 16Oct 16Oct 11Oct 10Oct 7Oct 6Oct 6Oct 6Sep 29Sep 27Sep 24Sep 22Sep 6Jul 25Jun 26Jun 21Jun 8Jun 7May 18May 17May 5May 4May 4May 1May 1

Topic: Economy

Source: Remarks

Full story

Trump’s tax cut would be nearly 0.9 percent of the gross domestic product, meaning it would be far smaller than President Ronald Reagan’s tax cut in 1981, which was 2.89 percent of GDP. Trump’s tax cut, if enacted in law, would be the eighth largest tax cut — and even smaller than two tax cuts passed under Barack Obama.
banderl Offline
#1072 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:50 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We do need the wall, for drugs. We need the wall for human trafficking, which is a problem that you should write something about at some point. You know, unrelated to me, but the human trafficking problem is probably worse than it ever was in history, if you think about it. You know, you think about 400 years ago or something but if -- human trafficking is an unbelievable problem, a worldwide problem, so we need the wall.”
Repeated 3 times
Apr 28, 2017Apr 25Apr 25

Topic: Immigration

Source: Interview

There is little evidence that human trafficking takes place over the U.S.-Mexican border. While human trafficking is a problem in some parts of the world, experts say it is relatively limited in the United States, especially for sexual exploitation. But in general data is limited on the extent of human trafficking.
banderl Offline
#1073 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:51 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
May 1 2017

“We’re getting rid of the border state lines, and we’re going to have tremendous competition. We’re going to have insurance companies fighting, like life insurance. You know, we -- life insurance, you have these companies that are like -- like going all over the place.”

Topic: Health care

Source: Interview

Full story

The House GOP bill does not have a provision regarding selling insurance across state lines -- and the Affordable Care Act already allows for states to set up multi-state compacts though none have done so. In any case, life insurance currently is sold exactly the same way as health insurance — regulated by state insurance regulators, with policies tailored to the rules and laws set by the state. So it is false to suggest there is any difference.
banderl Offline
#1074 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:51 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“I was in Tennessee, where half of the state has lost its insurance and the other half is going in two months. That means Tennessee has no carriers. That means they have no insurance.”
Repeated 9 times
May 1, 2017Apr 30Apr 29Apr 28Apr 5Mar 21Mar 17Mar 17Mar 17

Topic: Health care

Source: Interview

This is false. All eight of the state’s rating areas have at least one insurance carrier and three of them have two carriers.
banderl Offline
#1075 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:52 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
May 1 2017

“People don’t report the fact that Obamacare is dead.”
Repeated 61 times
Dec 28, 2017Oct 17Oct 17Oct 16Oct 16Oct 16Oct 16Oct 10Oct 7Sep 21Aug 22Jul 28Jul 25Jul 24Jul 22Jul 19Jul 18Jul 18Jul 18Jul 14Jul 12Jun 28Jun 27Jun 25Jun 23Jun 23Jun 22Jun 21Jun 19Jun 19Jun 13Jun 8Jun 7Jun 7May 28May 18May 12May 7May 5May 5May 5May 4May 4May 1Apr 29Apr 28Apr 24Apr 23Mar 25Mar 21Mar 17Mar 17Mar 17Mar 15Mar 13Mar 11Feb 27Feb 18Feb 16Feb 10Jan 25

Topic: Health care

Source: Interview

The Affordable Care Act is not imploding and is expected to remain stable for the foreseeable future, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
banderl Offline
#1076 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:53 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Obamacare’s terrible on pre-existing conditions. You know why? Because you’re not going to have it. It’s folding. It’s gone.”

Topic: Health care

Source: Interview

This is an odd comment, as Obamacare's bar on considering preexisting medical conditions is one of its most popular features.
banderl Offline
#1077 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:53 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“The F-35 fighter jet -- I saved -- I got involved in the negotiation. It’s 2,500 jets. I negotiated for 90 planes. I got $725 million off the price.”
Repeated 21 times
Oct 3, 2017Sep 29May 17May 8May 2May 1Apr 29Apr 21Apr 6Mar 21Mar 20Mar 15Feb 28Feb 28Feb 27Feb 23Feb 22Feb 18Feb 7Feb 6Jan 30

Topic: Jobs

Source: Interview

Full story

Trump once again takes credit for the lowered cost, but the Pentagon had announced cost reductions of roughly $600 million before Trump began meeting with Lockheed Martin’s chief executive. Sometimes Trump says he saved $600 million, other times as much as $725 million.
banderl Offline
#1078 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:54 PM EST
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“A couple of companies started building plants and they actually stopped and now they’re expanding in Michigan and they’re moving back in into Ohio and different states....You see what’s going on with the car companies. You ought to call Ford. Call Mr. Fields, the head of Ford. Call Mary Barra, head of General Motors. You could call Fiat. You know, you could call Fiat. You could call -- we had that meeting. They’re all talking about building in the United States because of me.”
Repeated 61 times
Dec 14, 2017Dec 13Dec 8Dec 5Nov 29Nov 23Nov 13Nov 2Nov 2Oct 18Oct 16Oct 10Oct 7Oct 6Sep 8Sep 6Sep 5Aug 23Aug 22Aug 15Aug 14Aug 12Aug 11Aug 10Aug 4Aug 4Aug 3Aug 2Jul 26Jul 26Jun 21Jun 15May 18May 17May 1Apr 29Apr 21Apr 12Apr 11Apr 4Apr 2Mar 31Mar 29Mar 28Mar 28Mar 24Mar 24Mar 23Mar 21Mar 17Mar 15Mar 13Mar 6Feb 28Feb 28Feb 24Feb 18Feb 17Feb 16Feb 10Feb 9

Topic: Jobs

Source: Interview

Full story

Trump keeps taking credit for projects that were long in the works before he became president. For example, he repeatedly claims credit for Ford’s decision to abandon its plans to open a factory in Mexico and instead expand its Michigan plant. But analysts say Ford’s decision has more to do with the company’s long-term goal — particularly, its plans to invest in electric vehicles — than the administration. It’s easier for companies to find highly skilled workers to build new products, such as electric cars, in the United States than in Mexico. Fiat Chrysler's plan to invest $1 billion for a factory in Michigan had been in the works for more than a year and had nothing to do with Trump.
banderl Offline
#1079 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:55 PM EST
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“We have a trade deficit with Mexico of almost $70 billion. We have a trade deficit with Canada of approximately $15 billion.”
Repeated 6 times
Dec 28, 2017Dec 8Nov 1Oct 22May 1Apr 28

Topic: Economy

Source: Interview

Trump is citing figures for trades in goods, but not including services. The United States had a trade surplus of $12 billion with Canada and trade deficit of $55 billion with Mexico when services are included.
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#1080 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:56 PM EST
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“First of all, since I started running, they haven’t increased their -- you know, they have not manipulated their currency. I think that was out of respect to me and the campaign. But literally, since when I -- when it looked like I was starting to win the Republican primaries, which was actually pretty early, but they -- they haven’t been.”
Repeated 7 times
May 4, 2017May 1Apr 30Apr 29Apr 21

Topic: Economy

Source: Interview

This is a slight change in tune for Trump, who used to claim that China stopped manipulating its currency when he was elected, after months of saying they were still manipulating its currency. China had not devalued its currency for about two years prior to his election. In fact, as recently as 10 days before his announcement that China was not manipulating its currency, Trump falsely blamed China for being a “world champion” of devaluing the yuan. But now, he says they stopped while he was campaigning, because he raised the issue, even though he repeatedly claimed during the campiagn that they were still manipulating their currency.
banderl Offline
#1081 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:56 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“The relationship I have with China, it's been already acclaimed as being something very special, something very different than we've ever had.”

Topic: Foreign policy

Source: Interview

No credible analyst says this, given that Trump has only held one meeting with the Chinese president and has been in office just 100 days.
banderl Offline
#1082 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:57 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“I just heard where General Flynn got his clearance from the Obama administration...when he went to Russia, it was 2015, and he was on the Obama clearance. When General Flynn came to us, as you now know, he already had the highest clearance you can have.”
Repeated 2 times
Apr 29, 2017Apr 28

Topic: Russia

Source: Interview

Flynn had received a security clearance under Obama, but Obama also fired Flynn from his post as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Trump named Flynn as his national security adviser, before firing him three weeks after he took office, and the White House has not explained why his lobbying activities had not received greater scrutiny before Trump elevated him to the such a top security position.
banderl Offline
#1083 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:58 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Hillary did a uranium deal with Russia, nobody ever talks about that.”
Repeated 10 times
Nov 3, 2017Oct 25Aug 3Jul 25Jul 22Jul 19Apr 30Mar 28Mar 27Feb 16

Topic: Russia

Source: Interview

Full story

Trump actually talks about this all the time but it's bogus. Trump’s claim suggests the State Department had sole approval authority on a uranium rights deal with a company largely owned by Russia’s nuclear energy agency. But the State Department is one of nine agencies in the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States to vet and sign off on all U.S. transactions involving foreign governments. As we’ve noted before, there is no evidence Clinton herself got involved in the deal personally, and it is highly questionable that this deal even rose to the level of the secretary of state. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission also needed to approve, and did approve, the transfer.
banderl Offline
#1084 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:58 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“With that being said, I'll go along with Russia [hacking the Democratic National Commitee]. It could have been China. It could have been a lot of different groups.”

Topic: Russia

Source: Interview

The CIA concluded in 2016 that Russia intervened in the U.S. presidential election to help elect Trump, an assessment backed up by FBI Director James B. Comey and then-Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. On Jan. 6, the intelligence community released a declassified report expressing "high confidence" in this judgement. Senate and House committees led by Republicans have begun their own investigations, and at least one Republican lawmaker has called for the appointment of a special prosecutor.
banderl Offline
#1085 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 7:59 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“Dems want billions to go to Insurance Companies to bail out donors.”
Repeated 1 time
Apr 27, 2017

Topic: Health care

Source: Twitter

About two-thirds of donations made by insurance companies go to Republicans, not Democrats, according to campaign finance records. Moreover, the funds advanced in Obamacare go to help low-income voters afford health insurance.
banderl Offline
#1086 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:01 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“The change began with the termination of the Trans-Pacific Partnership — a 12-nation pact that would have shipped millions more jobs to other countries.”

Topic: Economy

Source: Statement

Predicting job losses or gains from a trade agreement is fairly difficult and often inaccurate but no credible analyst projected the loss of "millions" of U.S. jobs from the TPP.
banderl Offline
#1087 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:03 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
Apr 29 2017

“Thousands of new jobs are being re-shored back to America — including jobs at Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Sprint, Intel and so many more.”
Repeated 61 times
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Topic: Jobs

Source: Statement

Full story

Trump takes undue credit for business decisions made prior to his election. Ford’s decision to abandon its plans to open a factory in Mexico and instead expand its Michigan plant has more to do with the company’s long-term goal — particularly its plans to invest in electric vehicles — than with the administration. Fiat Chrysler's plan to invest $1 billion for a factory in Michigan had been in the works for more than a year and had nothing to do with Trump. Japanese company SoftBank announced its $100 billion technology investment fund three weeks before the U.S. elections, when Trump faced a narrow path to victory. Sprint said its hiring plan was a part of a commitment by SoftBank, which owns a controlling stake in Sprint. And Intel announced it would create at least 10,000 jobs at a “new” plant in Arizona. But Intel actually announced a $5 billion investment in this factory in 2011 with then-President Barack Obama.
banderl Offline
#1088 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:04 PM EST
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“We really maxed out. We broke the all-time record for this arena.”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Prepared speech

There were empty seats in the stands when Trump spoke at his 100th day rally in Harrisburg, Pa.
banderl Offline
#1089 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:04 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
The "failing" New York Times “had to apologize because they covered us so badly”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Prepared speech

Full story

The New York Times did not apologize to its subscribers for its coverage of Trump. The Times has seen spikes in audience and subscribers.
banderl Offline
#1090 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:05 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
Apr 29 2017

“We are keeping one promise after another.”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Prepared speech

Full story

The Fact Checker's Trump Promise Tracker shows that of Trump's 100-day promises, he had kept six, broken five and taken no action on more than half of his promises.
banderl Offline
#1091 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:05 PM EST
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“Compliance with the [Paris] agreement could shrink US GDP by $2.5 trillion over ten-year period.”

Topic: Environment

Source: Prepared speech

This is an extreme estimate produced by opponents of the agreement.
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#1092 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:06 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“In just a few months we have created 99,000 new construction jobs, 49,000 new manufacturing jobs, 27,000 new mining jobs….We have over 600,000 new jobs.”
Repeated 1 time
Apr 11, 2017

Topic: Jobs

Source: Prepared speech

Trump again is counting the January jobs report, even though that concerns data for the period of Dec. 12 to Jan. 12, before he became president. So all of these numbers are inflated. Moreover, even if you counting January jobs, that brings the total to 533,000. The correct figure is 317,000. The other corrected jobs numbers are: construction (65,000); manufacturing (37,000) and mining (21,000). Obviously, a new president has little influence over broad economic trends.
banderl Offline
#1093 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:07 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We have cleared the way for the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. 48,000 new jobs.”
Repeated 20 times
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Topic: Jobs

Source: Prepared speech

Trump appears to be combining two disputed figures — 28,000 jobs for Keystone XL and 12,000 for the Dakota Access Pipeline-- and then hyping it even more. We have looked closely at the Keystone numbers, and the same methodological issues appear to apply to the Dakota estimates. The actual number of Keystone construction jobs, for instance, is just 3,900 on an annualized basis — and other jobs have already been created (such as for building high-strength line pipe.) In the context of the U.S. economy, which just in January added 230,000 jobs, these are not many jobs.
banderl Offline
#1094 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:07 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“We have the all-time record for the biggest increase in the stock market.”

Topic: Economy

Source: Prepared speech

The increase in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in Trump's first 100 days is impressive -- a five percent gain. But George H.W. Bush had a 7.7 percent gain in his first 100 days, so Trump does not have the record. Moreover, what counts in the long run is the state of the economy at the end of a term, as Bush (who lost re-election) could tell Trump.
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#1095 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:08 PM EST
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Posts: 10,153
“I have issued a five-year ban on federal officials becoming lobbyists after they leave government service. Good?”

Topic: Miscellaneous

Source: Prepared speech

Trump actually weakened Obama-era rules that were tougher and reduced transparency.
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#1096 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:09 PM EST
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“The last, very weak administration allowed thousands and thousands of gang members to cross our borders and inter our communities where the have wreaked havoc on our citizens. The blood thirsty MS-13 has infiltrated our schools, threatening innocent children.”
Repeated 2 times
May 18, 2017Apr 18

Topic: Immigration

Source: Prepared speech

The MS-13 gang far predates Obama, and has been active since the 1980s. According to the Congressional Research Service in 2005 and 2008, the gang had spread across the country since the 1980s. Moreover, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Trump has been arresting an increasing number of noncriminals, indicating that it's not just the gang members that are being targeted by his administration.
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#1097 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:10 PM EST
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“But when I watch some of the news reports, which are so unfair, and they say we don’t cover pre-existing conditions, we cover it beautifully.”
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Apr 30, 2017

Topic: Health care

Source: Prepared speech

The American Health Care Act, the House GOP plan, would have made significant changes in such coverage if a state sought possible waivers from rules for people who had more than a two-month lapse in insurance.
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#1098 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:11 PM EST
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“She's [Republican Karen Handel] running against someone who's going to raise your taxes to the sky, destroy your healthcare, and he's for open borders.”
Repeated 2 times
Apr 18, 2017Apr 17

Topic: Immigration

Source: Prepared speech

Jon Ossoff, the Democrat Trump is referring to, supports a comprehensive immigration bill that allows a "path to legal status" for undocumented people (excluding felons) living in the country. But he also said he supports strong border security. As PolitiFact found, this is not the same as "allowing illegal immigration." On taxes, factcheck.org found that Ossoff has proposed to simplify the tax code, and that “in order to lower tax rates, we can eliminate carve-outs and special treatment in the tax code that privilege large organizations at the expense of small businesses.”
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#1099 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:12 PM EST
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“It's a false standard, 100 days, but I have to tell you, I don’t think anybody has done what we did over the 100 days.”
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Apr 28, 2017Apr 18

Topic: Biographical record

Source: Remarks

Full story

By just about any standard, Trump's start of the presidency falls short of Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous first "100 days," as well as other presidents. Political scientists note that Trump has not signed into law any major piece of legislation.
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#1100 Posted: Sat, Jan 20 2018, 8:12 PM EST
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“I predict I will probably pay more [under my tax plan] than I’m paying right now.”

Topic: Economy

Source: Interview

This is almost certainly a false statement, though because Trump failed to disclose his tax returns that's difficult to verify. But just the elimination of the alternative minimum tax -- which cost Trump $31 million in 2005 -- would be a huge savings for Trump. The New York Times estimated the proposed tax plan would have saved Trump about $50 million in 2005.
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