For the year tenure as President Donald trump made 2 140 false or misleading statements.
These calculations were made by a project of The Washington Postcalled the Fact Checker. He analyzes klassificeret and monitors all the suspicious comments of the President.
The publication began this project in the framework of the lighting of the first 100 days of the presidency of trump, but he is so liked by the reader, that they decided not to stop. So, a year after the inauguration of the trump on the average made about 5,9 dubious statements per day.
Twitter is, of course, the main base for the recording of false or misleading statements. In addition, the President in an interview with reporters has often made claims that were previously denied.
The Post emphasizes that it makes trump’s somewhat unique among other politicians. Many high-ranking officials abandon their false statements after they admitted was untrue, but trump repeats the same statement again and again.
According to analysts ‘ estimates, there were only 56 dayswhen they did not record any statements, – at this time the President played Golf.
The most questionable of trump’s statements touched on Obamacare (61 times), tax cuts (57 times) and investigate a possible Russian intervention in elections in 2016 (44%). The whole list of his false statements can be found on the website of The Post, where all the submitted infographics to months.
In addition to the Fact Checker the publication also counts the promises made by trump. In a separate project called Trump Promise Tracker, The Post analyzes the status 60 key promises. The full report can be seen here.
