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Soph0571

(9,685 posts) Thu Dec 28, 2017, 06:16 AM Dec 2017

Trump Boasts He's Signed More Laws Than Any President Since Truman. He's Actually Signed the Least.

You know if Donald Trump is pushing some sort of record or achievement or a Time cover, you should probably run the numbers again, you know, just to double check. On Wednesday, while totally not golfing at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, Trump reflected on his first year in office in a way only Trump could. That is, he basically made it up. Ruminating on what he considered his achievements, Trump explained at an event with fire fighters in West Palm Beach that he had set a record for the most legislation passed in a year. At least that’s what it appears he was trying to say:

We got a lot of legislation passed… I believe—and you would have to ask those folks who will know the real answer—we have more legislation passed, including the record… was Harry Truman, a long time ago. And we broke that record, so we got a lot done.”

That is, predictably, not the case. In fact, Trump’s version of history is the exact opposite of reality. Trump has signed fewer bills into law than any other president in his first year in office since Dwight Eisenhower in 1953, according to GovTrack.

[link:https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/12/trump-makes-up-that-hes-signed-more-laws-than-any-president-since-truman.html|

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Trump Boasts He's Signed More Laws Than Any President Since Truman. He's Actually Signed the Least. (Original Post) Soph0571 Dec 2017 OP

He's delusional. trusty elf Dec 2017 #1

Doesn't this lying fool know that it's possible to check?? And that someone will?? Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #2

He knows his supporters don't care that he lies and he's completely unconcerned Arkansas Granny Dec 2017 #3

This really is insane! Have we ever been okay with a president who lies to the American people? Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #4

trusty elf

(7,403 posts)

1. He's delusional.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Thu Dec 28, 2017, 06:58 AM

Dec 2017

Rhiannon12866

(206,332 posts)

2. Doesn't this lying fool know that it's possible to check?? And that someone will??

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Thu Dec 28, 2017, 06:59 AM

Dec 2017

Arkansas Granny

(31,536 posts)

3. He knows his supporters don't care that he lies and he's completely unconcerned

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 28, 2017, 07:53 AM

Dec 2017

what the rest of us think. He only speaks to his base.

Rhiannon12866

(206,332 posts)

4. This really is insane! Have we ever been okay with a president who lies to the American people?

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 28, 2017, 08:15 AM

Dec 2017

This guy does it constantly - I don't know if he ever tells the truth, or even knows what it is. When Jimmy Carter promised that he'd never lie, the press were constantly trying to trip him up - and it's been that way with every president since, they parse every word that comes out of his mouth. But this fool doesn't even have a clue what it is. And you're right, he doesn't care.

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