During President Trump’s first term in office, he told, by some accounts, 30,573 lies, an average of 21 per day. I believe Trump’s unprecedented lying has continued in his second term: He still claims that foreign countries will pay for the U.S. government’s tariffs. He lies; we, the consumers, bear the cost.
Trump claims he won the 2024 election in a landslide. He lies; he won by only 1.5% of the popular vote, the smallest margin since the 1800s. He lied that the Big Beautiful Bill was popular; it is deeply unpopular. He lied that the 2020 election was stolen from him. He lied that the Jan. 6 rioters were peaceful (then he pardoned all those criminals).
He lied that being in the Epstein files was a Democratic hoax. He lied that he slashed drug prices by 300% (which is not only a lie but also impossible). He lied that undocumented immigrants are responsible for a disproportionate share of violent crime (the exact opposite is true), and on and on.
In my opinion, Trump’s State of the Union address was filled with hatefulness, divisiveness, lies and exaggerations: He lied about inflation being down (it is up, beef increased 15%); about the price of energy and gasoline; about rampant voter fraud; about ending eight wars; about having the greatest job growth. He lied incessantly.
Do you think you can trust someone who lies so effortlessly and so often without shame?
Sandy Kremer
Youngwood