Reported in Trump slams Cohen as a liar but praises him for saying he has no proof of Russian collusion (Washingotn Post, 2/28/2019)
'True' is not in your blood, mr. president. You are a lying machine.
Source: PolitiFact
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All of Donald Trump’s Four-Pinocchio ratings, in one place. (Washington Post, 3/22/2016)
There’s never been a presidential candidate like Donald Trump — someone so cavalier about the facts and so unwilling to ever admit error, even in the face of overwhelming evidence. As of Nov. 3, about 64 percent (59 of 92) of our rulings of his statements turned out to be Four Pinocchios, our worst rating. By contrast, most politicians tend to earn Four Pinocchios 10 to 20 percent of the time. (Moreover, most of the remaining ratings for Trump are Three Pinocchios.)
Washington Post fact-checker introduces 'Bottomless Pinocchio' rating to call Trump on repeated false claims. (The Hill, 12/18/2018)
“Trump’s willingness to constantly repeat false claims has posed a unique challenge to fact checkers,” Kessler writes. “Most politicians quickly drop a Four-Pinocchio claim, either out of a duty to be accurate or concern that spreading false information could be politically damaging.”
Kessler writes that in order to receive the “dubious distinction” of a Bottomless Pinocchio, a politician will have repeated a claim at least 20 times — the claim itself must also have been previously rated three or four Pinocchios.
Though the standard can apply to any politician, Kessler notes that, other than Trump, no other current elected official meets the standard — and 14 statements from Trump have already made the cut.
