Truth=7/Dan lying=65
64. "spent an obscene amount of time playing golf after criticizing Barack Obama for playing (far less) golf while president"
While I can give Dan a point for lying about "an obscene amount of time" because Dan isn't the arbiter of such things, I'll simply give the Truth column another point because Trump did play gold a lot after criticizing Obama. Now, given Obama looks like a dork when he's doing "athletic" things, it's hard to insist he was actually playing golf as much as insulting the game. But more importantly, while Trump golfed as much as he did, he still managed to do far, far more good for the nation than Obumble did in twice the time. And therein lies the real truth of it. Obama deserved criticism for playing golf as much as he did because he was sucking at being president. Trump was doing a good job.
Truth=8/Dan lying=65
65. "falsely claimed that he won the 2016 popular vote"
No...that's an opinion. Just because published totals conflict with his opinion doesn't mean the opinion is "false". Given the very real likelihood of illegal votes, and how the Democrat Party provides room for them to be cast, an honest count may very well have confirmed Trump's opinion. Dems cheat. We know this. Trump knows it, too. It is not wrongdoing to promote one's opinion, even if that opinion can be proven false, which this one never was. Ever.
Truth=8/Dan lying=66
66. "called the Muslim mayor of London a “stone cold loser,”
Ah. Yet another "insult" to pad Dan's list. Thus, another point on the "Dan lying" side of the ledger for doing so. Of course, Sadiq Khan is a loser of a mayor in the same way Eric Adams is proving to be, in the same way Lori Lightfoot has proven to be and in the same way other leftist mayors have proven to be (Pete Buttigieg) specifically here with regard to crime and terrorism. He had the gall to suggest citizens of big cities ought to simply get used to terrorism. Yeah. The jerk's a loser. Telling the truth is never wrongdoing.
Truth=8/Dan lying=67
67. "falsely claimed that he turned down being Time’s Man of the Year"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-vs-time-magazine-disputes-president-s-person-year-claims-n823861
As the link indicates, he likely was under consideration for the "honor". But how can one "falsely claim" to have turned it down. It doesn't have to be true that he was tapped for him to turn down the possibility. This is another barrel-scraping attempt by Dan deserving of the "lying" side, as I don't see how his turning down even that which might not have been offered rates as "wrongdoing".
Truth=8/Dan lying=68
68. "considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller on several occasions"
Within his authority, and as such not wrongdoing.
https://www.heritage.org/the-constitution/commentary/trump-has-the-constitutional-authority-fire-mueller-heres-why
Truth=8/Dan lying=69
69. "mocked wearing face masks to guard against transmitting COVID"
Given how ineffective wearing masks are for preventing the transmission of any virus, this hardly constitutes wrongdoing. Wrongdoing would be forcing people to wear the damned things, which still goes on in some places. What's more, it's another bit of padding as it's just another insult at worst.
Truth=8/Dan lying=70.
70. "locked Congress out of its constitutional duty to confirm Cabinet officials
by hiring acting ones"
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/20/trumps-staffing-struggle-unfilled-jobs-100991
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/16/donald-trump/why-trump-appointments-have-lagged-behind-other-pr/
This one seems true, but not a matter of wrongdoing given the trouble Trump had getting his nominees approved by Congress. I'm giving it an "undecided". That makes three so far.
Undecided.
71. "used a racist dog whistle by calling COVID the “China virus,”"
The lie here is that naming a virus after its country of origin is used to demonize Trump as a racist.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/13/17-diseases-named-after-places-or-people/
Truth=8/Dan lying=71
72. "hired and associated with numerous shady figures that were eventually convicted of federal offenses including his campaign manager and national security adviser"
Of course the issue here is whether or not Trump knew anyone he hired or with whom he associated was "shady" as well as whether or not their alleged shadiness was a reason they were hired to allowed to remain an associate. Dan lists this as if the worst is true without knowing one way or the other if it is. What's more, he regards the people based on how they were treated by his own kind, as opposed to whether or not their actions were "shady".
Truth=8/Dan lying=72
73. "pardoned several of his shady associates"
Pardoning anyone because they were convicted on shady, partisan grounds is not at all wrongdoing. Pretending it is is.
Truth=8/Dan lying=73
74. "has promised to pardon the racist insurrectionists"
I was unaware that BLM people were involved in any insurrections. WAIT!! Of course they were! All through the summer of 2020 and then some! I'm surprised Dan regards this as wrongdoing.
Truth=8/Dan lying=74
75. "gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two congressman who amplified his batshit crazy conspiracy theories"
Obama gave the award to Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Springsteen and notable moron Joe Biden, who supported Obama and left-wing lies. Talk about "batshit crazy"!!! There is no limitations on whom a president can award this medal. Thus, there is no wrongdoing just because some asshat lefty says so.
Truth=8/Dan lying=76
76. "got into telephone fight with the leader of Australia(!)"
So what? A heated exchange is wrongdoing now?
Truth=8/Dan lying=77
77. "had a Secretary of State who called him a moron"
https://people.com/politics/secretary-of-state-rex-tillerson-president-trump-moron/
First, it now appears Dan wants to insist that Trump being insulted is wrongdoing by Trump. Secondly, Tillerson did not confirm it happened. Thirdly, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a press briefing that Tillerson did not call Trump a “moron.” And Fourth, lefties want to insist that despite Tillerson choosing not to dignify the story with a response, by such refusal, Tillerson is admitting it happened. The left will lie about everything.
Truth=8/Dan lying=78
78. "forced his press secretary to claim without merit that his was the largest inauguration crowd in history"
Ah...a lefty favorite!!! CROWD SIZE!!! But I found nothing which states anyone was forced to make a claim known to be false. Padding the list!
Truth=8/Dan lying=79
79. "botched the COVID vaccine rollout"
It didn't "roll out" until after Biden was "elected". That there was anything available which could even loosely be called a COVID "vaccine" can hardly be called "botched" when Trump's detractors insisted nothing could be developed for years.
Truth=8/Dan lying=80
80. "tweeted so much dangerous propaganda that Twitter eventually banned him"
Just a lie. He was banned because he's Donald Trump and the leftists running Twitter hate him like Dan does.
Truth=8/Dan lying=81
81. "charged the Secret Service jacked-up rates at his properties..."
I've dealt with this issue recently and as I've again researched the issue, I find two problems which are as yet insurmountable:
a) As is so common, leftist accusations against center-right figures...especially Trump...are regarded as true simply by the existence of the accusation. In this case, a lefty made the accusation, a host of lefty media repeat it verbatim and searching the issue via lefty-controlled search engines provides only more lefty news outlets repeating the same crap.
b) There are details for which I've yet to find resolution. Namely, the scant response to the charges by Team Trump. Thus far, I've seen only Eric Trump's response wherein he claims the prices mentioned are not for single rooms, but for all the rooms provided. In the many lefty articles, I've not seen anything which speaks to the prices referring to individual rooms...such as, $4 billion dollars per night for one room for one Secret Service agent.
So long as I continue to find nothing more about this story, I cannot in good faith grade this as true or false. I can't believe the lefties, but I've heard no details from the Trumpers and no one seems to want to ask and provide. Thus, this must remain:
Undecided. I believe that's four of them.
This ends the second comment listing "wrongdoings". The score as it stands: Truth=8/Dan lying=81/undecided=4
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