Trump lied about where his father was born

Trump lies about where his father was born. His German relatives want nothing to do with him – and that was before the NATO meeting. Trump previously lied and said his ancestors were from Sweden.

Trump keeps lying about *where his father was born.* In this interview: “Don’t forget both my parents were born in EU sectors, OK? I mean my mother was Scotland, my father was Germany.” His father was born in New York City. https://t.co/k9fgQkWN11

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 15, 2018

Distant Trump relatives in his ancestral German hometown don’t want to be associated with him https://t.co/4wsvVYGUi7

— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 2, 2018

Trump’s German relatives want nothing to do with him https://t.co/Lpa6AH2qh8 via @PoliticoEurope pic.twitter.com/cMt778u7qR

— POLITICO (@politico) September 23, 2016

Half of this German village is related to President Trump, chuckled Kallstadt’s mayor, Thomas Jaworek, before quickly adding: “I’m not” https://t.co/yKHGqqOL8o

— Top Tech Hits (@toptechin2017) July 11, 2018

So Trump, who said for years Obama wasn't born in U.S. and mocks Warren over family lore re Native American ancestry, said in his book his relatives came from Sweden when they really came from Germany? OK then.

— Jill Lawrence (@JillDLawrence) January 14, 2018

Trump’s lie about Swedish ancestry was in The Art of the Deal.

Update after Elizabeth Warren DNA controversy 10/17/18:

IMO, every article on Trump & Warren should probably mention he and his family long intentionally lied about being Swedish to not turn off potential Jewish tenants post-World War Two (which I first reported citing census records in Aug. 2015) https://t.co/88md8Z7cxb

— 💀andrew👻kaczynski🎃 (@KFILE) October 17, 2018

Russia hacked Clinton servers on the same day Trump encouraged them to get Clinton’s missing emails

Coincidence? I don’t think so.

The same day Trump encouraged Russia in the middle of the 2016 campaign to hack Clinton's emails, Russian hackers launched their first attacks on the severs that housed emails from her personal office. https://t.co/nlhSLmYrPU

— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) July 13, 2018

Tom Price wasted $341,000 of taxpayer money

He didn’t last as long as Pruitt who was more corrupt.

Some of the examples in the IG report on Price are remarkable

In one case, he took a chartered flight from Seattle to DC that cost $121K

Average commercial fare would've cost $2,490

There was also a chartered option that could've cost $45K less – but his office didn't pick it https://t.co/4iEWeohaDF

— Mark Berman (@markberman) July 13, 2018

In 21 trips Tom Price took as health secretary, 20 of them violated federal travel rules, an inspector general said https://t.co/22IkjNMj0U

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 14, 2018

Some MAGA hats made in China may spike in price because of Trump tariffs

Note – this is about a private company, not the Trump campaign which makes their hats in the US, according to their web site.

Some MAGA hats made in China may spike in price because of Trump tariffs https://t.co/SRhQMxFVPA pic.twitter.com/GMeJ7SmeTV

— The Hill (@thehill) July 14, 2018

Paychecks lag as profits soar

Good articles on how workers have not benefited from economic growth.

Wage growth at 3% means that the profit on sales increases, which means that Trump supporters are subsidizing those with fewer expenses and greater assets that grow due to the higher profit from lower wages. Thank you!!!–https://t.co/EGTA8D1WJw

— Scott Haas (@scotthaas27) July 14, 2018

Is it great to be a worker in the U.S.? Not compared with the rest of the developed world. The U.S. has very high income inequality, a very high % of low-wage workers & an unusually stingy system of unemployment benefits. https://t.co/bZfCzY6TTB pic.twitter.com/xyUoPg1dYx

— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) July 5, 2018

Six months after the Trump tax cuts " real wages fell 1.4 percent from the prior year" https://t.co/s7cfN1LCow

— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiPrzybyla) July 15, 2018

Stuck wages for most U.S. workers looks like more than a blip in the booming economy, and some mainstream economists say the government may have to step in.

https://t.co/6Sfb6qhIsg

— Axios (@axios) July 15, 2018

Real median earnings, full-time workers, have been falling on yearly basis for the past 3 quarters, as per BLS data out this AM. This may soon be the longest expansion on record, but it sure isn't consistently reaching a lot of people's paychecks. pic.twitter.com/78ByEgw8Jr

— Jared Bernstein (@econjared) July 17, 2018

Usual weekly earnings for fulltime workers ⬇️0.7% over the year after adjusting for inflation as rising prices more than wiped out modest wage gains, says @BLS_gov.

The economy is not increasing working families' living standards.https://t.co/qwvWmiNNDB pic.twitter.com/sFbtYbUqTB

— Aaron Sojourner (@aaronsojourner) July 17, 2018

Secret donors financed more than 40% of TV ads for congressional candidates

This is what happens when you let big money increase their role in politics thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.

Secret donors financed more than 40% of TV ads for congressional candidates.

That’s just wrong. https://t.co/Rx9QBN7MiJ

— End Citizens United (@StopBigMoney) July 14, 2018

NATO spending was going up before Trump

.@realDonaldTrump said before he came along, defense spending by other NATO nations was going down.
Data: It was going up.https://t.co/ZLkvBhwTQv #NATOSummit pic.twitter.com/MKRx6KmG9i

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) July 14, 2018

Just another Trump lie. Sad!

Trump also lied about future spending:

Anderson Cooper: Despite President Trump’s claim, the US’s allies did not actually agree to boost their defense spending to 4 percent, nor did they agree to immediately meet the 2024 target as he demanded #KeepingThemHonest https://t.co/aUnVucjC3l pic.twitter.com/reUGLueXrR

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) July 13, 2018

Fact Check: President Trump said NATO spending was up "only because of me." This is exaggerated. https://t.co/8hnOIuBgbP

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 17, 2018

Scotland paper on Trump

This was published today in The Scotsman, Scotland's national newspaper. Strong language. https://t.co/dPIQpgqoVn pic.twitter.com/x0dSx8gT3F

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 13, 2018

Some more Trump lies in Europe

Just a few untrue items from Trump just now:

–said he predicted Brexit in a 2016 presser that was a day after the vote
–denied things he said in an intvw for which audio is public
–blamed Obama for Russia's annexation of Crimea

— Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) July 13, 2018

Trump’s lies are endless.

There is proof of when he talked about Brexit but he lied anyway.

He denied he said things to The Sun that are on tape!

He blames Obama for Crimea. Putin, not Obama, invaded Crimea.

Sad!