Trump is getting significantly more dishonest over time, both in false claims per week and in false claims per word. Here's the chart of false claims per week: pic.twitter.com/8iFnaM8xcs
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 9, 2018
July was Trump's most dishonest month so far, with 280 false claims. June was his second-most-dishonest month, with 268. A chart showing how extraordinary the last two months have been: pic.twitter.com/roACxutu2H
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 9, 2018
In addition to the 132 false claims last week, Trump also made 76 false claims two weeks ago. All four of his most dishonest weeks as president have come in the last seven weeks: pic.twitter.com/HhBfWMd4I2
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 9, 2018
A breakdown of Trump's false claims over the last two weeks:
36 at Pennsylvania rally
31 on Twitter
30 at Ohio rally
22 at Florida rally
19 to Illinois steelworkers
12 to VFW
11 in GDP speech
10 in Limbaugh interview
9 with Italian PM
5 to pastorshttps://t.co/7jTMjcFwnt— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 9, 2018
Daniel Dale does a great job tracking Trump’s statements.
Sad! 