Daniel Dale’s count of Trump’s false claims (which I call lies)

I think Trump lies deliberately every time. He has access to the facts. He chooses to ignore them. The volume of lies has increased as Trump realizes there are no repercussions. People like me can’t hate him more and his cult believe him. More lies don’t change anything. More media outlets are finally calling Trump’s false statements lies. They should have started doing this in 2015 (or even earlier).

Daniel Dale has done a great job for the Toronto Star and will soon join CNN.

Donald Trump has passed 5,000 false claims as president. As of Sunday: 5,276. Mega-update from the last six weeks, featuring 351 false claims: https://t.co/VQjIDtsA7B
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 5, 2019

After holding back, more news organizations are now using a new word for Trump's "falsehoods:" Lies. Something I wrote: https://t.co/JG6XC37zQH
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) June 5, 2019

For the fourth time in a month, Trump falsely claimed today that North Korea hasn’t tested any missiles. It conducted two short-range missile tests in May alone. His national security adviser and acting defense secretary have acknowledged that they were missile tests. pic.twitter.com/n5P3WH3gIp
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 5, 2019

Is it even news anymore when the president lies? "It is. Of course it is." https://t.co/i8AZ2hO1tF
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 5, 2019

New #FactChecker –> Trump says he has the ‘all-time record’ for approval among Republicans. He ranks sixth. https://t.co/O1dKW8fW4e
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) June 5, 2019

Guess what — the Obama administration approved this facility in 2014 (though Trump keeps falsely saying he did). https://t.co/TAlds2Bvk0
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) June 3, 2019

In mid-May, Trump gave a speech at a liquefied natural gas export facility that got its approvals from the Obama administration…and began saying that he gave it its approvals and no other administration would have. pic.twitter.com/hJNmxKj2Qy
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 2, 2019

Mueller report fact checks

AP FACT CHECK: Skewed Trump, Barr claims on Mueller report https://t.co/tm9UkM2ECn
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) April 18, 2019

Fact check: Did Barr act improperly when he shared report with POTUS lawyers? https://t.co/Q6x4g7nURE pic.twitter.com/orTIZFCua9
— CNN (@CNN) April 18, 2019

Attorney General William Barr is distorting the facts when it comes to releasing special counsel Robert Mueller’s report in the Russia investigation. https://t.co/TJujPmMYRR
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) April 18, 2019

Fact check: What Trump associates told the public vs. what they told Mueller https://t.co/EF4EJjJTSy pic.twitter.com/Nohk2jjzqH
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 19, 2019

Read @washingtonpost Fact Check on Barr and reality in Mueller Rept. Draw your own conclusions. Mine: Barr lied, deliberately misled repeatedly, gave access to Trump's lawyers he did not give to Congress, violated his oath and should be removed from office https://t.co/2h3yGZtpRE
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) April 19, 2019

Yet another fake right wing picture

The right wing sure spreads a lot of fake stuff. Trump supporters must not be interested in facts.

Pro-Trump supporter @JacobAWohl falsely said Governor @RoyCooperNC appears in racist yearbook photos. @PolitiFactNC has verified that it's not Cooper in those photos. https://t.co/McuE9O1HFg
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) February 11, 2019

The @DailyMail published a misleading headline about @NC_Governor.

Then Trump supporter @JacobAWohl took it one step further.@PolitiFactNC reveals how this fake news happened.#ncpol https://t.co/UNUISxpqJ2
— Andy Specht (@AndySpecht) February 9, 2019

False. We don't know who's in the photo, other than it was from a fraternity that the governor was NOT a member of. Stop spreading lies. https://t.co/9jssr2VGkj
— Colin Campbell (@RaleighReporter) February 8, 2019

State of the Union fact checks

More lies

A lot of fact checks were done after the speech which means Trump was able to lie without being contradicted in real time. To be fair, Trump lies so much, it would be hard for the media to keep up.

CBS offered a brief "reality check" of SOTU, but didn't address Trump's most egregious misstatements. Have you seen other fact-checking on air? pic.twitter.com/LYMTfRYm6z
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 6, 2019

President Trump's State of the Union address contained numerous claims that were false or misleading. See how his remarks stacked up against the facts. https://t.co/vdVMsI38xn
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 6, 2019

Just the facts. https://t.co/ZuxIEytQx7
— Slate (@Slate) February 6, 2019

Dozens of CNNers are contributing to this detailed fact-check of the #SOTU https://t.co/n37U31wB33
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 6, 2019

Here’s where to get the facts on Trump’s #SOTU speech. Follow this account and the #APFactCheck page for live updates. https://t.co/vBNWZxOVCh
— AP Fact Check (@APFactCheck) February 6, 2019

Fact check: President Trump claims "countless Americans" were murdered by undocumented immigrants. CNN's @jimsciutto tells us what the data show: https://t.co/7fce27AU1I #SOTU pic.twitter.com/gh2UYX5rGp
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) February 6, 2019

Trump doesn’t talk about the people killed in mass shootings.

And now @MSNBC is queuing up a fact-check, though it's now pretty late in the game. I'd much prefer this stuff before all the blather. CNN now doing a second check too.
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) February 6, 2019

We fact-checked 27 claims during President Trump's State of the Union address https://t.co/udgs4JeJiB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 6, 2019

Fact check product is coming

Sounds like a good idea.

This will combine the fact checks of the @washingtonpost, @PolitiFact and @factcheckdotorg in one place — no excuse for networks not to take advantage of this! https://t.co/7U7aL4XKfl

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 18, 2019

Politifact lie of the year

Our Lie of the Year: the online smear machine that tried to take down the Parkland students: https://t.co/HGWTSOksMA #LieOfTheYear2018 pic.twitter.com/eJeGnd6scg

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) December 11, 2018

Trump has made 6,420 false statements

I call them lies.

Trump, who has made more than 6,400 documented false or misleading statements as president, or roughly 10 a day, accuses Comey of lying. https://t.co/nBU8MaEVvm

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) December 9, 2018

Trump lied on immigrant aid

Trump has forced the Associated Press to run headlines like this. https://t.co/8I3Wq1ly9D

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 4, 2018

Fact check: Trump’s comments on immigration and the border

Fact-checking President Trump's recent comments on immigration and the border: https://t.co/EtJ3SS02NO

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 27, 2018

Right wing conspiracy – the mother fleeing tear gas photo was staged

The conspiracy theorists can’t accept the truth.

examples (and there are more if you search Twitter for fake photo):

Word to the #Media.

Next time you want to stage a fake photo-up of an Hispanic mother and her kids running from tear gas, don't put her in a Disney "Frozen" shirt and don't put the 5 year old's in diapers.

Something about Disney doesn't scream, "starving 3rd world." pic.twitter.com/KW1WflZPIl

— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) November 26, 2018

Hey Fake News we are on to you. You are wasting your time trying to divide America. We are stronger and better than that!

Hoaxed: The 'Illegal Alien Mom with Barefoot Kids' Photo was a Setup – Another Staged #FakeNews Production

https://t.co/dBIZHGZpQW via @gatewaypundit

— ❌GuysForTrump❌ (@GaysForTrumpFL) November 26, 2018

the facts:

Dear Trump supporters,

This is a real photograph. NOT a fake. The photographer is Kim Kyung-Hoon. The news agency is @Reuters. Reuters was founded in 1851. You know almost a hundred years before Trump. They are a news agency. Not the ghost and goblins deep state. THIS HAPPENED. pic.twitter.com/5HpJ923YuU

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) November 26, 2018

A conspiracy theory bubbling in right-wing media today: The idea that the widely-circulated photo of a migrant woman with two children at the border was "hoaxed" or "staged." pic.twitter.com/Padb9xynLu

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) November 26, 2018

A photograph of a woman and two children in diapers fleeing a smoking tear gas canister at the U.S.-Mexico border has prompted outrage at American authorities and the Trump administration https://t.co/30LPCAHrjP

— NYT National News (@NYTNational) November 27, 2018