Trump claims he forgot things

I think he’s lying. I wonder if his memory would get better if he testified under oath.

The Mueller report describes Trump's contributions as "inadequate" — perhaps because in 19 of Trump's 22 written responses he claims not to recall specific details. https://t.co/hLs07EQU54
— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 18, 2019

“I have one of the great memories of all time,” Trump once said when rebutting the assertion of Army Sgt. La David Johnson’s widow that he couldn’t remember her husband’s name during his phone call to her. Here are 29 things he told Mueller that he forgot. https://t.co/kq0I5Bofy7
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) April 18, 2019

Trump provided 33 paragraphs of answers to Mueller. His memory failed him 34 times.https://t.co/n8mCI7EigL
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) April 18, 2019

One of the world’s greatest memories of all time failed 37 times when Mueller asked questions. @Fahrenthold on Trump’s written testimony https://t.co/JMbA89xogm
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 19, 2019

“I have one of the great memories of all time.”@realDonaldTrump 10/25/17

Check out this article from USA TODAY:
‘I do not recall': Read Trump's written answers to Mueller on Russian contacts, Trump Tower meetinghttps://t.co/JSUYbTAQEz
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) April 18, 2019

Trump once boasted he has “one of the great memories of all time,” but he told Mueller more than 30 times he did not remember key events in the Russia probe https://t.co/JysVVYZXBd
— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) April 18, 2019

Bad memory.

"We noted, among other things, that the President stated on more than 30 occasions that he does not 'recall' or 'remember' or have an 'independent recollection' of information called for by the questions."

(Mueller, on Trump's responses to questions, App. C, p. 417) pic.twitter.com/9OK3u9DyV1
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) April 18, 2019

President Trump said he could not recall, remember or recollect more than 30 times in his answers to special counsel Robert Mueller https://t.co/ajdHXk0qm3 pic.twitter.com/cD0cHULk1H
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 19, 2019

For Trump, "the world’s greatest memory" failed repeatedly when prosecutors asked him those classic questions from decades of presidential scandals — what did he know and when did he know it? https://t.co/MleqeWdL3l
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) April 20, 2019

Benefits from Trump’s NAFTA replacement will be much smaller than he claims

A government report concluded Thursday that the Trump administration’s revised North American trade agreement would offer modest benefits to the economy, challenging the president’s claims that the accord would make far-reaching changes https://t.co/g3qD17WCcb
— Ana Swanson (@AnaSwanson) April 18, 2019

The U.S. International Trade Commission estimates that the new NAFTA would, six years after it came into force, increase US GDP by 0.35% ($68.2 billion) and increase employment by 0.12% (176,000 jobs). So: a positive impact, but small. https://t.co/woi0rWIbD8
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 18, 2019

Speaking of NAFTA:

Context: the USMCA's onerous automotive rules of origin were, per the WH itself, drafted for American autoworkers. https://t.co/MPIqzZD2fX
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) March 5, 2019

Your periodic reminder that the USMCA has yet to be ratified by any of the three countries and has not taken effect https://t.co/yaqvwLJ6nf
— Megan Cassella (@mmcassella) March 14, 2019

Another Trump lie

Canada may tie its approval of trade deal to removal of Trump’s tariffs https://t.co/tXgMcJ2xKy
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) March 25, 2019

President Trump’s unpredictable style has brought foreign countries to the negotiating table. But will it result in the United States leaving with more? https://t.co/eHipIYapka
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 16, 2019

Trump lies about the New York Times

He lies when he says they apologized. He lies when he says they are failing. Sad!

As you can see from the old tweets, he has told these lies before.

Once again, never apologized, never had a reason to, subscribers way up. https://t.co/v2lQ91uqWg
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) April 14, 2019

Once again, does he know he’s lying? Probably, right? https://t.co/cn0IgW8m0L
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) April 14, 2019

The @NYTimes added 132,000 new subscribers the week after Trump’s victory in 2016.

👉🏻 https://t.co/GHRhl6QodF https://t.co/NK9SotIuvu
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) April 14, 2019

Trump says New York Times apologized to him for its bad coverage & is failing. NYT says they didn't apologize & subscriptions are booming.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 23, 2017

This extemporaneous Trump speech, including the usual Thing-That-Didn't-Happen (the NYT didn't apologize for anything) just confirms that we're in a state of political crisis and we're likely to be there for a while.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 5, 2018

Trump falsely claims that the @NYTimes "had to apologize because they covered it/us/me, all if it, so badly"

Not true. pic.twitter.com/tCWgkuP3Xt
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) April 30, 2017

Trump on Twitter: The NYT apologized for its coverage! (They didn't apologize)

Trump, when he was at the NYT in November: "A world jewel" pic.twitter.com/jCm6tkoNvk
— Mark Berman (@markberman) March 29, 2017

Trump's tweet is a deliberate mischaracterization of a Nov. 13 letter from the @NYTimes to its readers. NYT was not "forced to apologize."
— Zach Schonfeld (@zzzzaaaacccchhh) February 4, 2017

Trump has no shame. He's now demanding that NYT apologize for critizing his mockery of a reporter with a disability: https://t.co/M4XXXTApX7
— Peter Sterne (@petersterne) November 27, 2015

Trump lies about 9/11

Trump distorted what Omar said about 9/11. He has a long history of lying about 9/11. Sad!

Trump also has trouble keeping his facts straight about 9/11. @maggieNYT & I wrote about how he has described the attacks happening while people were having dinner; another time, he said it was while people were having lunch. https://t.co/VtltyycHTj
— Patrick Healy (@patrickhealynyt) April 16, 2019

.@Lawrence says The NY Times list of Trump lies about 9/11 left out his most perverse lie. He claimed he "lost hundreds of friends" on 9/11. He lost none. https://t.co/FB7Ry8wBKF pic.twitter.com/qRyljnOQKW
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) April 17, 2019

Donald Trump:
• falsely said “thousands” of Muslims in NJ cheered the fall of the Twin Towers
• claimed he saw people jumping from the World Trade Center from his Midtown apartment
• ignored pleas to pass a reauthorization of the James Zadroga Act
https://t.co/MoGTKdIRKN
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 17, 2019

President Trump's attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar over 9/11 ignores his own fraught history https://t.co/sJlgNA6hiV pic.twitter.com/z0RO0kyOjj
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 16, 2019

President Trump has a history of using the 9/11 attacks to make political points, either by trying to burnish his own reputation or by damaging others' https://t.co/TuuVxg1bm6
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 16, 2019

Trump doubles down on his terrible attacks on Representative Omar

He obviously doesn’t care if she gets death threats. Trump’s bigotry will get people killed.

He distorted her remarks on 9/11 through editing. I can’t forgive his disgusting behavior about 9/11. See below for details. What a self-centered lying bigot.

It's pretty amusing how regularly the Trump cultists manage to

1) thunder with great outrage at the very suggestion that Trump would ever attack Rep Omar in order to foment anti-Muslim hate

while in the same tweet

2) spewing disgusting, bigoted slurs about Rep Omar
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 16, 2019

For anyone who lived or worked in NY & the fact that the attacks occurred on a beautiful Tuesday morning during early rush hour is seared into our brain. How can one “forget” that? https://t.co/4EsXwNxGh9
— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) April 16, 2019

“[I]f Omar is a target, it has little to do with what she said and everything to do with who she is: A black Muslim woman — and an immigrant — whose very person disrupts the exclusionary ideal of a white Christian America.” https://t.co/q07Vb4l3vA
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) April 16, 2019

.@ThePlumLineGS gets at Trump's real motivation in demonizing Ilhan Omar https://t.co/bdz8G1BWL1
— Peter Beinart (@PeterBeinart) April 15, 2019

Folks who have taken issue with politicians using 9/11 in political contexts over the years have been silent on POTUS tweeting a video of the burning twin towers https://t.co/HBPjxCmBSL
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 16, 2019

Trump was explicitly asked if he regretted his tweet about Ilhan Omar that led to threats.

No, he said, because she's "unpatriotic" and she's "got a way about her" that's bad for the country.
https://t.co/v2FVrRhy3q
— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 16, 2019

REPORTER: Congresswoman Omar says your video led to direct threats on her life. Any second thoughts?

TRUMP: "No, not at all." pic.twitter.com/wiSNptg0F3
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 16, 2019

Trump's history of inciting violence against Muslims started well before his recent attacks on Rep Ilhan Omar – he has been stoking hate versus Muslims for years and Trump's fans have answered by plotting to kill Muslims. My new @thedailybeast article: https://t.co/fecyKktUZ8
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) April 15, 2019

“It is cruel because Trump essentially delivered his political rant while standing on desecrated graves. The images he employed not only included burning buildings but burning human beings, drafted into a sad and sordid political ploy.” https://t.co/GKxAlKGnHx
— Michael Gerson (@MJGerson) April 15, 2019

Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday flatly rejected charges of anti-Semitism against freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar amid verbal attacks by President Trumphttps://t.co/cTEkx5yIJq
— POLITICO (@politico) April 16, 2019

Don’t expect Trump to stop targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar. It looks like his newest 2020 strategy. https://t.co/FwRsZpCELB
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 16, 2019

Trump lies/false claims last week

Trump false claims last week:
– 34 to Republican fundraising dinner
– 19 to Republican Jewish Coalition
– 14 with NATO chief Stoltenberg
– 9 in Fox News interview at the border
– 9 at other border events

As usual, much of his lying was to his supporters.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 11, 2019

Trump's speech to that Republican campaign dinner was the third-most-dishonest event of his presidency: 34 false claims. He made 102 false claims in all. That's the 11th-worst week of his presidency, second-worst since the midterms. https://t.co/RGhCxriaZ9
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 11, 2019

Does anyone know if a Republican recently walked out of an interview when they were asked about health care, as the president claimed last week? pic.twitter.com/rXnxldP83P
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 10, 2019

Per the pool reporter, Trump has resumed his dishonesty about family separation, saying "I'm the one who stopped it" while not acknowledging he had started the policy he later stopped.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 9, 2019

Trump goes even further than Barr

Donald Trump's dangerous allegation of 'illegal' and 'unprecedented' spyinghttps://t.co/j2zGJHjpFJ pic.twitter.com/BiiNN5DvlS
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 11, 2019

Trump claims he’s victim of ‘illegal’ spying – but provides no evidence @abbydphillip reports @TheLeadCNN https://t.co/dyt5rzeNB5 pic.twitter.com/3Zl4y7WFyn
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 11, 2019