Trump lies about jobs related to Saudi arms deals and total amount of the deals

He keeps increasing the number of jobs – it started at 40,000 and it’s now 1 million. This is all made up. The total amount of the deals is a lie too.

https://t.co/mls8mOquIt pic.twitter.com/77jV5o1IQK

— Share the Facts (@sharethefact) October 22, 2018

In March, Trump said the Saudi military deals would produce 40,000 jobs.

A week ago, he made it 450,000 jobs. Wednesday, 500,000 jobs. Yesterday afternoon, 600,000 jobs.

Yesterday evening: "The million jobs." https://t.co/yLQBWeozim

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 20, 2018

Trump is upping his incredible (in the literal sense) claim that the arms deal he inked with Saudi Arabia last year will deliver 500,000 new jobs. Now he's saying 600,000.
Also, only $14.5 billion of the $110 billion deal has actually begun to take effect.

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) October 19, 2018

Photo of Trump holding a chart that says 40,000 jobs

The bottom line: From which source did Trump get these rapidly inflating statistics? I asked the White House press office. No response by deadline. https://t.co/NsBbGS7Vgt

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) October 22, 2018

Trump's response to the Saudi crisis has been riddled with B.S. For example: What he keeps saying about the Saudis spending "$110 billion dollars" in arms deals with the US. I talked about it with @pbump on today's @ReliableSources. pic.twitter.com/WO8YopTqBB

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 21, 2018

There are only 355,000 total jobs in the US defense industry!

A journalist colleague asked for the source on this: It's 355,000 jobs-sorry for typo!-on p2 of 2017 annual report of US aerospace & defense association: "defense and national security sector generated $146.7 billion in sales and supported 355,500 jobs" https://t.co/8UYAXAYJtR …

— Indira Lakshmanan (@Indira_L) October 21, 2018

Trump initially claimed that Saudi-related deals would create 500k US jobs. I asked the WH this week to explain where he got that number. No answer.

Now tonight Trump is claiming those deals will create 1M jobs. I have not seen any evidence anywhere to back I’ll that claim.

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) October 20, 2018

US annual exports to China, which are endangered by Trump's trade war, are more than 10X the sums involved in the imaginary Saudi arms deal 4/ pic.twitter.com/nOFm27MCZS

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 20, 2018

Reuters does a good job asking defense firms exactly how many new jobs would come from Saudi arms deal and that's only if they actually go through w whole deal which is unlikely. You'll be surprised to know it's not as much as Trump keeps saying https://t.co/Plzk9Rsvu8

— Drogon (@drogon_dracarys) October 31, 2018

Trump lies about job growth

First 19 months of the Trump Administration: 3.58 millions jobs

Last 19 months of the Obama Administration: 3.96 million jobs

Job growth has technically slowed since Trump became President https://t.co/0xK9qzmbAK

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) October 21, 2018

Trump’s Texas rally – 10/22/18

update 10/27/18

from a liberal who was there

Port-a-potty at Houston MAGA rally pic.twitter.com/5HBoFbFP2M

— Manny Fernandez (@mannyNYT) October 22, 2018

update 10/23/18

The most important new feature was Trump’s use of the word ‘nationalism’. Otherwise, it was the usual lies about the caravan, non-existent new tax cuts, lies about Democrats, etc.

Daniel Dale thread:

Trump is doing a rally with Ted Cruz in Houston. Tweets in this thread.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 22, 2018

Trump just now at a Texas rally: "Go into the middle of the caravan. Take your cameras and search…you’re going to find MS-13, you’re going to find Middle Eastern, you’re going to find anything."

Again, zero evidence that the caravan includes anyone from outside Central America.

— Kate Linthicum (@katelinthicum) October 22, 2018

Trump used to wave me off in 2015-16 whenever I'd bring up the term "nationalism" or "populism." He hated them. Told me Trump the brand was bigger than those words and about "common sense." Never wanted to talk ideology… see this Aug. 2015 intvw, for ex. https://t.co/XxqPpuEXNl

— Robert Costa (@costareports) October 23, 2018

For the past few weeks Fox has been showing its regular talk shows instead of Trump's rallies… but tonight the network is showing Trump's mega rally in Houston start to finish.

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 23, 2018

The Toyota Center, a stadium with a capacity of 18,000, was nearly full when Trump started, but crowd began trickling out after the one-hour mark. https://t.co/RnzGWzDrbH

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) October 23, 2018

Donald Trump just said there were 50,000 people waiting outside his Houston rally waiting to get in. Here's Houston's police chief stating there are 3,000 people outside. https://t.co/0NnRJGYuYh

— Jason Le Miere (@JasonLeMiere) October 23, 2018

Not a cult. https://t.co/42tPJuR6Oz

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) October 23, 2018

Trump lies about the immigrant caravan

He lies when he blames the Democrats.

He lies when he said it includes people from the Middle East.

He lies when he said it includes criminals (or at least offers no proof).

He’s a bigot trying to excite the bigots who are a large part of his base.

Nobody has presented any evidence that there are people from the Middle East in the migrant caravan. pic.twitter.com/k1coxNpZFY

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 22, 2018

As is frequently the case whenever Trump says anything new before 9 a.m., this "Middle Easterners" tweet appears to have been inspired by Fox and Friends. https://t.co/UGRnxaSBj6

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 22, 2018

Follow the bouncing ball: 1) Guatemala's president said at a conference that they had arrested, over some period, 100 people linked to terror. Completely unrelated to the caravan. 2) Right-wing sites used that to raise caravan fears. 3) Fox joined in. 4) The president joined in. pic.twitter.com/6dxKq2HEK8

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 22, 2018

Trump’s tweet linking migrants to “unknown Middle Easterners” is a reprise of old GOP rhetoric. https://t.co/BRvknmROqf pic.twitter.com/6J6GWFpi59

— The New Republic (@newrepublic) October 22, 2018

I asked DHS for evidence for this POTUS claim that “Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in” with caravan migrants… (thread) https://t.co/4zsXHWbNzb

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 22, 2018

Hello from southern Mexico, where no one covering the caravan has met anyone from the Middle East, and there is no way to discern anyone’s criminal history. https://t.co/wKoCfhY0mO

— Kevin Sieff (@ksieff) October 22, 2018

.@ABC's team in southern Mexico has encountered no "Middle Easterners" amid the group, reports @mattgutmanABC https://t.co/SLoQYMufbk

— Ben Gittleson (@bgittleson) October 22, 2018

Have not seen a single “Middle Easterner” in the caravan, @realDonaldTrump. Have seen hundreds of women and children and babies, though. https://t.co/skzF0IEGCi

— Kate Linthicum (@katelinthicum) October 22, 2018

"It's inconceivable that there are not people of Middle Eastern descent in a crowd of more than 7,000 people." — VP Mike Pence tries to defend Trump on his caravan claims

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 23, 2018

This is the perfect ending to the @juliehdavis piece today https://t.co/dVxDbRyNiZ

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 23, 2018

Trump did not say Middle Easterners are "traveling through Mexico toward the US". He tweeted "unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in" to the caravan itself. Not the same thing. Also, is there specific evidence that citizens of those Middle Eastern countries are threats? https://t.co/SnsXpZag1r

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 23, 2018

Trump lies about anti-immigrant riots

He’s just making stuff up. Republicans just go along with it. Disgusting.

I've fact-checked every word Trump has uttered for two full years. This is one of his most dishonest weeks in political life. He's lying about so many different things at once, and in big ways — not exaggerating or stretching, completely making stuff up. https://t.co/XrgPbUIcZ1

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 22, 2018

"Where are the riots, sir?" https://t.co/dmjOrldogY

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 23, 2018

Trump lies that California residents are "rioting" in protest of sanctuary city immigration laws: "They're rioting now. They want to get out of their sanctuary cities."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 20, 2018

Trump, to reporters, insisting without proof that Californians are rioting over sanctuary cities: "You shouldn't have – take a look – they want to get out of sanctuary cities. Many places in California want to get out of sanctuary cities… Yes, it is rioting in some cases."

— Cathleen Decker (@cathleendecker) October 22, 2018

President Trump doesn't back down from his baseless assertion that Californians are rioting to "get out of sanctuary cities."

Asked by @GeoffRBennett to name the locations of the riots, the president said, "Take a look … Many places in California." pic.twitter.com/QcXnmM3yFp

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 22, 2018

Missed this last night – POTUS manufacturing non-existent riots from the campaign trail. https://t.co/MUqHE95u9v

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 21, 2018

Trump lies about the opioids vote

His life is a lie. https://t.co/2gY5mRzK7i

— david maraniss (@davidmaraniss) October 21, 2018

Sad!

Trump’s AP interview -10/16/18: more lies

Trump was interviewed by the Associated Press (AP) yesterday and told his usual lies. To me, the media helps spread his lies even if they point out the facts. Trump wins by getting the attention that could have been used for other stories. Excessive media coverage of Trump is very unfair to Democrats.

Nice AP interview of POTUS – and revealing to have the entire transcript online: https://t.co/Y0C1ubxylf

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) October 17, 2018

Interview transcript annotated by the Washington Post

AP article

The @AP interview with President Trump is one for the ages.

And not in a good way.https://t.co/VBzTbFRFkB pic.twitter.com/B2cqoxC5gh

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 17, 2018

AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts migrant policy, Russia probe https://t.co/bRJSXbzAQ5

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 17, 2018

Daniel Dale’s thread. Obviously, Trump will do nothing about the UN climate report. We’re all going to suffer because of his ignorance and lies.

AP to Trump on climate: Scientists say we're getting to a point where it's irreversible

Trump: My uncle was a scientist…and "I didn’t talk to him about this particular subject, but I have a natural instinct for science, and I will say that you have scientists on both sides" pic.twitter.com/pMbjlodi0D

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 17, 2018

Trump falsely claims to AP that he's appointed a higher percentage of circuit judges than anyone except for Washington. (Response: "Good piece of trivia.") Trump falsely claims that Cohen got in legal trouble only for "what he did for other people," not Trump. (No response.) pic.twitter.com/OmGG4lHwr3

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 17, 2018

Even though more than 200 immigrant kids still remain separated from their families, Trump asked: Do you have any regrets or any remorse about how this has impacted children, though?

Trump: Here’s the thing. I think we’ve done an incredible job with children. https://t.co/OpS6RUFz8n

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 17, 2018

NEW from wide-ranging @AP interview with President Trump:

He did not back down from derisively nicknaming Stormy Daniels “Horseface."

Asked if it was appropriate to insult a woman’s appearance, Trump responded, “You can take it any way you want.”https://t.co/x8th8ZO3hg

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) October 16, 2018

I think if Obama had proclaimed himself too “busy” to visit troops in the field we would have heard a thing or two in the media about his golfing. pic.twitter.com/UVV792yKWz

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 17, 2018

Donald Trump, American president, again displays a completely moronic grasp of the scientific method. https://t.co/lLyri3Q1IZ

— Esquire (@esquire) October 17, 2018

Trump lies about a released hostage

With Brunson, Trump boasted that he'd previously secured the release of Aya Hijazi from Egypt: "She was sentenced to 25 years. They told President Obama, 'We will not let her out under any circumstances.'"

Hijazi was not sentenced. She was imprisoned 3 years and then acquitted.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 14, 2018

Trump continues to dominate media attention

If you watch TV news, it’s all about Trump. Democrats rarely get a chance to discuss issues, only wat they think of Trump’s latest move or statement. This is unfair and will make it harder to win in the midterms and 2020.

Trump perfected this strategy in 2016.

Trump’s Kentucky rally – 10/13/18

Daniel Dale’s thread:

Trump is about to start a campaign rally in Richmond, Kentucky. Tweet thread here.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 13, 2018

USA Today

Associated Press

here’s my story about tonight’s rally: a trademark speech with a surprise dash of love for McConnell https://t.co/D0cRqYr1d6

— Emily Cochrane (@ESCochrane) October 14, 2018

Trump on @AmyMcGrathKY: "This is an extreme liberal named…chosen by Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters and the radical Democrat mob." Says she wants "open borders…socialism [and] to decimate your now thriving coal industry."

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) October 13, 2018

. @realdonaldtrump Mr. President, you clearly don’t know me. Yet.

— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) October 14, 2018

Louisville Courier Journal

Read the comments on the humorous tweet below:

I think he just accused Democrats of killing Davy Crockett.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 14, 2018

Yet again, as he's done at past rallies, Trump tells his KY crowd that a huge throng — 25,000 to 35,000 people — are outside because they couldn't get in the packed house, & there are "movie screens" set up so they can watch the rally.
None of that is true.

— Jackie Calmes (@jackiekcalmes) October 13, 2018

Everyone out here laughed as the president gave these numbers. “What?!?” one woman said as she scanned the crowd herself. https://t.co/2UGa6bUWXL

— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) October 13, 2018

Trump now decrying "chain migration" at his Kentucky rally. No mention of his in-laws (the First Lady's parents) benefiting from those very policies as they recently became American citizens.

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) October 14, 2018

Hello from Kentucky… pic.twitter.com/N8Ga7ycpKd

— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) October 13, 2018