Trump lied when he said crime was up in Germany and blamed it on immigrants

First, I think what happens in Germany is none of his business. We see how he reacts when anyone criticizes him.

Crime in Germany is down – see the AP Fact check. This is just Trump spewing lies and bigotry. He is encouraging nationalism in Germany.

If the President is attacking one of our NATO allies and spewing Bannon-like talking points, it must be Monday. https://t.co/RMSpaPanIp

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 18, 2018

Is Putin interfering trying destabilize the politics of the EU? Yes. But Trump is at the moment far worse. This is unheard of. https://t.co/9k0PtMoxlP

— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) June 18, 2018

Continuing the remarkable pattern of Trump and his aides promoting the rise of the nativist right across Europe. He is not only attacking the American-led international order from the outside, but attempting to weaken it from within https://t.co/Wp1ARwi2aN

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) June 18, 2018

Germany just recorded its lowest crime rate since 1992. The number of crimes dropped 10% from 2016 to 2017. https://t.co/8GyBYiaDd9 pic.twitter.com/GDwFbkw5hz

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 18, 2018

POTUS is now fomenting rebellion among our closest allies while he has also encouraged the rise of nationalism – in Germany. https://t.co/QIKsgURiLY

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) June 18, 2018

Crime rates in Germany are way down. But, more importantly: The US president wants to bring down the German chancellor. This is a turning point. https://t.co/koRei9Elio

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) June 18, 2018

Trump is using taking children from parents as a political tool

Trump is using the horrible treatment of children as a political tool. There’s no limit to how low he will go. Of course, he keeps lying about his policy and blaming it on Democrats.

Using innocent kids as leverage to force funding of a border wall and cuts in LEGAL immigration—or for ANY purpose, for that matter— is fundamentally immoral.

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) June 16, 2018

Another low. Trump specifically acknowledges he is willing to continue to brutalize and traumatize small children – to essentially hold them hostage – as legislative negotiating tactic. No tweets saying I am being acerbic. These are his words. https://t.co/QChAWoGck0

— Gene Sperling (@genebsperling) June 16, 2018

No matter what @realDonaldTrump says, his administration has made a choice to separate children at the border. For Bush & Obama, the idea of crying children torn from their parents’ arms was too inhumane and politically perilous to embrace. w/@juliehdavis https://t.co/cVD7JBaKsG

— Michael D. Shear (@shearm) June 16, 2018

I've been thinking of a way to describe how Pres.Trump seeks to "leverage" his anti-immigration campaign by instituting a horrific policy of ripping children from the arms of their parents. The more I thought of it, the more the phrase "human shields" echoed in my conscience.

— Dan Rather (@DanRather) June 17, 2018

Chief Acevedo, other law enforcement officials slam Trump's family separation policy https://t.co/2G4RU2DDZZ

— St. John Barned-Smith ⚔️ (@stjbs) June 17, 2018

John Bussey on immigration: "I don't think that [@POTUS'] argument that this is the Democrats doing this is accurate. It's a zero tolerance policy initiated by the president. This wasn't happening before, it's happening now. This is happening under President Trump's watch." pic.twitter.com/2xlzl4Wu3b

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 17, 2018

"I have no information about your child." Can you imagine hearing those words from a judge? https://t.co/jYecKXJvWP

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) June 17, 2018

This article does the best job I’ve read of explaining what exactly happens when the immigrant children are taken away from their kids. It’s horrifying. Read the whole thing. Parents are told their kids are going to get a bath — and then they never return. https://t.co/ivJkhApnow pic.twitter.com/xsE6qJAHY1

— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) June 17, 2018

Trump is golfing again

I wouldn’t care that he went golfing so much if

he hadn’t attacked Obama for it
he didn’t try to cover it up

Hello! It is Sunday morning.

Trump is at his golf club in Virginia. Assuming he plays a round — a fair assumption — it will be his 98th as president by my count. His 97th was yesterday. He's playing once every 5.2 days on average.https://t.co/sMUfJ9d1Db

— Philip Bump (@pbump) June 17, 2018

Trump’s lies on Friday

Trump spoke to Fox News and then to other reporters. As usual, he lied and lied. Reporters are getting more active in challenging the lies as Trump gets worse and worse.

He said the IG report exonerated him – that’s a lie

He keeps blaming Democrats for his policy of separating parents from children at the border – that’s a lie

He said Manafort had nothing to do with his campaign and worked for him briefly – that’s a lie

He said maybe Flynn didn’t lie – that’s a lie

He said he solved the North Korea nuclear problem – that’s a lie

Don Lemon on CNN does an excellent job of calling a lie a lie.

"I'd like to christen this Friday, 'Lyin' Friday' … Ted Cruz I hope you don't mind that we borrow your Trump-given nickname." – @DonLemon details a collection of incidents that showcase Trump's failure to tell the truth https://t.co/rNfYVannUd https://t.co/ki1sr01sB2

— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) June 16, 2018

AP Fact check

Five whoppers identified by the Washington Post

PolitiFact fact check

Yahoo fact check

The President lied or misled the American public 19 times this morning. We have an hour long fact check now. @MSNBC

— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) June 15, 2018

"Why are you lying about it, sir?"
That's what WH transcript of Trump's remarks today TWICE records reporters asking:
1-to his repeated claim IG report "exonerated" him (it had no'g to do w/Russia probe)
2-to his blaming splitting families at border to Dems & a nonexistent law

— Jackie Calmes (@jackiekcalmes) June 15, 2018

7 absolutely bonkers moments from Donald Trump’s impromptu White House lawn press conference https://t.co/4tyaug9idd

— Salon (@Salon) June 16, 2018

This is a bizarre, pathological, obscene, enormous, mind-numbing, frightening lie. The IG report had absolutely nothing to do with the investigation into Russian collusion or Trump’s alleged obstruction of justice. https://t.co/LTq8mEzHLw

— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) June 15, 2018

The IG report doesn’t remotely reach a conclusion about either of these issues. The president is lying and millions of Americans (including his obedient media vassals) will now believe and repeat these blatant lies. https://t.co/1jX7oy53oz

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 15, 2018

Trump said, "Some people say (Michael Flynn) lied and some people say he didn't lie. I mean, really, it turned out maybe he didn't lie." This isn’t in question — Flynn has pled guilty to lying. Here's the charging document: https://t.co/FdXZE1MURN https://t.co/Y1jNzatMFo

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) June 15, 2018

https://t.co/XtJKKaJAg6 pic.twitter.com/hanA4QeP1h

— Share the Facts (@sharethefact) June 15, 2018

New York Times fact check on his “Fox and Friends” interview

49 wildest quotes from the interview

update:

Even for him, Donald Trump did a lot of lying this morning. Between Fox and Friends and the exchange with reporters, I counted 22 false claims: https://t.co/UUTMFxyP4s

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 15, 2018

Separating parents from children at the border is Trump’s policy, not a law

Trump and his supporters are lying when they say separating parents from children is following a Democratic law. It’s Trump’s policy. I guess they’re not proud of it so they won’t admit it.

NY Times editorial

Understanding the policy

Sarah Sanders stands at the White House podium and repeats Trump's lie that there is a law requiring children to be taken from their parents at the border.

This is a lie, and they know it.

There is no law, it is Trump's policy. He started this, and he could stop it at any time.

— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) June 14, 2018

"Parents are facing a nightmare at the U.S. border" https://t.co/VeFHzqNuSR

— TIME (@TIME) June 14, 2018

We have questions, @VP: Is it the policy of deporting immigrant youth from the only home they’ve ever known that you’re calling compassionate, or ripping babies away from their parents at the border? https://t.co/QF0XrhnRRN

— ACLU (@ACLU) June 14, 2018

Infant ripped from mother's arms while she was breastfeeding the baby at border detention center; mother handcuffed for resisting https://t.co/vhbsGKrWLo

— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 13, 2018

Reporter asks @PressSec about the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the border.

"Sarah, you're a parent. Don't you have empathy for what these people are going through?" pic.twitter.com/Jh41PUR3Uj

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 14, 2018

REPORTER: Are you comfortable with the current zero tolerance policy leading to parents and children being separated at the border?

SPEAKER RYAN: No I am not….this I do think ought to be addressed. We beleive it should be addressed in immigration legislation

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 14, 2018

Jeff Sessions said people crossing the border with children shouldn't expect immunity from prosecution, considering that having children "certainly doesn't give immunity to American citizens who commit crimes." pic.twitter.com/w0xHgmFjWT

— POLITICO (@politico) June 14, 2018

What’s going on at the border is horrifying, but we can’t go numb and turn away: https://t.co/XZ9Mziud9g pic.twitter.com/2U8PpqdAN5

— Slate (@Slate) June 14, 2018

I think Trump lied on this one

Do the math.

Trump tells Fox that parents of soldiers killed in the Korean War asked him on the campaign trail to bring their sons home. (Absolute minimum age of such a parents is 101 years old. Probable age 110 to 120.) pic.twitter.com/coIjMAekrg

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 14, 2018

The average age of a Korean War vet is 87@realDonaldTrump has taken a tangible positive outcome from the #SingaporeSummit & turned it into yet another story debating whether he is ignorant or a liar. https://t.co/SxztjboZrM

— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) June 14, 2018

There is no link between immigration and crime

Trump keeps blaming crime on immigrants. He just wants to ramp up the white nationalism in many of his supporters.

This idea has been disproven repeatedly. Here’s the latest:

"data suggests either that immigration has the effect of reducing average crime, or that there is simply no relationship between the two"

eye-opening #DataViz work here by @AnnaFlagg @MarshallProj https://t.co/Vv6akybn9O pic.twitter.com/UBwQXvIcfU

— joe rojas-burke (@rojasburke) June 13, 2018

More from the article: “In general, the study’s data suggests either that immigration has the effect of reducing average crime, or that there is simply no relationship between the two, and that the 54 areas in the study where both grew were instances of coincidence, not cause and effect. This was a consistent pattern in each decade from 1980 to 2016, with immigrant populations and crime failing to grow together. ”

update:

Analysis: Two charts demolish the notion that immigrants here illegally commit more crime https://t.co/eTI0eiX8MC

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 19, 2018

The Trump administration wants to eliminate mandatory coverage for pre-existing conditions

The most popular feature of Obamacare may be requiring insurance companies to offer coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. I’m sure we all have pre-existing conditions or a family member or friend who does. Now the Trump administration wants to eliminate that requirement. They claim it’s unconstitutional.

Here’s a poll that shows how popular it is, even among Republicans:

[ archives ]
Do you think health insurance companies should be required to provide insurance to people with pre-existing conditions?
more: https://t.co/JkINBm2dAB pic.twitter.com/lvqAYpC9Ab

— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) June 10, 2018

some tweets:

For years Republicans said they would protect people with pre-existing conditions. They lied.

Instead, the Trump admin is saying it's unconstitutional to stop insurance companies from denying coverage for people who are sick or who have ever been sick. https://t.co/VBwY6lIhEw

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 8, 2018

Insurer lobby group weighs in on Obamacare individual mandate case https://t.co/dEoHn0AB98 pic.twitter.com/IC2twzsthB

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 9, 2018

It is completely false that repeal and replace was done except for one vote. The House and Senate were nowhere near agreement on a replacement; the Senate’s so-called skinny repeal failed by just one vote. But they would have had to still go to conference. https://t.co/NBWyEDoSVZ

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 4, 2018

This is not a slippery slope. It is a ski jump into lawlessness. My latest https://t.co/vqAeBhd1dR

— Ruth Marcus (@RuthMarcus) June 8, 2018

Trump says of the individual mandate in health care: “Who would think of that? Who would think of it?” Uh, the Heritage Foundation, among others on the right.

— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) May 30, 2018

Trump’s unwarranted attacks on Trudeau

Trump attacked Trudeau, leader of probably our closest ally, because he had the nerve to disagree with him. Trump is isolating the US from all of its allies and sucking up to our enemies.

Here’s a summary of yesterday’s developments:

Updated story on one of the most ridiculous days of Canada’s tenure being located beside the United States: https://t.co/Lrom46YCMb

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 10, 2018

Here are some tweets:

As far as I can tell, Trudeau was a gracious host and tried to get along with Trump. Trump then blasted the other G-7 members to the press. Trudeau replied in his own press conference, saying Canada won't be pushed around. And for this Trudeau will burn "in hell"? Deranged! https://t.co/PpEQl2x2Sa

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) June 10, 2018

99% of US-Canada trade is tariff-free, but the last bit is complicated. Some facts from @TradeNewsCentre pic.twitter.com/71OwsqGhKc

— John G. Murphy (@JGodiasMurphy) June 10, 2018

US-Canada Trade Facts, 2017

Total goods & services trade:
$673.9 billion

US exports: $341.2 billion
US imports: $332.8 billion

US trade SURPLUS: $8.4 billion

(data from US Trade Representative webpage)

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) June 10, 2018

Amidst @realDonaldTrump, @larry_kudlow trashing of @JustinTrudeau, worth noting 1) US-Canada trade roughly in balance; 2) dairy miniscule % of the trade, 3) TPP would have increased US dairy access to Canada; 4) Canadian dairy program resembles nothing so much as US sugar program

— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) June 10, 2018

This is a striking comment from a lifelong public servant under Republican and Democratic Presidents https://t.co/eeFezSaaPo

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) June 10, 2018

This is the story. Not “Trump and Trudeau feud” but “Trump fabricated a conflict so he could gratuitously attack an allied PM.” https://t.co/sjz1LmdemK

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) June 10, 2018

The thing is, I was at the @JustinTrudeau news conference, and he went out of his way to try to downplay tensions. He didn’t attack @realDonaldTrump in any way, other than restate Canada would retaliate for tariffs. Not sure what @larry_kudlow means re: “stabbed” US in the back

— Michael D. Shear (@shearm) June 10, 2018

The best part here is he slams the reporter for suggesting a bad relationship and tense meeting, then gets on plane and trashes Trudeau himself and says he won't sign the communique. https://t.co/mWHfEZ1xx9

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) June 10, 2018

See this thread. And while nobody can be sure re Trump, Kudlow certainly knows that he is speaking untruths. Kudlow tried to smooth things at G7, failed, and well understands whose fault it is that he failed. https://t.co/tZGNot9KzU

— David Frum (@davidfrum) June 10, 2018

When President Trump bases foreign policy on imagined facts… https://t.co/qcq4gOS7US

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) June 10, 2018

Trump was the one glossing over the tense meetings with jokes and banter, saying relations were “a 10.” Trudeau acknowledges reality and Trump snaps. https://t.co/mVC7paKcJG

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) June 9, 2018

“Stabbed us in the back,” polarizing,” “sophomoric,” “decieved us,” “political stunt,” “betrayal” — How Larry Kudlow just described to @jaketapper Trudeau’s criticism of the Trump tariffs at his presser. In Kudlow’s view, Trump was “charming” and acting in “good faith” at the G-7

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 10, 2018

the complaints are disconnected from reality https://t.co/XEKab8jiZC

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 10, 2018

Huh. So this is what a 10-out-of-10 relationship with close allies look like. pic.twitter.com/bmy9VTaniP

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) June 9, 2018

Trump always says other countries' leaders have made ours look week because they're looking out for and standing up for their own people. So Trudeau did that yesterday – Trump advisers went on TV and said it was a personal slight against Trump

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 10, 2018

Rae is former Premier of Ontario and former interim leader of federal Liberal Party. Huge figure in mainstream Canadian politics. This is a measure of Trump is alienating allies. https://t.co/2t0oJfcfpO

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) June 10, 2018

#Canada spirited four American hostages out of Iran in 1979, welcomed thousands of stranded U.S. airline passengers on 9/11, has our back in every war, shares the world’s longest undefended border with us and a symbiotic North American economy. THE best neighbor we could have. https://t.co/6c9qcPXn3C

— Nicholas Burns (@RNicholasBurns) June 10, 2018

Republicans are silent

Trump trashes American allies and the only Republican who speaks up is John McCain. They, as well as Trump will be held accountable for the failures of this administration. They spoke up a little against Trump’s tariffs and “spygate” but have been mostly silent on his lies and bigotry. Disgraceful!

The silence of Cong GOPers not named McCain is obviously not surprising anymore but is there any limit for them? It’s a fight with Canada and the rest of the G6, only the most important allies of this country. Is the rest of the GOP using “stunned silence” as their “comment”?

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) June 10, 2018

Worst are the Republicans in Congress. Will sell out all American fundamental values for a tax cut and judges. Will sit back while we destroy our standing in the world and promote our enemies. Will confirm crooks and liars. Beyond disgraceful, starting w Ryan and McConnell https://t.co/T2xqzumCXT

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) June 10, 2018

The silence from GOP leadership, unwilling to stand up to Trump, for our alliances, tells us all we need to know.

The @GOP leadership would rather help Putin achieve his goals, than keep Trump in check.

If they won't stand up to him on Putin, they won't stand up to him for you.

— VoteVets (@votevets) June 10, 2018

GOP strategist scorches Trump over G7: He "beclowned himself" and disgraced the US https://t.co/qGPhHwdfkI pic.twitter.com/XHjhNAdBbc

— The Hill (@thehill) June 10, 2018

"Very nearly every elected member of the Republican Congress has chosen Trump and party over our country. It is shameful." https://t.co/VhG6zYD7dU

— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 10, 2018

God help us. Their silence is damning enough. But the Senate Majority Leader calling this the best time ever for conservatives is vile. History will be brutal in its telling of their cowardice. https://t.co/S1KPkyv6Um

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 10, 2018

Do not forget the racism: the proposed banning of all Muslims from America, the defense of white supremacy after Charlottesville, calling Hispanics “breeders”, Mexicans “rapists”, all majority black countries “shitholes.” Mitch calls this conservatism at its best?
Really, Mitch? https://t.co/OUXggsETk9

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 10, 2018

GOP aide-turned-MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace: 'This Republican Party is unrecognizable to me’ https://t.co/YooosOAobf pic.twitter.com/7Ddcln28Ya

— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) June 10, 2018

Considering the silence from your fellow GOP'ers, seems like it's exactly who you are. https://t.co/HKGNvqQYlh

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) June 10, 2018

Trump's buffoonery is by now baked into the cake. The real threat to the international order is that GOP is becoming Trumpized: https://t.co/uyTSY0sKfk

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) June 10, 2018

update:

Spoiler: yes.

They will allow him to burn the world to ashes. https://t.co/IWAIpT8tFv

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 10, 2018

Today feels like a turning point – the Western alliance and the global trading system are coming under the same intense strain that Trump has created for our domestic institutions. Will Congressional Rs continue to stand by, paralyzed by fears of their base?

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) June 10, 2018

This IS your party. And it's a culmination of years of the GOP exploiting racism and playing to extremists. Trump is not your problem. Your base is the problem. And your pleas for decency & common sense are not enough to change this. https://t.co/mfgF1gozU8

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 10, 2018

Our president has been compromised by Russia. Every Republican that sits back and watches him bend over backwards for them has also been compromised by Russia. I understand voting 4 change. I don’t understand how anyone in this country is ok w/ our president kissing Putin’s ass.

— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) June 9, 2018

Nope. They'll say absolutely nothing. pic.twitter.com/MUlZ2q0mPQ

— Silly Conservatives (@Silly_GOP_) June 10, 2018