Trump administration lies about the deficit

The deficit is increasing. The Trump tax law generates less tax revenue. Just another Trump administration lie.

Larry Kudlow says the deficit is “coming down rapidly,” contradicting virtually all available data.

Deficit Jan to April 2018 = $161 billion
Deficit Jan to April 2017 = $135 billion https://t.co/HQoLDSdODU @JStein_WaPo

— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) June 29, 2018

But Hassett was also lying, claiming that the deficit surge was because of spending; actually it's because revenue, especially corporate taxes, has plunged 1/ https://t.co/zEuAOZ5r7x

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) June 30, 2018

Federal deficit by year:

2009: $1.4 Trillion
2010: $1.29 Trillion
2011: $1.29 Trillion
2012: $1.0 Trillion
2013: $679 Billion
2014: $484 Billion
2015: $438 Billion
2016: $585 Billion
2017: $666 Billion
2018: $804 Billion (projected)

My friend @larry_kudlow is lying. https://t.co/nti7otXX4W

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 29, 2018

Kudlow said deficit is “coming down rapidly.”

A couple days prior, fellow White House adviser Kevin Hassett said the deficit was “skyrocketing.” https://t.co/5owOE0vJ45

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) June 30, 2018

Kudlow to FBN: "The deficit…is coming down. And it’s coming down rapidly."

This isn't accurate.

On a 12-month basis, the deficit as a share of GDP rose to 3.8% in May from 3.2% one year earlier. pic.twitter.com/2JhiPRyKX1

— Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) June 29, 2018

ICYMI: America's debt is headed for the highest levels since World War II.

Current debt-to-GDP level = 78% (highest since 1950)
CBO projection for 2028 = 96%
By 2034, America's debt-to-GDP could surpass the peak of 106% recorded in 1946https://t.co/u2n41Dp7AC by @JStein_WaPo pic.twitter.com/E4qn7Jil8C

— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) June 27, 2018

Kudlow says the rising deficit is falling, Mnuchin says tax cuts pay for themselves as Treasury boosts debt sales, Hassett defends tariffs but won’t show his study that shows they will blunt economic growth. https://t.co/f10IiqbyA8

— Alan Rappeport (@arappeport) June 30, 2018

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA I’ll have the drugs he’s having HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! https://t.co/tSRjcmFdQy

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) June 29, 2018

How can we have a civil discussion on immigration

Your president:

When people come into our Country illegally, we must IMMEDIATELY escort them back out without going through years of legal maneuvering. Our laws are the dumbest anywhere in the world. Republicans want Strong Borders and no Crime. Dems want Open Borders and are weak on Crime!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 30, 2018

Democrats don’t want open borders

Democrats don’t want MS-13

Democrats don’t want crime

How can we talk to someone who lies about what we think? Trump doesn’t really want to negotiate on immigration. He wants to keep it alive as issue through the 2018 election to get his bigots riled up.

Trump lied but his tweets show the truth

How dumb does Trump think we are? (Don’t answer that.) He encouraged congress to pass an immigration bill and now, three days later, lies and said he didn’t. There’s a tweet to prove he did. He lies every day.

Seems fair to say Trump lied today. Unless he completely forgot what he tweeted 3 days ago? https://t.co/TnedJCto9H

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 30, 2018

I know nothing seems to matter sometimes but remember this tweet from THREE DAYS AGO IN ALL CAPS since Trump is saying he never pushed Republicans to vote for the Goodlatte bill that failed. https://t.co/VsFOP9VGSo

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) June 30, 2018

Trump has a pattern of dishonestly distancing himself from political failures – Ed Gillespie, Roy Moore, Obamacare repeal and more – but this is next-level gaslighting.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 30, 2018

update:

Dear @SpeakerRyan: Last week @realDonaldTrump screamed this:

"HOUSE REPUBLICANS SHOULD PASS THE STRONG BUT FAIR IMMIGRATION BILL, KNOWN AS GOODLATTE II, IN THEIR AFTERNOON VOTE"

Today he threw you & GOP Members under the bus. Good luck negotiating a budget with this man in Sept https://t.co/ivI3otcWeW

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 1, 2018

Is Trump on our side or Russia’s side?

It sure looks like Russia has something on Trump. Putin could have written Trump’s tweet again challenging the fact that Russia meddled in our 2016 election. This also means Trump won’t stop Putin from meddling in the 2018 election.

We've been called "fake news" for reporting, accurately, that Trump still doubts that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. Hopefully this puts the issue to bed. Stunningly, Trump's rhetoric on this is closer to the Russian government position than the US government position. https://t.co/KgQ6hMe66K

— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) June 28, 2018

Interesting worldview in which everyone else is lying, backstabbing and cheating us except one very specific country https://t.co/adgnOTJpLY

— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) June 28, 2018

Seriously? Is potus really doing this again? Will sanders now echo by saying they are tougher on Russia than anyone? #truthabuse https://t.co/EWj7rRWDcx

— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) June 28, 2018

Rubio is a spineless coward.

Interesting that in the midst of a tweetstorm about media bias and failure to report accurately etc, Rubio declines to call Trump out by name on this, even though he is pretty much the ONLY person regularly spreading this particular falsehood. https://t.co/VquUJPLV8J

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 28, 2018

Is @realDonaldTrump encouraging Russia to interfere in our elections again? https://t.co/sICHE5sUug

— Serge Kovaleski (@sergenyt) June 28, 2018

“Russia continues to say….” is not something we should ever hear from our Commander-in-Chief charged with America’s security. And if you don’t think it’s really weird I don’t know what to tell you but it is. https://t.co/EdJV7oS6br

— Brian Walsh (@brianjameswalsh) June 28, 2018

And remember, in this tweet, the President of the United States if America is siding with Putin and is denying the findings of his own Intelligence Community. A shocking moment in American history. https://t.co/ig6emsk2Zx

— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) June 28, 2018

Hillary isn’t being investigated in part because she isn’t saying Russia is telling the truth and the CIA, FBI, and every major intelligence agency is lying – they ALL say Russia meddled in our elections, you corrupt, Russian-owned, traitorous douchebag. https://t.co/cvKgkXqeiL

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) June 28, 2018

I’m not that worried about Russia election interference 2018. What more could Putin want? @POTUS repeats Putin’s lies & seeks out a summit with Russia, a country that just attacked America. Aside from sanctions relief, Trump’s America is doing exactly what Putin wants. pic.twitter.com/gAbSolIgvi

— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) June 28, 2018

It is truly ominous that @POTUS would take the word of Vladimir Putin over the unanimous conclusion of his OWN Intel chiefs and SecState—even as they report that Russia is STILL meddling in our elections!
It only heightens suspicion about just what this is all about. https://t.co/u09Sr9YhtC

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) June 28, 2018

The President once again defending Russia’s innocence in electoral sabotage that *helped him get elected*, as he sets up a summit w Putin is the same as his “Russia, if you’re listening” moment. He’s telling them to keep going! He’s rooting them on.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 28, 2018

Not to state the obvious, but …

… a key reason Trump thinks he can keep inviting Russia to sabotage our next election on the GOP's behalf is that people like @DevinNunes and @RepMarkMeadows are working to undermine the Russia probe, with the tacit support of @SpeakerRyan. https://t.co/7U9vxwX1tq

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 28, 2018

I know it makes no difference to Trump's base, and they believe that the intelligence community is a malicious conspiracy against the Donald, but every American intel agency agrees that Russia meddled in the elections. I just feel it's necessary to say that for the 5000th time.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 28, 2018

Trump promotes one of his businesses

This is so wrong!

Gary Player, a hall of fame golfer, played Trump’s golf course in Scotland today. Looks like the president’s just promoting his course? https://t.co/lnmODIk3Q5

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) June 27, 2018

Trump attacks the Red Hen but his establishments have had violations

What Donald Trump's "Red Hen" tweet revealshttps://t.co/ZEZ3r1i8nU pic.twitter.com/Bx6HiRfOfr

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) June 25, 2018

New: health inspection reports show the Red Hen passed with flying colors this year. By contrast, Trump's properties have been dinged for hundreds of health code violations https://t.co/QgwhRR7VGY https://t.co/TESNG59IBC

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) June 25, 2018

Mar a lago on the other hand pic.twitter.com/FcQ9rcAiGG

— STORMY Newport (@ruckus2) June 25, 2018

DC's Red Hen was egged and is getting death threats. It's totally unaffiliated with the Virginia Red Hen that kicked out Sarah Sanders https://t.co/3OA63XNkRc

— Jessica Sidman (@jsidman) June 25, 2018

One thing the Red Hen situation has made abundantly clear is that the vast majority of people in the national media identify more closely with the White House press secretary than with anyone who might be in a position to cook or serve food to her in a restaurant.

— Nick Baumann (@NickBaumann) June 25, 2018

Trump’s threat to Maxine Waters

Lots of people disagree with Waters but only Trump threatened her. He is such a scumbag. He also slammed her IQ but I bet she can spell better than he can.

I can see both sides of comments on Waters. On the one hand, you don’t want to stoop to Trump’s level and it will turn some people off.

On the other hand, Trump’s team lives in a Fox News bubble and they need to know their policies are wrong and not popular. I would not want to eat in a restaurant that served a Trump cabinet member.

There is certainly room for civil disobedience. Don’t forget American history.

The President just issued a thinly veiled physical threat to a sitting member of Congress. pic.twitter.com/3A3W221GAa

— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) June 25, 2018

Maxine Waters didn't call for violence against anyone but Greg Gianforte personally attacked a reporter for asking a straightforward question and was cheered on for it by many of the same people who are now claiming that she did.

— Joshua Holland 🔥 (@JoshuaHol) June 25, 2018

Maxine Waters did not say something dumb like folks should use their Second Amendment rights to deal with you.

But you did that.

Donald Trump Suggests ‘Second Amendment People’ Could Act Against Hillary Clinton #MondayMotivation https://t.co/1oX2sUKeYG

— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly 🌊 BWCS (@AynRandPaulRyan) June 25, 2018

"White journalists condemning Waters refuses to confess that their whiteness inoculates them from his bigotry and that it compels them to prioritize the humanity of the abuser over the discomfort of the victims who face Trump’s abuse," @Russian_Starr https://t.co/DYMHfJ40bU

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) June 25, 2018

Just a thought: Maybe if the U.S. President hadn't called Nazis "very fine people" and his administration wasn't putting immigrant children in cages, then his appointees would be getting asked to leave restaurants and Maxine Waters wouldn't be calling for people to confront them.

— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) June 25, 2018

.@thefix: Before Trump warned that Maxine Waters had ‘called for harm,’ he told supporters he’d like to punch a protester https://t.co/OlsF4QxnI6

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) June 25, 2018

All the times Trump was more explicit than Maxine Waters https://t.co/lipyrFWdxK

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 25, 2018

Maxine Waters is not sorry. "First of all I am very, very upset and concerned. I’ve had sleepless nights. Because I believe in peaceful, very peaceful protest. I have not called for the harm of anybody this President has lied again…This Don the Con man will say anything."

— Alan He (@alanhe) June 25, 2018

What? She said people should be screaming in the streets. That is not inciting violence nor is it calling for the harm of Trump supporters. If yelling at the opposition is harming people you are guilty at every rally you hold.

— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) June 25, 2018

The only I.Q. you have is called an ignorant quotient. You hate smart women and especially, black ones, too. And lay off Twitter. Use their spell check. And try reading a book. https://t.co/HaFPeX7ZKu

— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) June 25, 2018

Immigrants add to the economy but the Trump administration doesn’t want you to know that

The facts don’t support Trump’s policy so they will suppress them

Trump Administration report shows refugees added $63 billion to US economy over the past decade. Trump White House then killed the report they ordered and demanded it be manipulated to only show costs and not profits. https://t.co/9F3i3DCC7c

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 24, 2018

The article states: “Trump administration officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of refugees allowed into the United States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and Human Services that found that refugees brought in $63 billion more in government revenues over the past decade than they cost.”

Sad!

Trump doesn’t want to follow the immigration laws

Trump claims to support law and order but doesn’t want to follow the laws when it comes to immigration. Hypocrite. He’s playing to the bigoted part of his base.

We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country. When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from where they came. Our system is a mockery to good immigration policy and Law and Order. Most children come without parents…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2018

In a pair of tweets sent during his drive (to golf course?), Trump:
-described immigrants as invaders
-suggested stripping them of their legal rights
-said laws were a mockery and must be changed so undocumented immigrants could be deported immediately with no right to a trial

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) June 24, 2018

Trump consistently behaves and speaks as though he longs to be a despot, unconstrained by democratic checks, due process, rule of law, or the press. This is a demonstrable fact. Republicans in Congress are complicit in his attacks on democratic institutions and should be ashamed. https://t.co/M6GDCJiIdL

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) June 24, 2018

Trump claims immigration laws are 'a mockery,' seeks to deprive migrants of due process by deporting them without trial https://t.co/cLvcyvnljV

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 24, 2018

Why is @realDonaldTrump just focusing on those who illegally crossed the southern boarder-Brown people and not focusing on the millions who of other races overstay their visas? That is part of illegal immigration!!!!

— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) June 24, 2018

It is NOT an invasion.

An INVASION is what RUSSIA did via a campaign of CYBERWARFARE in 2016.

You FACILITATED that foreign invasion by repeatedly LYING about it in public statements and PERSECUTING those investigating it.

You now ENCOURAGE a REPEAT INVASION with your inaction. https://t.co/IN8g4TVAiJ

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) June 24, 2018

Dear @realDonaldTrump: I will support merit based immigration based on the same standards that allowed your grandfather, who started off poor & as a barber, to immigrate to America as an unaccompanied minor.#SundayMorning Thoughts https://t.co/wthRMAUKRv

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 24, 2018

If this had been our standard throughout history, America as we know it wouldn’t exist. https://t.co/Dx98sAhgNC

— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) June 24, 2018

One consistent theme of @realDonaldTrump’s immigration rhetoric is the belief that there should be little or no due process for illegal immigrants. His executive order seeks to detain families indefinitely. And here, he calls for no court cases at all before deportation. https://t.co/OtTGhRJOSh

— Michael D. Shear (@shearm) June 24, 2018

“Witch Hunt”

Trump is using “witch hunt” more frequently in his tweets. I wonder what that means.

Trump tweets about the “witch hunt”

May 2017: 3 times
June 2017: 5 times
July 2017: 6 times
Oct 2017: 1 time
Dec 2017: 2 times
Jan 2018: 1 time
Feb 2018: 3 times
March 2018: 2 times
April 2018: 9 times
May 2018: 20 times
June 2018: 22 times

— David P Gelles (@gelles) June 23, 2018