"From his hyperbolic claim, through his first term Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, on January 21, 2017, that "That was the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period," even after aerial views showed far fewer people upon the Washington Mall in attendance at Trump's inaugural ceremony compared with those of Barack Obama."
"Then to what has come to be referred to as "Sharpiegate" arising from Trump's attempt to cover up his misstatement in September 2019 that the approaching storm, Hurricane Dorian, would hit several Southern states while incorrectly including Alabama. Local weather bureaus had previously reassured Alabama residents that the hurricane would not affect their state. Rather than admit his mistake, Trump showed reporters a weather map, which he altered with a black Sharpie pen, by expanding the possible path of the hurricane to include Alabama."
"Most of us have read by now that the Washington Post had recorded 30,573 "untruths" during his first term, which averaged approximately 21 invalid claims a day. The most egregious claim, which had deadly consequences, was the "Big Lie" that he had been swindled out of beating Joe Biden for the presidency in November 2020, which resulted in an insurrection by his staunch supporters upon the Capitol of the United States."
Donald Trump made numerous misstatements, exaggerations, lies, and redefinitions of established traditions across both terms. The administration promoted inaccurate claims about inauguration crowd sizes and other events. A 2019 incident known as "Sharpiegate" involved altering a weather map to include Alabama after incorrectly asserting Hurricane Dorian would strike the state. Fact-checking tracked tens of thousands of false or misleading statements during his first term, averaging roughly 21 invalid claims per day. The most consequential falsehood, the "Big Lie" about the 2020 election, led to a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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