"Donald Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims during his first term, according to calculations published in 2021 by the Washington Post. That's roughly 21 fibs a day. Second time around, he's still hard at it, lying to Americans and the world on a daily basis. Trump's disregard for truth and honesty in public life seen again in his despicable response to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis is dangerously immoral."
"Trump's lies and deceptions are a common aggravating factor in three intractable present-day international crises. He falsely claims, for example, that Chinese and Russian warships are all over the place in Greenland, necessitating a US takeover. Ahoy there! What ships? asks Denmark's foreign minister, Lars Lkke Rasmussen who, unlike Washington's empire-builder, has first-hand knowledge of the self-governing island. Greenlanders dismiss Trump's comments as nonsense."
Donald Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims during his first term, roughly 21 per day. He continues to lie frequently, undermining truth and honesty in public life. He frames moral constraint as "my own morality, my own mind," treating ethics as wholly subjective and positioning himself as his own adviser and priest. His chronic mendacity causes real-world harm: it costs lives, weakens democracy, and destroys trust between nations. Foreign leaders and voters have grown accustomed to his deceptions, but failing to confront them enables more dictatorial and erratic behavior. He advances self-interested aims such as seeking Greenland's mineral riches.
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