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White House of Lies

| Aug. 07, 2018

By June 1 of this year, US President Donald Trump had made 3,259 false or misleading claims, according to The Washington Post Fact Checker's database, which tracks and categorizes every suspect statement uttered by the president. That's an average of more than 6.5 false claims a day, up from a daily average of 4.9 untrue claims in his first 100 days, and reaching eight per day in May. Trump is clearly going for a record....

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For Academic Citation: Nye, Joseph S.“White House of Lies.” Project Syndicate, August 7, 2018.

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Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

Joseph S. Nye

  • Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Faculty Affiliate, Future of Diplomacy Project
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