The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #161454   Message #3839530
Posted By: gillymor
17-Feb-17 - 10:08 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Alternative Facts Thread
Subject: RE: BS: The Alternative Facts Thread
More "AF's" from Twitler's press conference yesterday according to a fairly neutral source, USA Today:

"• The president praised his administration's implementation of his anti-terrorism executive order, which has been largely blocked by the courts. "The rollout was perfect," he said. But the order caused confusion at the nation's airports, including for green-card holders and dual citizens.

• Trump said that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which unanimously decided not to reinstate Trump's travel ban, has had its rulings overturned by the Supreme Court "at a record number." Not true.

• Trump wrongly said that Hillary Clinton "gave" Russia 20% of the uranium in the United States. Clinton was one of nine votes approving the deal. She alone couldn't have stopped the deal, which involved 20% of U.S. production capacity, not stocks, and the uranium can't go to Russia without export licenses.

• The president claimed his November victory was "the biggest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan." It wasn't. Three presidents since Reagan captured a larger share of electoral votes than Trump did, including Republican George H.W. Bush.

"• Trump said "jobs have already started to surge" since his election, citing investments by Ford, Fiat Chrysler and Intel. But the investments, much of which were in the works before the election, were largely market driven.

• Contrary to the president's claim that "nobody mentions that Hillary received the questions to the debates," there was plenty of press coverage in October when it was revealed that former CNN contributor Donna Brazile shared several questions with the Clinton campaign during the primary election.

• Trump said he thought the media had "a lower approval rate than Congress." No — the public's approval of Congress is lower than its trust in the media."

The entire story with details for each entry here.

USA Today seems to have overlooked Twitler's falsehood regarding a potential meeting with Rep.Elijah Cummings. The old saw "You can tell he's lying because his lips are moving" seems to be especially true for this man-child.