The Biggest Lies American Presidents Ever Told Pool/Getty Images
By Noemi Arellano-Summer/Feb. 9, 2021 11:35 am EDT
Politicians often make campaign promises (or even just regular promises) that they cannot possibly keep. In fact, the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk, is generally known for accomplishing every major policy decision he set out to finish, says the Miller Center, and then skedaddling off to Tennessee, where he died some 100 days after the last day of his first and only term. (And now you can tell your friends you actually know something about Polk!)
On the other hand, other than Polk, that leaves 45 other U.S. presidents who didn t complete all their goals. And on top of that, sometimes they lied while in office. U.S. presidents lied for multiple reasons covering up something illegal, averting major disaster, some reason only they could understand, protecting America s secrets, and the list goes on. Unfortunately, some presidents