false claims a week, i d probably do a tally too. but the fact is that no one else in american public life, at least in washington, is telling as many lies as the president donald trump. we asked the white house to participate in this documentary about the president and his relationship with facts, and %-p averaged about five false or misleading claims a day. but in recent months, it s been about 22. glenn kessler heads up the fact-checking team at the washington post. we have a pinocchio scale. four pinocchios is the worst. three pinocchios is mostly false. something that is really, really bad. what we came up with is the bottomless pinocchio because he repeats things over and over even though they ve been deemed false. republicans in congress passed the biggest tax cut and reform in the history of our country. that s wrong. it actually ranks eighth.
tonight a cnn special report all the president s lies. okay. hi, i m jake tapper in washington. most presidents tell lies, whether obama s if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor, or bush s declaration that iraq had weapons of mass destruction. the motion of white house falsehoods is not new. what is new, however, is the sheer volume and degree of false statements coming from this president, donald trump. and as he mounts his defense from the impeachment inquiry on a foundation of lies, i wondered what is the actual impact of this on our nation? and what happens if there is some major international crisis and he needs all of the american people to believe him, to trust him, to have faith in his words? i mean, god forbid that ever
i ve said repeatedly that we need guidance from the president about what kind of proposal that would make a difference he would actually sign into law. white house blames the democrats and impeachment for the hold up, but trump has repeatedly blown up negotiations. donald trump told me specifically he is not interested in making deals people feel good about later. he doesn t want to go back and make a second deal with the same party. he s happy to take everything with himself and move on. we now have a paralyzed washington. it s very easy to work with because i make all the decisions. few decisions, few deals. perhaps that one of the reasons many house republicans are exiting. i didn t want to deal with the circus. there will be more departures. coming up the one word that scares him the most is recession.
american public life, at least in washington, is telling as many lies as the president donald trump. we asked the white house to participate in this documentary about the president and his relationship with facts, and they declined. the first hundred days, he averaged about five false or misleading claims a day. in recent months, it s been about 22. glen kessler heads up the fact checking team at the washington post. we have a pinocchio scale. four is the worst. something really bad. what we came up with is the bottomless pinocchio because he repeats things over and over even though they ve been deemed false. republicans in congress passed the biggest tax cut and reform in the history of our country. that s wrong. it ranks 8th. daily uses a spreadsheet to keep track of the claims.
actually sign into law. white house blames the democrats and impeachment for the hold up, but trump has repeatedly blown up negotiations. donald trump told me specifically he is not interested in making deals people feel good about later. he doesn t want to go back and make a second deal with the same party. he s happy to take everything with himself and move on. we now have a paralyzed washington. it s very easy to work with because i make all the decisions. few decisions, few deals. perhaps that one of the reasons many house republicans are exiting. i didn t want to deal with the circus. there will be more departures. coming up the one word that scares him the most is recession. one of the latest samsung phones you get one free. on that.