a lot of what the president is saying is just not true. as the toronto star writes, trump has been a serial liar about just about everything for his entire tenure in office, but he has rarely deployed so many complete fabrications about so many subjects. let s get into some of them. president trump s claims about the honduran caravan are being debunked. yesterday the president tweeted, sadly, it looks like mexico s police and military are unable to stop the caravan heading to the southern border of the united states. criminals and unknown middle easterners are mixed in. i have alerted wait, wait, hold on. is the saudi crown prince in there? is he coming up to kill journalists in america, too? where does he go off? donald trump says he s alerting the border patrol and the military. this is a national emergency.
eugene robinson. editorial director for the washington examiner, and washington bureau chief for usa today susan page who exclusively interviewed president trump on board air force one yesterday. president trump is waking up in washington this morning after a trip to texas where he continued to push unfounded claims about immigration and much more ahead of the mid-terms. as the lead headline in this morning s washington post describes the strategy, it is a bet on fear and falsehoods as the toronto star s daniel dale writes trump has been a serial liar on just about everything for his entire tenure in office but he s rarely before deployed so many complete fabrications about so many important subjects at the same time. so let s get into just some of
smaller. last week trump claimed his rally in erie, pennsylvania had 20,000 to 22,000 people watching outside. the police department estimated a lot smaller b-3,000 people outside the arena to watch the rally. last month trump claimed 45,000 attended his rally in springfield, missouri with another had 44,000 stuck outside. toronto star said the chief told them it was a lot smaller about 11,000 inside and another 1,000 much smaller unable to get in. trump appears to have inaccurate numbers for other politicians rallies as well. trump claimed former vice president joe biden s recent rally in las vegas attracted just 193 people. reporters on the ground said that the number was in the multiple hundreds. people actually counting the people there.