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Conrad Duncan (2019-11-13). "Nikki Haley roasted for claiming US president never lied to her". Indy100. Retrieved 2020-04-16. According to The Washington Post, the president had made 13,435 false or misleading claims as of 14 October. There's even a Wikipedia page called "Veracity of statements by Donald Trump", which opens with this sentence: "Donald Trump has made many false or misleading statements, including thousands during his presidency."
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RM, Veracity of statements by Donald Trump → False statements by Donald Trump, No consensus, 22 April 2019, Requested move 22 April 2019
Discussion, *various options presented initially*, No consensus, 19 August 2022, Title of article is wrong
RM, Veracity of statements by Donald Trump → Mendacity of statements by Donald Trump, Withdrawn, 11 June 2023, Requested move 11 June 2023
RM, Veracity of statements by Donald Trump → Inaccuracy of statements by Donald Trump, Consensus to move to False or misleading statements by Donald Trump, 17 June 2023, Requested move 17 June 2023
This article contains numerous opinion-based character judgments which are not fitting for an encyclopedic entry on such a specific topic. If such information is truly necessary, it should be moved to a section reserved for that purpose, leaving only instances of substantiated lies and mendacity in the existing sections. 152.117.79.55 (talk) 17:40, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's difficult to respond to a general grievance. Please detail some of the specific passages that you find problematic. 331dot (talk) 18:28, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Opinions and character analyses are just as legitimate content as straight facts. Just as we are not supposed to isolate criticism into its own section, we should not isolate opinions and analyses into one section. It's best to mix content and place things where they logically fit together. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 20:06, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I note that this issue is mostly resolved and offer the following suggestions. Paragraph 5, under "Use of repetition" (beginning with "The Washington Post "), alludes to the Post's "14 statements" that were disinformation. These are notably missing.
Generally speaking, the character analyses mentioned by the anonymous user above add little to the discussion. The only actual comparison between Trump and other presidents is a 2017 NYT article by Sheryl Stolberg, which, after mentioning some other lies by past presidents, concludes that Trump had taken lying to "an entirely new level" and "Trump is trafficking in hyperbole, distortion and fabrication on practically a daily basis." Nowhere is an unopinionated, and substantiated, comparison of Trump to other presidents. I would agree with the assessment that such conclusions, especially when their premises are omitted, are not appropriate for this entry.
Additionally, most of said character analyses have a strong Left bias, giving this article as a whole a Left skew. It'd be nice to see some more objective statements on Trump's veracity, and additional evidence/opinions from sources with a Right bias. LetsAddSomeContext (talk) 21:05, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are you able to explain how this article does not contain a left-bias? The previous poster made a lot of solid points that you disregarded, then basically responded saying “prove it”.
Here’s proof of left-bias:
Adolf Hitler’s page isn’t nearly as damning or colorful as Donald Trump’s. Why?
All of the Donald Trump articles are written as if they were authored by a CNN journalist. There’s no place for that in an encyclopedic entry. Vklemenz (talk) 23:25, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Adolf Hitler’s page isn’t nearly as damning or colorful as Donald Trump’s.
That's called proving a negative, and is a logical fallacy. It is not incorrect to ask for proof of left wing bias when it was not presented in the first place. 129.145.50.123 (talk) 18:03, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If you want a "Right" viewpoint, I highly recommend Liz Cheney's book, Oath and Honor. It is FULL of accounts of tRump's lack of "truthiness", all of which are well-documented by many persons WHO WERE IN TRUMP'S EMPLOY DURING HIS PRESIDENCY. The book is extremely well-written and well-documented. Whether one agrees with Cheney's well-right-of-center views on policy, she is a great source of tRump and rePUBICan sins of January 6, 2021. You needn't read the entire book -- Chapter 46, alone, ought to be sufficient for anyone who is not certifiably insane and not an idiot. 47.155.230.74 (talk) 19:45, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I see no need for a wikipedia page specifically for trump, or at all. Politicans lie. And if it is decided we need one specifically for trump, why not put one wikipedia page, showing the lies all politicans made?5.28.182.34 (talk) 12:15, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Per the 4th sentence, Commentators and fact-checkers have described the scale of Trump's mendacity as "unprecedented" in American politics. That's why the article exists. — Czello(music)12:44, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I suspect that you do not understand what the English language word "value" means, and also do not understand Wikipedia's policies and guidelines about whether or not a separate article should exist about any given topic. Cullen328 (talk) 02:54, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps, you may provide the guidelines stating why an additional value besides "Trumps Rhetoric" is required.
Value is the direct translation from my language that is correct.
But, I could see value if the goal is to open the topic of lying in politics for the eyes of the public. Trump`s lying is in comparison to others, that is the only way to measure this.
But at the moment, this is not the case, and I don`t see a wikipedia value for any president, or at all on the topic of lying. Maybe I missed it. 5.28.180.54 (talk) 02:57, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Lying" and "rhetoric" are two related, but different, topics covered in different ways by reliable sources. Lying is one specific aspect of his rhetoric, and no one even comes close when it comes to lying. "Unprecedented" does not mean "everybody". It means the opposite. It means he is different than everybody else, even than other prolific liars. He sets new records for lying. Fact-checkers have never encountered a public official who lies more. They even had to create a whole new category of liars called the "Bottomless Pinocchio" just for him. Who keeps telling the same lie when it has been exposed and debunked? Trump does it all the time. He also makes use of the Big lie propaganda technique, where he knowingly repeats a huge lie, especially about the election.
You really should read the article and check the sources before commenting. Your ignorance of the topic is showing.
I'm not sure what you mean by "value" in this context. If you mean "article", this subject is so notable and large that it deserves its own article. Please speak normal English. What you write is a mess. If you're not a native English speaker, try using Google Translate. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 03:40, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Proposal: speedy shutdown of sections like the one above
How many times must we have the same discussions here? I have already crafted an edit notice that will display when a user attempts to start a new thread, asking them not to if they intend to ask "why doed this excist" unless and until they ahve read the deletion discussions and prior threads in the archives, and are able to advance a line of argument not already refuted again and again. If they fail to do so, I propose that such threads not be replied to and instead be either speedily closed or removed entirely, whichever. Just Step Sidewaysfrom this world ..... today20:58, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I tried to see whether there was any consensus about this in an archived discussion, but failed to find it (perhaps because I used the wrong search terms, perhaps because there's never been any overarching rule, only case-by-case decisions).
I'm asking because of a recent falsehood, a story in which Trump said "I know Willie Brown very well. In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him. ... he told me terrible things about [Kamala Harris] … he was not a fan of hers, at that point.” Brown denied ever having been in a helicopter with Trump and is a Harris supporter. It turned out that Nate Holden, another Black man, had been with Trump in a helicopter that made an emergency landing [1], who also hadn't bashed Harris. Trump has doubled down, claiming that he has “logs, maintenance records, and witnesses” to confirm his story, and he threatened to sue the NYT for their reporting about it [2]. I think this false story is noteworthy in that he confused two Black men who have little in common (either physically or in terms of their careers), used it to bash his political opponent, doubled down after being corrected, and threatened to sue. But Trump also lies a great deal, and perhaps this isn't worth adding.
Trump is doubling down on this one [3].
Brown insists he was not there, and would not have said "terrible things" about Harris had he been there, and also the entire incident seems to predate their relationship anyway. Nate Holden has been quoted in a number of sources as being the actual black person that was on that helicopter, and has joked with the press that Trump can't tell black people from one another [4].Seems like it is maybe worth a mention. Just Step Sidewaysfrom this world ..... today18:53, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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