AP fact check: Trump's tax 'miracle,' immigration claims

[Arkansas Granny]

WASHINGTON — Boasting about his tax cuts, President Donald Trump inflated his role in boosting the economy to mythical proportions, claiming full credit for U.S. growth that was already in the making and ignoring the reality of a mounting deficit. On immigration, he and administration officials repeatedly spread questionable alarms by linking weak border enforcement to pervasive crime and a “surge” in MS-13 gangs.

His statements capped a week of head-spinning assertion, fabricated history and dubious claims.

They included a contradictory tweet about his support for legislation to end family separations, a claim that Russia didn’t meddle in the 2016 election, a mangled account of Wisconsin politics and declarations of campaign promises fulfilled on an Obama-era law and veterans’ health care that don’t hold up.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-fact-check-trumps-tax-miracle-immigration-claims

This is a good article and covers many of Trump's claims. I wish we would see more of this.

[procon]

1. Dems are already aware of this stuff, its the goddamned Republicans who

need to be informed. I can guarantee that they aren't reading this article, or anything else at PBS. They have one source of news/propaganda, and if it isn't a leading headline there, then they couldn't care less.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

[AZ8theist]

2. Hello AP????

Anybody home??

They're called LIES.

Repeat after me.....LIES, LIES, LIES. They are NOT "head-spinning assertion, fabricated history and dubious claims".
THEY. ARE. LIES.

Dotard is a PATHOLOGICAL LIAR. Period.

The AP sucks. On the Sirius XM Progressive station, the top of the hour news blurb recently referred to the Steele dossier as "Largely discredited" when the EXACT OPPOSITE has been proven true. Talk about fake news.....

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Yes, I would like to see Trump's lies reported as lies, instead of the euphemisms often used.

I would also like to see his supporters in Congress called out for baking him up on these lies.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Good find!

Unfortunately, the truth doesn't really sway republicans. They don't care if he's lying. They only care that he's making US miserable.

[spanone]

5. it's a full-time 24/7 job just to keep up with his lies, let along debunk them

never seen anything like this.