President Donald Trump issues statements that span the spectrum of exaggeration to downright lying all the time — and one CNN fact checker has identified a mainstay of those comments that nearly always signals dishonesty.
CNN’s Daniel Dale, who has been analyzing Trump’s statements since his inauguration, has found that if Trump’s anecdotes include someone calling him “sir,” they are almost guaranteed to be at least somewhat false.
Trump has invoked the title while spinning mistruths about everything from healthcare to veterans to farming — here’s Dale’s rundown of some clearly disprovable “sir” episodes.
I noticed that ‘sir’ thing a while back; it’s not just a tell indicative of a lie – it’s an indication of his pathetic neediness and desperation for respect.
I wonder how the admirals/generals he meets with don’t choke when he recounts some interaction where he repeats that a million times.
Also, whenever he uses the ‘people are telling me’, ‘people are saying’,and ‘I’m hearing from many people’ lines, it’s a virtual guarantee that he’s telling another lie.
Daniel Dale is a treasure. I hope he gets a book deal or something out of his tireless monitoring of Trump’s falsehoods.
Every word that comes out of his mouth is a lie. Including “a” and “the.”
(Hat tip to Mary McCarthy.)
And of course: ‘believe me’.