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I've asked for examples of public policy liesYou are going to have to do better than ask me to read fake newsWashington post
And you'll have to do better than telling me a well respected 100 plus year old legendary news company is now fake because Trump says it is.
You have not been able to provide even one
Telling me to go read a newspaper known to push a left wing agenda is not an example
That newspaper is a source of news ha has served this nation well for over a century. Show me an example of Trump public policy. He's not bought back jobs. The coal industry is not coming back. His tax plan is showing losses of jobs as companies close. The plan stats producing deficits next year, and its a temporary cut for most Americans. He was suppose to have an alternative health care plan and does not. How many examples do you need to see?
What you don't want to see doesn't matter to me. Trump is a liar and the majority of people who think know it.
OK, you are doing a little better now not much, but a little
Point by point
1. Coal. There are more coal jobs now and we are a net exporter of energy now. A lot of that has to do with Trump convincing China to buy more coal as a way to help shrink our trade deficit with them (and put pressure on N Korea) , admittedly an easy thing to get them to do.
Trump has dramatically reduced regulations on the coal industry as well.
But I do have to admit, here is a place you could make an argument for a "lie"
Problem - Trump touted 45K new coal jobs in his SOTU address. Fact is, there are only 8K new coal jobs. Was that a lie, an exaggeration or a big mistake?
I'm inclined to give him a pass, and I am sure you will call this a lie. Fact is, he has done as much as he can do to make things better for the coal industry, but I have to admit that the huge discrepancy in the numbers he touted vs actual numbers is troubling.
Lastly, many experts believe that the gains we have seen will be short lived, that is a "time will tell" situation
2. Tax cuts. They only expire if congress allows it. Deficits next year? That assumes we see weak and stagnant growth like we saw under Obama. Once again this is a time will tell deal. We had record revenues this year (as most of us on the right predicted). So far, your side has been wrong on predictions on this and they are working as planned so far - jury is still out, but so far so good.
3. Health care. He worked hard to get a plan passed in the House and attempted to get it through the Senate. Your attempts to brand this as a "lie" are intellectually dishonest at best and downright pernicious lies from the left at worst. Either way, it's not an example of a broken promise or "lie" by Trump in any way shape or form.
So, we do have a problematic statement on coal jobs, but still no broken promises or public policy lies.
FWIW part 1 - I think the health care bill he was pushing sucked and am glad it failed. That is irrelevant for this discussion though, because it is clearly not an example of a Trump lie...
FWIW part deux - I have zero respect for or trust in WaPo, they have not been honest., nor have they demonstrated journalistic integrity of late. They clearly have an anti Trump and heavily left wing agenda
What else you got?