DrLove
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Believe it was the Toronto Star who found over 70 Trump lies last week. That's an uptick from an average of 6.5 to over 10 a DAY. He's nothing if not prolific.
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Trump’s lies about immigration fan the flames of division in Germany
Recently President Donald Trump twice insisted that Germany’s crime rate has risen 10 percent because of immigrants. It hasn’t. In fact, the crime rate here is at a thirty-year low.
The claim was quickly put to rest in Germany by a press corps that is still largely governed by reason and facts, and in the United States, The Washington Post justly awarded the president four “Pinocchios” for this most recent lie.
But why, with so much domestic drama of his own making, would the president take the time to defame Germany in the first place?
It may have to do with the fact that Germans despise Trump, who has the lowest approval rating here (11 percent) of any post-war president.
The claim was quickly put to rest in Germany by a press corps that is still largely governed by reason and facts, and in the United States, The Washington Post justly awarded the president four “Pinocchios” for this most recent lie.
But why, with so much domestic drama of his own making, would the president take the time to defame Germany in the first place?
It may have to do with the fact that Germans despise Trump, who has the lowest approval rating here (11 percent) of any post-war president.
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Trump’s lies about immigration fan the flames of division in Germany