Today's Perfect Storm of Trivial Lies From Donald Trump

[EricMaundry]

Mother Jones

Glenn Kessler landed himself in the perfect storm this morning: a tale of (a) Trump largesse, (b) told by Sean Hannity, and (c) confirmed by the Trump campaign. Already, you know it's a lie. There are not enough Pinocchios in the world for something like this.

Not that it matters, but this particular fairy tale is about Trump sending his private jet down to Camp Lejeune in 1991 to ferry home some Gulf War soldiers whose military flight had been FUBARed. We all know perfectly well that Trump would never do something like this unless there was some kind of massive publicity tied to it, because Trump never engages in any charitable act unless there's something in it for him. So it's already about 99 percent likely to be fiction.

Sure enough, it turns out that the real story is just a demonstration of Trump's lousy business judgment—something far more common than Trump's acts of charity. When he bought the Eastern Shuttle in 1989 and turned it into the Trump Shuttle, he negotiated a terrible deal. Not only did he overpay, but he also accepted five extra planes he didn't need instead of a lower purchase price. So the Army leased the planes from him and used them for various tasks in order to free up military planes. In 1991, they were assigned to ferry troops home from Camp Lejeune.

Does this matter? I suppose not, compared with insulting a Hispanic judge, attacking a Muslim family that lost a son in Iraq, and expressing his hope that someone will murder Hillary Clinton. But it's sort of Trump in a nutshell: Take credit for a charitable act even though it's a flat-out lie that's trivially easy to fact-check and debunk. He doesn't care. He know that guys like Sean Hannity will hype it to his credulous Fox News audience, and none of them will ever read Glenn Kessler. And if they do find out it was a lie, they won't care. Trump 2016!

I award this story 58 gazillion Pinocchios.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/08/todays-perfect-storm-trivial-lies-donald-trump

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. He is such a liar

[SwankyXomb]

2. The worst part of this is that

Every day there's a new perfect storm of fresh lies.

[wcast]

3. Even worse is that all his lies won't matter to most Republicans.

Trump will still receive at least 44% of the vote in November because the Republican base really believess the 40 years of propaganda against the Clintons. I hear it every day in my small rural community that Clinton and Trump are both the same and they need to vote for the lesser of two evils, which will be Trump. Our media, wanting a horse race, also beats that drum continuously.

[Saviolo]

5. The GOP take Trump's lies and repeat them as the truth

If Hillary said "Good morning." at 10am in California, the GOP would scream "It's afternoon on the EAST COAST, LIAR!" and the news would say, "Y'know, they're not wrong. It really was 1pm in Orlando."

[wcast]

7. +1000

[Stonepounder]

4. I am beginning to understand how Trump's mind works.

(Assuming that 'work' is the correct word in this context.)

I bought the Eastern Airlines Shuttle, because I am a shrewd businessman
I took some extra planes I didn't need, but heck, the price was right and I am a shrewd businessman.
I Leased the extra planes to the Army because I am a patriotic shrewd businessman. (Now look, the US Army is flying Trump planes because I support the military.
The Army is ferrying troops out of Camp Lejeune with MY planes. {CLICK}
I am ferrying troops out of Camp Lejeune with MY planes because I am a wonderful person.
I am a wonderful person because I used my planes to ferry troops when planes were needed.
The liberals pick on me because they know I am a great person and will beat them in Nov.

[PatSeg]

6. Trump never misses an opportunity

to use something to make him look good and generate publicity. Too bad he is painfully transparent to most people.