Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth
The President's Falsehoods, Misleading Claims and Flat-out Lies
Scribner · Print & ebook · June 2, 2020
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER In perilous times, facts, expertise, and truth are indispensable.
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- Who it’s for
- A close examination of repeated political falsehoods, and what happens when public claims meet the record.
- Genres
- The Presidency & Executive, 21st-Century America, Political Commentary
- Published
- Scribner, June 2, 2020
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A NATIONAL BESTSELLER In perilous times, facts, expertise, and truth are indispensable. President Trump’s flagrant disregard for the truth and his self-aggrandizing exaggerations, specious misstatements, and bald-faced lies have been rigorously documented and debunked since the first day of his presidency by The Washington Post’s Fact Checker staff.
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Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth is based on the only comprehensive compilation and analysis of the more than 16,000 fallacious statements that Trump has uttered since the day of his inauguration. He has repeated many of his most outrageous claims dozens or even hundreds of times as he has sought to bend reality to his political fantasy and personal whim. Drawing on Trump’s tweets, press conferences, political rallies, and TV appearances, The Washington Post identifies his most frequently used misstatements, biggest whoppers, and most dangerous deceptions. This book unpacks his errant statements about the economy, immigration, the impeachment hearings, foreign policy, and, of critical concern now, the coronavirus crisis as it unfolded. Fascinating, startling, and even grimly funny, Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth by The Washington Post is the essential, authoritative record of Trump’s shocking disregard for facts.
Claims Under Scrutiny
A close examination of repeated political falsehoods, and what happens when public claims meet the record.
Come here for
- A fact-focused look at political claims across policy and public life
- The uneasy mix of rigor, alarm, and grim humor
Expect
- A compilation of claims drawn from tweets, rallies, press conferences, and TV appearances
- Coverage spanning the economy, immigration, foreign policy, impeachment, and coronavirus
Where it sits
| The Presidency & Executive | 53% |
|---|---|
| 21st-Century America | 41% |
| Political Commentary | 31% |
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Publisher categories
- National Government
- The Presidency & Executive
- Corruption & Misconduct
- Authors
- The Washington Post Fact Checker Staff, The Washington Post
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Published
- June 2, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- National Government