Trump, Who Lies 4 Times a Day, Insists ‘Honesty Wins!’
President Donald Trump is furious that hundreds of newspapers across the nation banded together Thursday to publish editorials admonishing the President for his attacks on the free press.
Earlier Thursday morning Trump issued a statement attacking the media, which he opted to call “the opposition party,” instead of his usual “enemy of the people.”
Then, just after 10 AM ET Trump focused his attack on The Boston Globe, which originated and organized today’s editorial protests.
Minutes later, he defended his war on the First Amendment, falsely claiming that “much” of what the media reports “is FAKE NEWS.”
He ended his statement by saying, “Honesty wins!” Trump lies about four times a day, according to Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star, which tracks the president’s false claims:
The Boston Globe’s Editorial Board published an editorial titled, “Journalists
Are Not The Enemy.” More than 350 papers across the country joined them today. The Globe has links to each paper’s response to Trump’s war on the free press.
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