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The Donald J. Trump Exaggeration Handbook
Nine whoppers he really told and five doozies I fabricated
American late-night comedy program hosts are seasoned professionals adept at identifying tells indicating President Trump is gilding the lily.
You can be sure, for example, that any Trump story involving grown men approaching him with tears streaming down their faces is completely fictional. Also, whenever Trump cooks up a story in which someone calls him “sir,” the story is a self-congratulatory anecdote that he invented to make himself look good from apparent arm’s length.
Some people say that what follows is a collection of actual Trump whoppers along with several doozies that I made up. Some people can’t tell which is which. They say I had the most readers in the history of Medium articles.
Let’s go!
1. Press Secretary
Whopper:
I am confident that Katie will deliver strong results for our Country as the next White House Press Secretary, as she has the respect of, and will work fantastically with, the Media, the American People, and my Administration.
