He's Lying!(SMOKING GUN)

• Author: Lueders, Bill

In his first 500 days in office, President Donald Trump made 3,251 false or misleading statements, according to The Washington Post's Fact Checker blog. If his nose had grown a quarter-inch with each lie, it would now be sixty-eight feet long. Here are some of his whoppers, all from just a one-month period after our last issue went to press:

Claim: Trump says he's been asked by "so many people" if he could help bring back from North Korea the remains of their sons who died in the Korean War. --Fox News appearance, June 13

Fact: He's lying. Any parent whose child served in the Korean War, which ended in 1953, would be more than 100 years old.

Claim: "They came to me three days ago. 'Sir, we'd like you to sign this order.' What is the order? 'We need 5,000 judges on the border.'... I said, 'How many do we have now?' They didn't even know."--Trump rally in South Carolina, June 25

Fact: He's lying. No one came to Trump with any such request. The United States has 334 immigration judges; the National Association of Immigration Judges has asked for 365 more; and a bill from Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, calls for raising the total to 750.

Claim: "I never fired James Comey because of Russia! The Corrupt Mainstream Media loves to keep pushing that narrative, but they know it is not true!"--Trump tweet, May 31

Fact: He's lying. Shortly after firing Comey on May 9, 2017, Trump said in a TV interview it was due to "this whole Russia thing"; he also told visiting Russians the firing relieved the "great pressure" he had been facing over Russia.

Claim: "Fair Trade is now to be called Fool Trade if it is not Reciprocal. According to a Canada release, they make almost 100 Billion Dollars in Trade with U.S. (guess they...