45 NBC News' "fact check" of the Trump Harris debate is as bad as you expect, maybe worse (archive.is) posted 102 days ago by YesMovement 102 days ago by YesMovement +45 / -0 41 comments share 41 comments share save hide report block hide replies
my takeaway is that Trump is very prone to exaggeration, but the core of what he says is not wrong.
it's closer to 65%, which is still an insane margin over your competition.
it was closer to $7 billion, which is still a fucking lot.
Trump needs to get in the habit of using vague terms when making statements like this.
"most voters prefer me on the economy over harris, and the margin isn't even close"
"the Taliban was able to steal an army's worth of our military equipment when we fled Afghanistan."
this would make his statements functionally the same, but would leave him less vulnerable to dirty media tricks.
Exactly. He is a businessman at his core so overselling something is part of his nature.