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The wild acceleration of Trump's false claims

July 6, 2018

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President Trump's false-o-meter is off the charts.

Trump has made over 100 false claims per week for the second week in a row, analysis from The Toronto Star reveals. That's 103 falsities from June 19-25 and another 100 up until July 2 — an average of more than 14 per day.

The president usually limits himself to 60 false claims per week at most, telling an average of 3.7 whoppers per day. But this past fortnight has absolutely shattered expectations. The Star broke it down into a handy chart.

Before this month, Trump had never made more than 60 false claims in a week. In the last two weeks, he's made 103 and 100. Here's the chart showing how exceptional these weeks have been: pic.twitter.com/aPY7L26ApS
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 6, 2018

The Star calls Trump's misinformation "false claims" instead of "lies" because it can't be sure Trump shared misinformation intentionally. Check out every time Trump avoided the truth as president, handily compiled by the Star here.