"Since taking office in 2017, Donald Trump now made more than 13,000 false or misleading claims — that doesn't even count the ones he tells Melania at home," Jimmy Kimmel said on Tuesday's Kimmel Live. "He's averaging an incredible 13.5 false claims per day — that's like a lie per Diet Coke for him." Thirteen thousand is a lot of times to do anything, "although in fairness to Trump, most of the lies are the same four lies over and over again," he said: "The wall's being built, he's done more than any president, he hasn't done anything illegal, and he's a stable genius. Maybe we should stop counting these."
Seriously, "counting lies makes us sound like nerds," Kimmel said, and "it doesn't change anyone's mind. I mean, what's the plan? Trump's gonna hit 15,000 and suddenly your uncle will say, 'Mah, okay, I'm for Elizabeth Warren now'? It's not going to happen."
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