Donald Trump says a lot ofinsensitive things. Some of his comments are disparaging, such as attacking women’s looks, and others are bigoted, such as his remarks about Mexicans or Muslims. But lately, Trump’s statements have gone beyond simply sharing his opinion to falsifying facts in a way that closely resembles the pattern of fear-mongering propaganda used by Germany in the late 1930s to sway public opinion regarding entire groups of people.
While it is no surprise that Trump has a loose relationship with the truth (or at the very least with facts), a report by the fact checkers at Politifact found that a whopping 74 percent of Trump’s statements are false. That means that for every four claims made by Trump, expect three of those to be false to some degree.
According to Politifact, the non-partisan fact-checking group that analyzed 71 statements made by Trump since he announced his campaign in June, none of his statements were completely true zero. About 7 percent were “mostly true” and 18 percent were “half true.” However, 13 percent were “mostly false,” 41 percent were “false” and 21 percent of his statements were categorized as “pants on fire” false.
