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A significant % of Trump’s false claims are needless exaggerations - turning the first overdose-death drop in 28 years into “nearly 31 years,” China’s worst quarter in 27 years into “57 years,” the lowest women’s unemployment in 66 years into “72 years.” cnn.com/2019/07/28/pol…
In other words, the president could be significantly more accurate just by correctly citing already-impressive statistics. But he almost never does, and it’s important to note the little stretches as well as the big lies. All of it matters.
Trump very rarely understates a number, though it happens on occasion. Almost all of his “errors” are overstatements. Sometimes his figures climb steadily over time, as we’re seeing with the 27-year China figure that he’s slowly taken up to “57 years.”
