U.S. President Donald Trump did an interview with TIME magazine on Wednesday to discuss the subject of his untruthfulness. In the interview, he vigorously denied that he is untruthful — and said at least 14 false things. (We’ll allow him some rhetorical license on a few others. For the Star’s complete list of his false claims as president, visit thestar.com/trumpcheck.) 1. The claim: “Sweden. I make the statement, everyone goes crazy. The next day they have a massive riot, and death, and problems.”In fact: Nobody died in the Sweden riot that occurred two days after Trump falsely suggested that a terrorist incident had occurred in Sweden the previous night.2. The claim: “NATO, obsolete, because it doesn’t cover terrorism. They fixed that.” In fact: NATO has long addressed terrorism.3. The claim: “…and I said that the allies must pay. Nobody knew that they weren’t paying. I did. I figured it.” In fact: Barack Obama, among many other Americans, chided NATO allies for failing to meet a guideline of spending 2 per cent of their gross domestic product on defence. The fact that several NATO countries do not meet the guideline was widely known.4. The claim: “Brexit, I was totally right about that. You were over there I think, when I predicted that, right, the day before.” In fact: Trump did not predict Brexit the day before; the day before the vote, he said, “I don’t think anybody should listen to me (because) I haven`t really focused on it very much,” but that his “inclination” would be that Britain should vote to leave the European Union. This was a recommendation, not a prediction.Read the latest news on U.S. President Donald Trump5. The claim: “Now remember this. When I said wiretapping, it was in quotes.” In fact: Trump did use the word in quotation marks in two of his four tweets falsely alleging that Barack Obama had s ...
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