Trump has the second-most-dishonest week of his presidency: 115 false claims
(The Star Movies)

WASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s remarkable-even-for-Donald Trump stretch of dishonesty continues.Trump made a whopping 115 false claims in the first full week of September. That is the second-most of any week of his presidency.That week came immediately after a week with 83 false claims, which is now the fifth-worst week of his presidency.All five of Trump’s worst weeks have come in the last three months. The U.S. president set new monthly dishonesty records for himself in each of June, July and August.Trump is now up to 2,634 false claims for the first 598 days of his presidency, an average of 4.4 per day.If Trump is a serial liar, why call this a list of “false claims,” not lies? Click here for our detailed explanation. The short answer is that we can’t be sure that each and every one was intentional. In some cases, he may have been confused or ignorant. What we know, objectively, is that he was not telling the truth.Daniel Dale is the Star’s Washington bureau chief. He covers U.S. politics and current affairs. Follow him on Twitter: @ddale8