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* [[Gannon Banned|Bannon Banned]]: Quite a bit of strife in the political fandom was caused by Steve Bannon's appointment as a quasi-Chief of Staff.
* [[Gannon Banned|Bannon Banned]]: Quite a bit of strife in the political fandom was caused by Steve Bannon's appointment as a quasi-Chief of Staff.
* [[Big Bulky Bomb]]: He became the first president to deploy a MOAB, the so-called "Mother of All Bombs" (which itself is a [[Shout-Out]] to Saddam Hussein's "mother of all wars" boast) in 2017. This bomb is so big it has to be launched out the back of a cargo plane, but it's only a conventional explosive.
* [[Big Bulky Bomb]]: He became the first president to deploy a MOAB, the so-called "Mother of All Bombs" (which itself is a [[Shout-Out]] to Saddam Hussein's "mother of all wars" boast) in 2017. This bomb is so big it has to be launched out the back of a cargo plane, but it's only a conventional explosive.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: He been accused of this frequently, though not without reason. <ref>[https://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/ Donald Trump's Relationship with Truth] ''politifact.com''</ref> The Washington Post began keeping a record false or misleading claims (lies), totalling 492 in his first 100 days in office<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.8c818bcde19a Trump claims] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>, 3001 in his first 466 days<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/01/president-trump-has-made-3001-false-or-misleading-claims-so-far/ Trump claims as of May 1st, 2018] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>, 4,229 in his first 558 days<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/08/01/president-trump-has-made-4229-false-or-misleading-claims-in-558-days/ Trump claims as of August 1st, 2018] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref> and 6420 in his first 649 days.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/?utm_term=.b83bfa941966 Trump claims as of October 30th, 2018] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref> His lie count varies, but in the first 466 days of his Presidency, he averaged 6.5 'false or misleading claims' a day, whereas in June and July of 2018, he averaged 16 lies per day.<ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/trumps-escalating-war-on-the-truth-is-on-purpose Trump's War on Truth] ''newyorker.com''</ref> This dramatic uptick seemingly [[Nothing to See Here|coincided with]] increased pressure from the Mueller investigation. The exponential lie count continued under the aforementioned pressure, coupled with the run up to the Mid-Term elections on November 6th. According to the graph in the Washington Post, Trump has lied/ made false claims over 1000 times in October.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/?utm_term=.b83bfa941966 Graph of Trump's Lies] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Has been accused of this frequently, though not without reason. <ref>[https://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/ Donald Trump's Relationship with Truth] ''politifact.com''</ref> The Washington Post began keeping a record false or misleading claims (lies), totalling 492 in his first 100 days in office<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.8c818bcde19a Trump claims] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>, 3001 in his first 466 days<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/01/president-trump-has-made-3001-false-or-misleading-claims-so-far/ Trump claims as of May 1st, 2018] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>, 4,229 in his first 558 days<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/08/01/president-trump-has-made-4229-false-or-misleading-claims-in-558-days/ Trump claims as of August 1st, 2018] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref> and 6420 in his first 649 days.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/?utm_term=.b83bfa941966 Trump claims as of October 30th, 2018] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref> His lie count varies, but in the first 466 days of his Presidency, he averaged 6.5 'false or misleading claims' a day, whereas in June and July of 2018, he averaged 16 lies per day.<ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/trumps-escalating-war-on-the-truth-is-on-purpose Trump's War on Truth] ''newyorker.com''</ref> This dramatic uptick seemingly [[Nothing to See Here|coincided with]] increased pressure from the Mueller investigation. The exponential lie count continued under the aforementioned pressure, coupled with the run up to the Mid-Term elections on November 6th. According to the graph in the Washington Post, Trump has lied/ made false claims over 1000 times in October.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/?utm_term=.b83bfa941966 Graph of Trump's Lies] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>
** As of November 1st, 2018, Trump claims to tell the truth "when [he] can"<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/when-i-can-i-tell-the-truth-trump-pushes-back-against-his-peddling-of-falsehoods/2018/11/01/e8278d68-ddbe-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html?utm_term=.d0db42789b88 "Truthful" Trump] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>
** As of November 1st, 2018, Trump claims to tell the truth "when [he] can"<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/when-i-can-i-tell-the-truth-trump-pushes-back-against-his-peddling-of-falsehoods/2018/11/01/e8278d68-ddbe-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html?utm_term=.d0db42789b88 "Truthful" Trump] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>
** As of December 10th, 2018, as part of their Fact Checker, the Washington Post created the ultimate category of lie, or misleading claim. Based on their prior "[[Pinocchio]]" scale whereby a claim is award 1 (shading of truth) to 4 (lying) Pinocchio's depending on it's relative truthfulness,<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/about-the-fact-checker/?utm_term=.2b9b75331487 Pinocchio Scale/ Fact Checker] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref> the new category is called a "Bottomless Pinocchio" and stands for any false claim repeated publicly more than 20 times. These claims constitute ''disinformation''.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/fact-checker-most-repeated-disinformation/?utm_term=.7ea2e566af6a Bottomless Pinocchio's Disinformation] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref> The biggest Pinocchio's of the year were given their own page.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/14/biggest-pinocchios/?utm_term=.8604e49c9f53 Biggest Pinocchio's of 2018] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>
** As of December 10th, 2018, as part of their Fact Checker, the Washington Post created the ultimate category of lie, or misleading claim. Based on their prior "[[Pinocchio]]" scale whereby a claim is award 1 (shading of truth) to 4 (lying) Pinocchio's depending on it's relative truthfulness,<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/about-the-fact-checker/?utm_term=.2b9b75331487 Pinocchio Scale/ Fact Checker] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref> the new category is called a "Bottomless Pinocchio" and stands for any false claim repeated publicly more than 20 times. These claims constitute ''disinformation''.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/fact-checker-most-repeated-disinformation/?utm_term=.7ea2e566af6a Bottomless Pinocchio's Disinformation] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref> The biggest Pinocchio's of the year were given their own page.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/14/biggest-pinocchios/?utm_term=.8604e49c9f53 Biggest Pinocchio's of 2018] ''washingtonpost.com''</ref>
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