# The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 7, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070 "2016-12-07T00:25:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26357 "2018-10-10T20:33:13Z")

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> [@Max\_Torque](#):
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> Why, WHY does the news allow a proven liar to say whatever the hell he wants in their newspaper or on television, without pointing out all the lies? Printing something you know is false is not journalism!
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> I’m talking, of course, about [D2S’s op-ed in USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/10/donald-trump-democrats-open-borders-medicare-all-single-payer-column/1560533002), which boils down to “no healthcare for everyone! Democrats suck! Socialism bad! Support giant insurance companies!”

> [@Procrustus](#):
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> He touts his healthcare plan that’s “working.” I must have missed it. Did he get a Healthcare plan passed?

No he didn’t. That’s the LYING part.

I think the news media should print an op-ed from (although not BY) the president and then right next to it print an editorial that calls out every single lie, and calls them LIES. I’ve objected all along to euphemisms like falsehood, mistake, misquote, misspoke, fabrication, deception, evasion, distortion, fiction, mendacity (although I DO love that word), inaccuracy, etc.

He LIES. And when he lies, the media should say, “THAT WAS A LIE.” It’s a simple, no frills word that doesn’t need any embellishment.

ETA: From another thread

> [@How has Former President Trump pissed you off today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4612):
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> > [@How has Former President Trump pissed you off today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4612):
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> > Trump “wrote” (as in, somebody wrote it for him and he put his name on it) an op-ed for USA Today talking about how Medicare for all is just an attempt to take health care away from people. This article debunks his claims.  
> > [Trump writes laughably false op-ed about Medicare for All – ThinkProgress](https://thinkprogress.org/all-the-presidents-lies-about-medicare-for-all-52a141a12d1b/)
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> > [@How has Former President Trump pissed you off today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-former-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today/777640/4613):
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> > The [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/10/fact-checking-president-trumps-usa-today-op-ed-medicare-for-all/?utm_term=.fec7a1d3cf49) also fact-checked the claims in Trump’s op-ed.

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