What passes for "truth" from Donald Trump and the political far right is so reminiscent of the "truth doesn't matter" mantra from local NIMBIES in this City. "If we think it or say it, it must be true"-- right, not!
CNN/Kevin Liptak, CNN White House producer, 7/22/16. "Obama: Trump's doom-and-gloom doesn't match reality."
.... "I think it is important to be absolutely clear here. Some of the fears
that were expressed throughout the week just don't jibe with the facts,"
he said, going on to cite statistics showing crime rates have fallen
under his presidency. America is much less violent than it was 20 or 30 years ago," Obama said.
.... Making his pitch for a massive trade deal with Pacific nations, Obama
pushed back against Trump's more isolationist platform -- and took a dig
at the GOP candidate's proposed border wall. .... 'The closeness between the US and Mexico is more than a relationship
between two governments,' Pena Nieto said through a translator in his
opening remarks. 'It is a solid, sound, unbreakable relationship between
peoples who live in both nations.' " Read article.
Reference, Fact Checking. Fact Checking Organization, "Fact Checking Trump's Big Speech."
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And science supports building a
proper sea wall in West Sharp Park,
rather than doing nothing (the NIMBY way). |
Related, news articles. PBS/KQED News hour/Associated Press, 7/21/16, "AP Fact Check: Donald Trump's RNC acceptance speech."
Washington Post, "Fact-checking Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the 2016 RNC." "The dark portrait of America that Donald J. Trump sketched in his
acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention is a compendium
of doomsday stats that fall apart upon close scrutiny. Numbers are taken
out of context, data is manipulated, and sometimes the facts are wrong. ... a rundown of 25 of Trump’s key claims — and how they differ from
reality — arranged by subject. As is our practice, we do not award
Pinocchios for a roundup of claims made in convention events."
The Guardian/David Smith and Scott Bixby, 7/22/16. Fact checking Trump's Republican convention speech: what was true?" " "The GOP candidate delivered few downright lies but traded in what he
calls ‘truthful hyperbole’ – and excluded statistics pointing to
recovery since 2008." "In many cases he was right, and the GOP candidate delivered few
downright lies, although he also traded in what he once referred to as 'truthful hyperbole'. Unsurprisingly, he systematically excluded
statistics often quoted by the White House that paint a sunnier picture
of American recovery since the 2008 financial crisis."
Politics USA/Jason Easley, 7/21/16,
"Donald told no less than 21 fact checked proven lies during his
acceptance speech. Thanks to the early leaking of Trump's speech
transcript, it was easy
for fact checkers to pre-debunk Donald Trump's acceptance speech lies."
Note photographs/graphics. Donald Trump facepage image to Donald Trump Memes. Beach Blvd sinkhole KGO image from CNN/Tony Marco, 1/26/16, "Homes, apartments teetering on cliff's edge in California."
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