I’m not sure we need to fact check Trump anymore.  Anything that sounds like a lie has an almost 100% chance of being a lie.

Take this, from his interview with Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush yesterday:

TRUMP: Elijah Cummings [a Democratic representative from Maryland] was in my office and he said, “You will go down as one of the great presidents in the history of our country.”

HABERMAN: Really.

TRUMP: And then he went out and I watched him on television yesterday and I said, “Was that the same man?”

Right? That doesn’t SOUND like Elijah Cummings.

Cummings issued a statement:

“During my meeting with the president and on several occasions since then, I have said repeatedly that he could be a great president if — if — he takes steps to truly represent all Americans rather than continuing on the divisive and harmful path he is currently on.”

That’s a pretty stark difference.

In fairness to Trump (sort of), Trump might not actually be lying. He simply may be so narcissistic that he actually heard it the way he conveyed it. Which is actually worse.

This might be a good place to plop down this LA Times Editorial….

Why the president lies

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, April 4: ——— Donald Trump did not invent the lie and is not even its master. Lies have oozed out of the White House for more than two centuries and out of politicians’ mouths — out of all people’s mouths — likely as long as…