Is there a site that collects Trump's most blatant contradictions?
April 13, 2017 9:16 AM Subscribe
I know that politifact has a "pants on fire" collection and that there are seemingly endless lists of Trump's lies, but is there a place where only his most black-and-white, can't-be-disputed self-contractions are chronicled?
Ideally, the site would have links to primary sources. I am thinking of (a) his twitter insistence that a president must get Congressional authorization before striking Syria (and that a missile strike on Syria is expensive and futile), then his unilateral order to carry out a missile strike on Syria, (b) his repeated complaints that China are currency manipulators, then his interview yesterday where he flatly says that they are not, or (c) his repeated comments that he will be far to busy as President to ever leave the White House and go golfing, then his historically expensive and repetitive golf trips.
I feel like those kinds of things are the best evidence that Trump is who he is (a narcissistic, unintelligent demagogue who has a real gift for knowing what buttons to push to fire up his base but who otherwise holds them in little regard), and they sometimes get lost among the more amorphous or (even barely) disputable points.
Ideally, the site would have links to primary sources. I am thinking of (a) his twitter insistence that a president must get Congressional authorization before striking Syria (and that a missile strike on Syria is expensive and futile), then his unilateral order to carry out a missile strike on Syria, (b) his repeated complaints that China are currency manipulators, then his interview yesterday where he flatly says that they are not, or (c) his repeated comments that he will be far to busy as President to ever leave the White House and go golfing, then his historically expensive and repetitive golf trips.
I feel like those kinds of things are the best evidence that Trump is who he is (a narcissistic, unintelligent demagogue who has a real gift for knowing what buttons to push to fire up his base but who otherwise holds them in little regard), and they sometimes get lost among the more amorphous or (even barely) disputable points.
As I'm sure you've seen, there are a LOT of one-off articles and videos of trump contradicting trump (Google search results), compiling what they deem his worst contradictions, or his most recent, or collected based on a topic, but I haven't seen a cohesive list on a webpage or dedicated site.
Good news: trump-vs-trump.com is currently available.
Bad news: if you set this site up yourself, you could become a target, so it might be better to partner with another site, or do your best to make an anonymous website (an article on this very topic from Feb. 2017).
posted by filthy light thief at 10:41 AM on April 13, 2017
Good news: trump-vs-trump.com is currently available.
Bad news: if you set this site up yourself, you could become a target, so it might be better to partner with another site, or do your best to make an anonymous website (an article on this very topic from Feb. 2017).
posted by filthy light thief at 10:41 AM on April 13, 2017
The Toronto Star has kept a running list (they were the ones that borke Rob Ford's crack habit and assigned the same reporter to Trump).
posted by saucysault at 11:19 AM on April 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by saucysault at 11:19 AM on April 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
This is not exactly what you're asking for, but it tends to include contradictions: whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com
posted by StrawberryPie at 12:53 PM on April 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by StrawberryPie at 12:53 PM on April 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
What makes this fun but pointless is that Trump doesn't even have truth or consistency as goals. Every statement is a new play to create an impression, get attention, gain some short term advantage, etc. He doesn't have a consistent line on anything because he has no principles to base policy on, and no shame, so he is free to follow whatever course is expedient right now.
Given how stupid all his policies and appointments have been so far, I'm not sure it's even a good idea to pressure Trump to follow a consistent direction in the interest of not contradicting himself.
I know I would love him to change course on almost everything he's doing.
posted by w0mbat at 11:04 AM on April 14, 2017
Given how stupid all his policies and appointments have been so far, I'm not sure it's even a good idea to pressure Trump to follow a consistent direction in the interest of not contradicting himself.
I know I would love him to change course on almost everything he's doing.
posted by w0mbat at 11:04 AM on April 14, 2017
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posted by AgentRocket at 9:18 AM on April 13, 2017