2016 Postmortem

heresAthingdotcom

(160 posts) Tue Jul 19, 2016, 07:39 PM Jul 2016

Trump’s Most Inconsequential Lie Is Also The Most Telling

Still, many of his false statements fly under the radar.

Last night on the O’Reilly Factor, Trump suggested he played a role in choosing the location for the 2016 Republican National Convention. “I wanted it to be here. And, we had lots of choices,” he said. “I wanted it to be in Ohio. I recommended Ohio.”

In reality, the Republican National Committee’s site selection committee chose Cleveland for the convention back in 2014, without any input from Trump. At that time, the businessman was busy ruminating over whether or not he should own the Buffalo Bills.

Trump had absolutely no reason to lie about his role in the selection of Cleveland as the site of the Republican convention. There was no reason for him to be involved and the fact that he was not involved is completely inconsequential.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/07/19/3799709/trump-cleveland-rnc-facts/

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Trump’s Most Inconsequential Lie Is Also The Most Telling (Original Post) heresAthingdotcom Jul 2016 OP

Just another kwolf68 Jul 2016 #1

Thank god he didn't buy the Buffalo Bills. baldguy Jul 2016 #2

they have his number treestar Jul 2016 #3

I honestly don't think he can help himself. Laffy Kat Jul 2016 #4

THIS: tblue37 Jul 2016 #5

Aside from which, he didn't even know it had to be held in Cleveland. Ms. Toad Jul 2016 #6

kwolf68

(7,365 posts)

1. Just another

Reply to heresAthingdotcom (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 07:41 PM

Jul 2016

pitiful, self-aggrandizing thing to pull from this shallow, hollow, stupid man.

baldguy

(36,649 posts)

2. Thank god he didn't buy the Buffalo Bills.

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Tue Jul 19, 2016, 07:44 PM

Jul 2016

treestar

(82,383 posts)

3. they have his number

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Tue Jul 19, 2016, 07:50 PM

Jul 2016

It is all about his aggrandizement

Laffy Kat

(16,396 posts)

4. I honestly don't think he can help himself.

Reply to heresAthingdotcom (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 07:50 PM

Jul 2016

He's a pathological liar and always will be. To him, if he says it, it's true.

tblue37

(65,556 posts)

5. THIS:

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Tue Jul 19, 2016, 07:59 PM

Jul 2016

Trump doesn’t lie because he’s a political candidate seeking to score a political advantage. Presented with any topic, he imputes a narrative that inflates his importance and abilities.

Ms. Toad

(34,137 posts)

6. Aside from which, he didn't even know it had to be held in Cleveland.

Reply to heresAthingdotcom (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 09:22 PM

Jul 2016

The Republican convention that will likely nominate Donald Trump as the party's presidential candidate is still in the planning stages — and it seems as unpredictable as the candidate himself, according to a Friday report in The New York Times.

Two unnamed aides told the newspaper that Trump didn't even know the convention had to be held in Cleveland.

The decision to hold the convention in the Ohio city had been made two years ago.

http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-rnc-cleveland-2016-7

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