Let's just get into it. No preamble. No "some people say." No pretending this requires nuance it doesn't have. Trump is lying. Constantly. Deliberately. About things that are easily verifiable. And the White House's response to getting caught is, and I'm not kidding, to just say "President Trump is right" and then change the subject.
That's their actual strategy. Not spin. Not context. Not a competing interpretation of the facts. Just: "He's right." Full stop. No evidence. No explanation. The audacity of it would be impressive if it weren't actively destroying the country.
Here's what he's been lying about this week. With sources. Because unlike the White House, I believe in showing my work.
during Trump's first term alone.
Washington Post fact-checkers. That's an average of 21 per day.
Lie #1: "Foreign Countries Are Paying the Tariffs."
He's been saying this since 2018. He said it again at the State of the Union in February. He will say it again tomorrow. It has never been true for even one single day and he knows it.
Tariffs are a tax paid by the American importer — the US company buying foreign goods — not by the foreign country selling them. That cost gets passed to businesses, and then to you at checkout. The Tax Policy Center estimates his tariffs will cost the average American household $1,230 in 2026. The Tax Foundation puts it at $1,500. That's your money. Coming out of your pocket. Not China's. Not Mexico's. Yours.
And to add a cherry on top of this particular shit sundae: the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in February that his IEEPA tariffs were unconstitutional. His response was to immediately impose a new 10% global tariff the next day and try to raise it to 15% within 24 hours. Because why respect the rule of law when you can just keep going?
Tariffs are taxes paid by US importers — American businesses — not foreign governments. American businesses paid $187 billion more in tariff costs in 2025 than in 2024. JPMorgan estimates businesses are now passing roughly 80% of those costs to consumers. The average US household faces an additional $1,230–$1,500 tax burden in 2026 because of these tariffs. FedEx, Costco, Revlon and thousands of other US companies are suing the Trump administration for refunds.
70% of Americans predict 2026 will be a year of economic difficulty. Two-thirds expressed concern in December 2025 about tariff impacts on their finances. ACA premiums are up a median of 18% in 2026. Healthcare for a 55-year-old couple that cost $638/month in 2025 now costs $2,179/month. The S&P 500 lost $2.4 trillion in a single day after his "Liberation Day" tariff announcement.
Lie #2: The United States Is the Only Country That Uses Mail-In Voting.
He's said this. Over and over. Multiple speeches. Multiple press conferences. This month.
Dozens of countries use mail-in voting. Canada. The United Kingdom. Australia. Germany. Switzerland. That's not a fringe list — that's basically the entire democratic world. This is not an obscure fact that's hard to verify. You can Google it in eleven seconds.
And here's the part that should make your head explode: Trump himself voted by mail in a Florida state House special election this year. The man pushing to ban mail-in voting cast his ballot by mail. While lying about mail-in voting. You genuinely cannot make this up.
He's also been lying about what Jimmy Carter's post-presidency commission said about mail-in voting — claiming it declared mail-in voting "inherently dishonest" when the commission said no such thing. Carter has been dead for over a year. He can't correct the record. Convenient.
Dozens of countries allow mail-in voting, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and Switzerland. Trump himself voted by mail in a 2026 Florida state House special election. Elections experts note that mail-in fraud rates in federal elections are tiny. The Trump administration could not identify a single example of fraud from post-Election Day ballot receipt in this century.
Lie #3: Everything About the Iran War.
This one's not just embarrassing. It's dangerous.
Trump started a war with Iran in February. Since then he has claimed the US "destroyed 100% of Iran's military capability" — while Iran continues striking targets across the region. He claimed the war is "almost complete" — while calling in reinforcements from around the globe. He claimed he spoke to a former president who endorsed the war and said "I wish I did it" — and aides to all four living former presidents said no such conversation happened.
He claimed no one could have predicted Iran would retaliate against US allies. Iran literally announced it was going to do exactly that. Iran said it out loud. Analysts had been predicting it for years. Intelligence officials had briefed it as a likely outcome.
"Iran said it was going to do it. I expected it. Everyone who follows Iran to any extent expected it." — Alan Eyre, Middle East Institute fellow and former State Department official
And then there's the worst one. On March 7th, Trump claimed a strike on an elementary school in Minab — which killed at least 175 people, most of them children — "was done by Iran." The US military's own investigation preliminarily concluded it was an American missile that hit that school. Trump has never retracted his statement. Not once.
Iran continues to conduct drone strikes and missile attacks throughout the region. The US has been calling in reinforcements. The war is ongoing. Trump simultaneously claims victory and requests more military assets — and somehow expects no one to notice the contradiction.
Iran publicly warned it would target US allies if attacked. Numerous analysts had predicted this specific outcome. It was reportedly among the scenarios already briefed to the US president before the war started. "Everyone who follows Iran to any extent expected it," said Alan Eyre, Middle East Institute fellow and former State Department official.
The US military's own investigation preliminarily concluded an American missile hit the school, killing at least 175 people — most of them children. Trump blamed Iran for the strike. He has never retracted the statement. Not once. The military acknowledged what happened. The Commander-in-Chief has not.
And the White House's Response to All of This?
"President Trump is right."
That's it. That's the whole strategy. A reporter asks for evidence that Walmart was closing 250 stores in California because of minimum wage laws (it wasn't, and California's minimum wage is $16.90/hour, not $22 as Trump claimed). The White House response: "President Trump is right." Then they pivot to something else entirely and hope nobody notices they never actually addressed the question.
When CNN asked for corroboration for literally any of the Iran war claims, press secretary Kush Desai responded: "President Trump has been right about everything, and CNN struggles to accept this. Sad!"
That's your White House communications team. That's who's running things. People who, when caught in a lie, respond with a response that would get a third-grader sent to the principal's office.
"As long as you keep repeating something, it doesn't matter what you say." — Trump's own instructions to press secretary Stephanie Grisham, on his method for making lies stick.
The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during Trump's first term. An average of 21 per day. He is currently on pace to beat that record in his second term by a comfortable margin.
None of this is normal. None of it is acceptable. And "well that's just Trump being Trump" is not a response — it's a surrender.
More posts coming. The receipts are endless.