"Just". It's the president of the United States of America we're talking about here. He's making stuff up to support his agenda and a sizeable portion of his supporters wouldn't dare second guess him. That's not "just", that's outright scary.

Yes it definitely is. Politicians have lied in the last about things, sure, but (and yes, this is an assumption) that's usually done by telling half-truths and remaining as vague about things as possible (spinning facts so they work for you and nor against you) so that it's hard to know whether a statement is a lie.

This may sound worse because it's harder to know when someone is lying and when not. However, the idea that outright lying will have consequences because everyone knows you're lying seems to die a silent death here. As it turns out, a politician no longer has to spin words and stir around the facts to prevent a negative image in the public eye. Nope, just lying as blatantly as possible is the MO now because none of your supporters appear to even entertain the possibility of being lied to. It shows the general populace is even more stupid and gullible than I thought it was.

People condemn the comparison to Hitler, and I'm not saying Trump is like Hitler, but it shows that a Hitler-like figure would be able to rise to power without breaking a sweat. Just lie to the people so they can hear what they want to hear. Reality and reason is farther away than it ever was.

rarely if ever has the president of the US lied about things that are so easily verifiably wrong.

I hear you on the lies, and I agree that Trump takes shit to the next level, but let's not forget that Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld lied about WMDs in Iraq and we ended up going to war.

You cant be for real ?, you cant be mad at Trump for lying ?.

Im mad at Bush for dragging us into a needless war
Im pissed at Blair for following him along
Im pissed at Ed Milliband for being a limp wristed faggot
Im pissed at Thatcher for selling out 30% of her electorate
Im pissed at Cameron for dumping us out of Europe and May with her silly pro brexit plan

All of which was / is based on personal bias, all of them have had their reputations tarnished because of it and you should be mad as hell that Trump is selling you down the river with a snake oil sales patter.

The fuck planet you on ?, "yea, hes a liar but they all do it so nvm"

Like those other politicians, they deserve the scrutiny and the repercussions that come with it when found out, you can't excuse someones actions. Trumps doing it in your face and your willing to overlook it, no wonder shit is fucked. The reason hes getting away with it is because people like you play along, presumably because of party affiliation and you got the cheek of accusing us of that ?, behave.

Also grow up ?, from a guy who just fitted LED lights to his bike ?

Besides the fact that we definitely should be mad at politicians lying at us, YGP missed the most important part of what I said, and that is that the ease with which these lies are accepted by a significant portion of the US populace is what scares me most.

Well that was a comprehensive beating

Yeah, be mad at them for lying. But then be selectively critical.

Anyone with an agenda, be it the media, politicians, corporations, etc. are going to give you information with their spin. EVERYONE knows this and it would be naive to expect something different. And in today's world of immediate fact checking and criticism from the opposition its even more naive to believe your notion that a "significant portion" of people actually believe the bullshit provided by those sources.

BTW, you didn't say anything important for me to miss.

You should get mad at what he said, if you need to.

But you can't get mad at him for saying it.

Politicians are known professional liars.

If you're truly upset about a politician lying. How can you justify supporting any politician?

However, anyone with a political agenda or affiliation is going to be angered by the opposing side. And I'm certain that's the real problem here.

You're not upset by what was said or the fact that it was untrue. You're upset at the person/party.

Comprehensive?

More like exaggerated tangent.

Please do me a favor and avoid quoting this moron in the future?

Thanks...

the guy is on point most of the time but his "analogies" every other sentence are getting really old and unfunny..