"Means the story's made up": Donald Trump gets called out in CNN's decade-long fact-checking

President Trump Meets With AI Executives At White House - Source: Getty
CNN highlights Donald Trump in its decade-long fact-checking review - Source: Getty

The CNN senior reporter Daniel Dale reportedly shared his experience of fact-checking Donald Trump for 10 years and explained that the president usually gives away clues when he invents details. According to Daniel, the specific pattern Trump uses to tell stories is a reliable signal that he is lying, which means the story's made up.

Daniel explained that he began fact-checking Trump in 2016 and even recalled how he looked when he first started. Since then, he had spent hundreds of hours studying Trump's false claims. The reporter further pointed out that the president shows clear signs when he is not telling the truth, similar to how a poor poker player reveals his hand.

The fact-checker also mentioned that one of Trump's biggest indicators is his frequent use of numbers and explained that these numbers are often exaggerated or reduced to fit Trump's arguments.

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The CNN senior reporter opened up about Donald Trump's false claims

Daniel Dale opened up about Donald Trump's false claims and explained that his stories were made up. He said,

"There's a funnier tell that I think about a lot, and that is that when he tells a story in which an unnamed person refers to him as sir, that usually means the story's made up."

Daniel explained Trump's made-up stories by describing some incidents. He started with an example where Trump claimed that 25 million people had crossed the southern border during the previous government, but in the last 16 months, not a single person has entered that border. Thus, Daniel accused Trump of making a false statement.

The reporter then gave another example where Trump said that foreign investment in the country was less than one trillion dollars during a single year, while the nation's own economy stands at more than 21 trillion dollars. Trump emphasized the contrast by pointing out that the scale of America's wealth is far greater than the amount of outside investment.


Daniel Dale alleged that Donald Trump does not have any Michigan 'Man of the Year' award

Daniel Dale alleged that Trump makes false claims - Source: Getty
Daniel Dale alleged that Trump makes false claims - Source: Getty

Daniel stated that Donald Trump had told many unusual false stories, and choosing one is difficult. For years, Trump had repeated that he was once honored as Michigan's 'Man of the Year,' even though no such award exists.

The CNN reporter further clarified that in 2017, Trump gave a highly political and aggressive speech to children at the Boy Scout Jamboree. Later, in an interview, he insisted that the head of the Boy Scouts had called him to say it was the greatest speech ever delivered to them. When reporters checked, the Boy Scouts confirmed that no such call had been made, and the White House eventually admitted the same.

Unlike many observers, Daniel also believed Trump's falsehoods often damage him instead of helping. According to him, the most harmful one at present is his claim that prices have dropped sharply since he returned to office and are continuing to fall quickly.


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Edited by Aratrika Baidya