Goodness gracious … the Boy Scout oath is more clear on the question of truth and integrity.
“But when I speak, I am compelled to say something that makes me look good, which is inevitably and necessarily a lie. It’s not my fault.”
“When I can, I tell the truth.”
He has a lot of alternative facts to sort through when speaking.He’s lying.
“…It’s not my fault the facts force me to lie…”
Is he beginning to admit, he lied and still lies ? baby steps…
Lying about lying.
What a great start to the day.
He didn’t finish his sentence correctly… “i always want to tell the truth but since I’m biased and ignorant I don’t usually know what’s true and what isn’t”. Oh wait, he probably doesn’t know what those words even mean.
Epic fail. Add this one to the list of lies. There is a special corner of Hell reserved for this one.
You see, right there he’s lying.
Another blatant lie.
Folks like him are why I sometime wish I believed in hell!
“When I can, I tell the truth. And sometimes it turns out to be where something happens that’s different or there’s a change, but I always like to be truthful.”
“… something turns out that’s different…” What could that “something” be? Oh yeah - facts, reality, the fucking truth.
“… or there’s a change …” A “change.” Hmmmn. Could that “change” be that someone points out that you’re lying again?
“When I can … it’s just so often - most of the time - that I can’t. It’s just impossible for me. But, I really want to. I’m a victim, here. A victim of facts.”
“I wouldn’t lie to you so much if I didn’t love you so much!”
PS: That’s one of the first images that comes up when you Google “smarmy faced Trump”.
Why would you need to “try”? Either you lie or you don’t. And I’m not talking about classified stuff where you can’t tell the truth.
By the way, that entire response from trump about trying to tell the truth was a lie.
I Always Want To Tell The Truth
Is this one of those logic problems, where we have to figure out who’s telling the truth? In this paradox, his only true statement would be “everything I say is a lie.”
OT: Kemp is bailing on the final debate with Stacey Abrams to go stump with trump. Just when Oprah is on the way to town to help out Abrams. I’d bring Oprah to the now open forum for Abrams if I were her.
It all depends on your definition of truth. If it includes alternative truth, or truthful just because I said it, or I can’t keep track of what comes out of my mouth, that would be Trump’s definition. It has nothing to do with facts.
Perhaps this is all just a monstrous plot to drive anyone bonkers who believes logic and rationality are good things. It’s working at my end.