Is this typical President Trump hyperbole, exaggerating his ratings power to impress people? Or is it a straight-up lie?
On Thursday morning the president said the 45.6 million people who watched Tuesday’s State of the Union was “the highest number in history.”
That’s not true. And it left observers wondering where he came up with such a claim.
The presidential misstatement immediately called to mind the inauguration crowd size controversy of 2017. The White House made faulty claims about inauguration attendance, triggering days of debate over....More>>>