President Donald Trump told a story about South Korea on Monday. Every single part of it is false.

Trump has delivered versions of his fictional story before; CNN debunked one telling last year. The president delivered Monday’s version the day after he announced the US would reduce military exercises with South Korea – citing his “very good relationship” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and also mentioning that South Korea declined to participate in the US war with Iran.

The latest version of Trump’s tale, which you can watch in full here, went like this:

South Korea “essentially” didn’t pay for the cost of the US military presence in the country before Trump first became president. Trump then got South Korea to unhappily agree to pay “$3 billion” in a year, with further increases the following year and the year after that. But then the 2020 election was “rigged” against him. When Joe Biden became president, South Korea convinced Biden that Trump was “probably a bad person” and they shouldn’t have to pay the money, so Biden “immediately rescinded” Trump’s “order.”

Let’s walk through why all of this is wrong.

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[–] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's a Gish gallop variation in everything he says. The idea is simple and unfortunately effective. Say as many lies as possible one after the other. Look confident and never pause for thought.

Then your opponents have to spend all their time and energy calling out each lie while you move on with your plans uncontested.

It's ragebaiting and the media make their bread from it, so that's all you get. It's disappointing that people haven't caught on after all these years.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago

    President Donald Trump told a story about South Korea on Monday. Every single part of it is false.

    Yeah, I mean, if he says it, it's probably a lie.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    This guy, I swear…. He makes George Bush Jr look like a genius.

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    [–] 49 points 2 months ago

    Trump telling lies? You don't say...

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  • [–] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Perhaps if you'd done more, then we wouldn't have this malignant corpse as president right now, eh cnn? Should have been reporting what a horrible person he was ten years ago...

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  • [–] 31 points 2 months ago

    Who cares, this country is incapable of holding their president to account. It's appalling.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    man there are so many disturbing things about trump its hard to remember them all at any particular point in time. he keeps on talking about his friendship with some of the worst facists in current history. again I just don't see how any actual american who actually values traditional democratic principles and limits of governement as enshired in the constitution and other founding documents, can vote for republicans who endorse all this bulltrump.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    I'm more surprised mainstream media is finally fact checking his idiot remarks. Just assume he's lying.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Trump lies about everything, somehow still news like it's a surprise...stop reporting on everything this idiot does FFS.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I wish these fuckers at CNN (and all of the others) would stop saying ”it is false” and instead say ”it is a lie". Stop sugar coating what these assholes say.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    South Korea needs to decide whose side they'll be on if China invades Taiwan and attacks US Pacific forces. We have a feeling the current president will back China. They have to fear North Korea to be any political use.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Kim Jong Un probably slipped him some crypto.

    Trump would sell anyone out for a nickel.

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