The 5 most unbelievable things that came out of Trump's mouth

Politico

By Daniel Strauss

August 7, 2015

The 5 most unbelievable things that came out of Trump's mouth 

It’s no secret that Donald Trump is prone to hyperbole, from his TEN BILLION dollar wealth (Trump’s use of caps) to his claim to become the greatest jobs president “that God ever created.”

That bombast was on full display in Thursday night’s first prime-time GOP presidential debate, which left the rest of the Republican field reeling and delivered Fox News with a monster ratings hit.

Here are the five top claims that were flimsy, to say the least.

1. Trump’s claim that “if it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t even be talking about illegal immigration.”

Immigration reform and illegal immigration in general were front-and-center policy topics of the 2016 Republican presidential field long before Trump’s announcement speech on June 16 when he denounced undocumented Mexican immigrants as “rapists” and drug peddlers. Sen. Marco Rubio, for instance, has had to weigh in multiple times about his involvement in the Gang of Eight even before this presidential cycle really started. And immigration was a topic that dogged both former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain during the last two presidential cycles.

2. Trump’s defense of his Mexican immigrant claims.

During the debate, moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump for “specific evidence” that Mexico “is sending criminals across the border.” Wallace gave Trump 30 seconds. Trump didn’t get close to offering a direct answer. Instead, he cited his recent trip to the Mexico-American border.

“Border Patrol, people that I deal with, that I talk to, they say this is what’s happening. Because our leaders are stupid. Our politicians are stupid,” Trump said. He went on to say that the “Mexican government is much smarter, much sharper, much more cunning. And they send the bad ones over because they don’t want to pay for them. They don’t want to take care of them.” None of this response backed up Trump’s claim with irrefutable evidence.

3. Trump said the Clintons were obligated to go to his 2005 wedding.

At another point during the debate Trump claimed that Hillary Clinton had “no choice” but to come to his wedding because of all the money he donated to the Clinton Foundation. In a previous statement to POLITICO, Trump also said he “demanded that they be there” and that they “had no choice.” There’s no evidence of any such quid pro quo.

4. Trump said Rosie O’Donnell is the only woman he’s called a slob, a dog, or a fat pig.

Moderator Megyn Kelly noted that Trump has called women he didn’t like “fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals.” Trump said “only Rosie O’Donnell.” There’s actually ample history that he’s aimed such comments at women other than O’Donnell. Last month The Associated Press reported that Trump called a lawyer “disgusting” because she needed a break to pump breast milk for her baby. New York Times columnist Gail Collins also wrote in 2011 that Trump once said she had the “face of a dog.”

5. Trump claimed the United States is giving Iran “$150 billion plus” as part of the Iran deal.

That’s probably an exaggeration. As The New York Times pointed out, world powers aren’t directly giving money to Iran. But through cutting sanctions or at least reducing them, Iran would be able to access billions of dollars that are frozen overseas. The $150 billion is questionable, too. The Treasury Department has estimated that Iran has assets of between $100 billion and $125 billion around the world. Sanctions relief would let it get to about $50 billion of that money.

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