According to an article by the Associated Press and appearing on MSN.com, Donald Trump, in his inauguration speech today, made several statements which the AP, rather tactfully, termed exaggerations:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fact-check-trump-starts-on-familiar-note-with-exaggeration/ar-AAm4guB?li=AA5a8k
This probably should not surprise anyone, since his campaign was full of claims and statements of very doubtful truthfulness. To me it is very, very sad that someone can get himself elected based on selling the voters a bunch of lies. (Of course I have to think that the voters, ultimately, are to blame for this state of affairs--but then probably not too many people know where to find fact-checking.)
I wonder whether all politicians are untruthful. Studies have shown that people will say that politicians (for example, Congressmen) are a pack of scumbags--presumably liars and perhaps stupid as well--but that their representatives are good. Or at least perfectly okay.
I wonder whether my readers believe that all politicians lie, at least at times. I'd welcome comments on that.
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