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struggle4progress

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Fri Nov 3, 2017, 02:54 PM Nov 2017

Unparalleled memory failed at convenient times

By Aaron Blake
November 3 at 11:27 AM

Last week, President Trump said that he had "one of the great memories of all time." On Friday, he .. didn't remember details of a meeting .. last year ...

There were 35 times he said he didn't remember something during a deposition in the Trump University lawsuit in December 2015 ...

Trump told the New York Times in July that he didn't remember details of the one-on-one meeting he had with then-FBI Director James B. Comey, as Comey recounted in his testimony after Trump fired him ...

Trump said at a February 2016 town hall that he didn't remember telling Howard Stern .. he supported the war in Iraq — something Trump .. claimed .. he had opposed ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/11/03/trump-claims-one-of-the-great-memories-of-all-time-its-certainly-one-of-the-most-convenient/?utm_term=.db82875ed391

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Unparalleled memory failed at convenient times (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2017 OP
We know that Trump is prone to these extravagant statements gratuitous Nov 2017 #1
Trump has been showing signs of senility for some time Gothmog Nov 2017 #2

gratuitous

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1. We know that Trump is prone to these extravagant statements
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 02:58 PM
Nov 2017

I just don't know why the folks covering this flaming dumpster fire of an administration aren't keeping a handy compendium of facts that put the lie to Trump's every utterance. When he brags about his fantastic memory or unparalleled business acumen, every reporter in America should have a quick list of why that's a bald-faced lie.

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