(CNN) Before and since entering the White House, President Donald Trump has shown himself to be a remarkably prolific liar. There is no bogus detail too small, no claim too unbelievable, that Trump will not promote it in service of his preferred narrative. The Washington Post fact checker recently did the math and found that Trump lies, on average, more than six times a day -- 3,001 false or misleading claims through 466 days in his current job. That's when -- especially if there is a sense of a "legitimacy crisis" in place -- "a lying demagogue can appear as a distinctively authentic champion of its interests." Some 400 real-life participants -- split almost evenly between men and women and including Clinton and Trump voters -- were manipulated into viewing themselves as part of either an in- or out-group with a stake in the election results.

Source: CNN May 05, 2018 16:07 UTC