Trump tweets a blatant lie this AM

[Denzil_DC]

5. I'm sure there have been presidents in the past who haven't been on top of their brief,

and who've had to be corrected by staffers when they've jumped to the wrong conclusions or gotten the wrong end of the stick about various issues.

With Trump, there's no such filter - straight from Fox/Breitbart/wherever to his tiny mind to his fingers and onto Twitter and the wider world.

And, of course, He can't be wrong - He's the God-Emperor - so His fans and sycophants have to contort reality horribly to bend it to His will.

I'm obviously not going to defend him, but this particular instance probably can't be classed as a lie. It's yet another example of his incurious kneejerk ignorance.