As Karoline Leavitt plans to step down, it’s apparent how the president above all values a readiness to twist the truth

As Karoline Leavitt prepares to step down from her role as Donald Trump’s fifth White House press secretary, a brief review of her tenure, and that of her predecessors, makes clear that the most fabulist president in US history prizes one quality above all else in the women and men who speak for him: a willingness to tell outrageous lies.

Leavitt started her tenure by telling a wild falsehood at her very first news conference, when she claimed that the Biden administration had planned to use $50m in taxpayer dollars to send condoms to Gaza. Later the same day, the Guardian reported that the claim was directly contradicted by USAID records.

  • meco03211
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    4 days ago

    But they aren’t good liars. If I tell you I’m the smartest person alive and no one believes me, I’m not a good liar. If I remain in a position where you have to listen to me tell you I’m the smartest person alive over and over, I’m still not a good liar.