{"id":136907,"date":"2018-09-05T09:56:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T15:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/05\/tweetizen-trump-2018-09-05-totally-made-up.html"},"modified":"2018-09-05T20:57:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T02:57:43","slug":"tweetizen-trump-2018-09-05-totally-made-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/05\/tweetizen-trump-2018-09-05-totally-made-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Tweetizen Trump &#8211; 2018-09-05 &#8211; Totally Made Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, Donald. The word for today (as with so many days) is <b><i>irony<\/i><\/b> &#8230; as in tweeting:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Isn\u2019t it a shame that someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don\u2019t know why Washington politicians don\u2019t change libel laws?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1037302649199177728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And then turning around and tweeting:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Almost everyone agrees that my Administration has done more in less than two years than any other Administration in the history of our Country. I\u2019m tough as hell on people &amp; if I weren\u2019t, nothing would get done. Also, I question everybody &amp; everything-which is why I got elected!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1037329592074350592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I mean, when it comes to making things up, Donald, you speak with authority, given the <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.thestar.com\/donald-trump-fact-check\/\">incredible number<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/personalities\/donald-trump\/statements\/byruling\/false\/\">false claims \/ lies<\/a> that you issue on a <i>daily basis.<\/i>\u00a0Including that second tweet up there. &#8220;Almost everyone agrees&#8221;? Is that why even your conservative-leaning favorite Rasmussen poll notes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/political_updates\/prez_track_sep05\">your abysmal approval rating<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 44% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump\u2019s job performance. <b>Fifty-four percent (54%) disapprove.<\/b> The latest figures include 32% who Strongly Approve of the president is performing and <b>44% who Strongly Disapprove.<\/b> This gives him a <b>Presidential Approval Index rating of &#8211;<\/b><b>12.<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Emphasis mine.)<\/p>\n<p>Of course, maybe I&#8217;m overstating on this one point. You said that &#8220;Almost everyone agrees&#8221; that your Administration has &#8220;done more in less than two years&#8221; than any other Administration &#8220;in the history of our country.&#8221; You didn&#8217;t specify that they thought what had been done was <i>good.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>And, of course, for the record, Donald, existing libel laws do protect against <i>exactly<\/i> what you say. The <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.law.com\/Default.aspx?selected=1153\">legal definition of libel<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>to publish &#8230; an untruth about another which will do harm to that person or his\/her reputation, by tending to bring the target into ridicule, hatred, scorn or contempt of others. &#8230; It is a tort (civil wrong) making the person or entity (like a newspaper, magazine or political organization) open to a lawsuit for damages by the person who can prove the statement about him\/her was a lie. &#8230; While it is sometimes said that the person making the libelous statement must have been intentional and malicious, actually it need only be obvious that the statement would do harm and is untrue. &#8230; Libel per se involves statements so vicious that malice is assumed and does not require a proof of intent to get an award of general damages. &#8230; The rules covering libel against a &#8220;public figure&#8221; (particularly a political or governmental person) are special, based on U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The key is that to uphold the right to express opinions or fair comment on public figures, the libel must be malicious to constitute grounds for a lawsuit for damages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No need for a change in the law, Donald &#8211; if you think Woodward&#8217;s new book is &#8220;totally make up stories [that] form a picture of a person [you!] that is literally the exact opposite of the fact,&#8221; and that such libel was malicious and harmful, then you <i>can,<\/i> at any time, file civil suit against him.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, then you have to <i>prove<\/i> it. Which should be entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>Go for it, Donald. Show us how dedicated you are to the truth.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6597769891649303761\/6597769890473393234\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-pJRIVSYfSI4\/W4_8wkdvPFI\/AAAAAAAFi0k\/5OkCAM4LVgUtNJ9mIiIoI6xNnHefmXZlQCJoC\/trump%2Bmeme%2Btotally%2Bmade%2Bup%2Bstories.jpg?imgmax=660\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/FB8skXQ4HCT\">Original Post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, Donald. The word for today (as with so many days) is irony &#8230; as in tweeting: Isn\u2019t it a shame that someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/05\/tweetizen-trump-2018-09-05-totally-made-up.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tweetizen Trump &#8211; 2018-09-05 &#8211; Totally Made Up!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,133,1071],"tags":[1702,1334,1077],"class_list":["post-136907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-censorship","category-trump","tag-libel","tag-lying","tag-trump"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/trump+meme+totally+made+up+stories.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133704,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/18\/tweetizen-trump-2017-06-18-happy-fathers-day.html","url_meta":{"origin":136907,"position":0},"title":"Tweetizen Trump &#8211; 2017-06-18: &quot;Happy Fathers Day!&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 18-Jun-17 3:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Donald, Happy Fathers Day. 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Sorry I didn't circle around to you yesterday -- I had an IT Conference to go to and you know how all that schmoozing chews up the time, amirite?Anyway, what's going on in the Presidential Twitterverse?===\u25ba TRUMP APPROVAL HITS 50% [1]Wait, didn't you just ... oh, after retweeting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Trump%2Btweet%2B%2Bdemostrably%2Bfalse.PNGimgmax%3D660.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":133277,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/tweetizen-trump-2017-04-17-they-like-me-half-of-them-really-like-me.html","url_meta":{"origin":136907,"position":3},"title":"Tweetizen Trump &#8211; 2017-04-17 &quot;They Like Me! 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Um. I hate to say it, but it was dull. 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