The reporter’s attorneys turned the tables and brought Trump in for a deposition.
For two straight days, they asked Trump question after question that touched on the same theme: Trump’s honesty.
The lawyers confronted the mogul with his past statements — and with his company’s internal documents, which often showed those statements had been incorrect or invented. The lawyers were relentless. Trump, the bigger-than-life mogul, was vulnerable — cornered, out-prepared and under oath.
Thirty times, they caught him.
Trump had misstated sales at his condo buildings. Inflated the price of membership at one of his golf clubs. Overstated the depth of his past debts and the number of his employees.
That deposition — 170 transcribed pages — offers extraordinary insights into Trump’s relationship with the truth. Trump’s falsehoods were unstrategic — needless, highly specific, easy to disprove. When caught, Trump sometimes blamed others for the error or explained that the untrue thing really was true, in his mind, because he saw the situation more positively than others did.
ok-cleek
Man I had a dreadful flight
In cycles past I would despair when a Republican candidate would make some gaffe early in the season. I would despair that the fickle US public would quickly forget it. Trump is the answer to this problem. I am confident that he will consistently come up with so much crazy bullshit that neither you nor I could ever imagine. from now until November.
especially now that he’s found the utility of “i was just kidding!”, i expect you’re right.