Trump's Lies Are Finally Catching Up to Him

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The president’s biggest talent has always been his ability to paint himself as the hero. As he staggers through a bizarre metaphor about dolls and the economy, he's clearly losing the thread.

There is perhaps no one in the world better at stretching and bending the truth to fit his narrative than Donald Trump. This is the man, after all, whose first term in office gave us the phrase “alternative facts.”

But lately, Trump’s truth contortions have reached a breaking point, so much so that even he seems to struggle to keep his story straight.

Nowhere is this more obvious than on the issue of tariffs. During a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Trump had a mask-slip moment when he acknowledged that his trade war would likely increase product prices in the United States. “Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. So maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally,” Trump said.

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