At this point, is this news ? Though it highlights Trump’s politics.

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    Public lie, spread by a public figure, with an intention to mislead the public, should be a criminal offence.

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      Even if it was, presidents are now immune from criminal charges, and he is set to begin his next term in just a couple weeks, so not likely that anything could stop him from continuing to do this without sweeping reform of the office of president.

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      Nope, best I can do is “falsely suggested” and a sense of legitimacy imbued by constant media coverage of his self-serving asshole behavior