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While I think they’d still be able to convince a jury that the statements were defamatory and harmful, their actual damages might be less just because the effect of their reputation based on Trump’s falsehood might not be that great.

At a town hall with undecided Latino voters hosted by Univision on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump, facing tough questions over his words and deeds, continued to maintain that he had never uttered a falsehood or done anything wrong.

The problem with Trump’s lies isn’t their number or even what he lies about; fact-checking helps, as does evidence of their falsehood.

Trump was so furious at having his falsehood corrected that he literally drew over a storm map, in hopes of tricking people into thinking Alabama was in danger.

It would be called a “distortion” or even a “falsehood,” but never a lie.