Felon Takes to Prime Time for Lie-Fest

By Michael Woyton

I felt no need to watch a speech Wednesday night by a certain convicted felon, even though the enterwebs were awash in speculation about the subject matter.

Would he declare martial law? Would he announce an invasion of a country with oil? Would he blame everything on Pres. Joe Biden, almost a year into his second term? Would he lie repeatedly?

I was certain about the last two questions, and I was right.

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Looking at a video of the orange makeup man from the Associated Press, I noted at least nine lies in just the first two minutes.

Watch the complete video through this link.

The lies included Trump claiming he inherited a mess when he was inaugurated the second time, having to overcome the worst inflation in 48 years or in the history of the United States, “transgender for everybody” and winning the 2024 election by a landslide.

And the adjudicated rapist went on from there.

According to CNN’s Daniel Dale, he “made a series of false claims during his prime-time address” … “most of which have been debunked before.”

The liar-in-chief said, after mentioning egg prices plummeting since March, that “everything else is falling rapidly” — we assume he meant prices, not his approval poll numbers.

Dale said what Dear Leader said was not true “even if he was talking specifically about grocery prices, which are up this year.”

The old man yelling at clouds also lied about prescription drug prices that will be cut by anywhere from 400 percent to 600 percent.

If FIFA gave an award for stupidest math, Trump would most certainly get the prize. 

As Dale writes, “These figures are mathematically impossible; if the president magically got the companies to reduce the prices of all of their drugs to $0, there would be a 100% cut.”

There’s more. Oh, lordy, there’s so much more in Dale’s article.

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Let’s see what some people are saying about Dear Leader:

Trump will be parodied for decades by comedians and satirists, but I can't imagine them coming up with anything more outrageous or disgusting than the way he actually behaves every day in public.

— Todd Alcott (@toddalcott.bsky.social) 2025-12-18T04:39:24.362Z

I hate that I just said this in all sincerity to my middle schooler: “Don’t believe anything this President says because he always lies”And that’s where we are as a country

— Lady with an opinion (@ladymitopinion.bsky.social) 2025-12-18T16:48:06.772Z

The Kennedy Center is to be renamed the “Trump-Kennedy” Center according to MS NOW. As my late friend and owner of a funeral home and cemetery once told me, “Human fragility and fear of insignificance is why men spend millions on a granite mausoleum they’ll never be aware of resting in.”

— Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) 2025-12-18T18:53:31.926Z

Our president is not just an embarrassment, although he is, but he is also a tragedy of the once great U.S. system of personal governance. Can we get our democracy back? Time will tell. It always does.

— Jason~The Fickle Futurist (@jasonct.bsky.social) 2025-12-17T22:24:25.403Z

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Lead art: Screen grab from the Associated Press via YouTube.