For Trump, Data Is Often ‘Phony,’ Unless It Supports His Views

[John Clark]

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For Trump, Data Is Often ‘Phony,’ Unless It Supports His Views

The president has ping-ponged between boasts about jobs and crime and attacks on their data sources. Here’s how he is threatening trust in public data.

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[Lawrence Crowell]

On Sat, Sep 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM John Clark <johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:

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For Trump, Data Is Often ‘Phony,’ Unless It Supports His Views

The president has ping-ponged between boasts about jobs and crime and attacks on their data sources. Here’s how he is threatening trust in public data.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/25/us/politics/trump-data-facts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pE8.14Ns.x2YGOIlmZffK&smid=em-share

He is a malignant narcissist who suffers from delusions of grandeur and has even said he is God. With that is his delusion of infallibility and inerrancy.

I am surprised that inflation has not started to surge a lot more. I will say that my utility bill rates have gone up by around 30%. I do think that a year from now the economy will be a lot worse. I suspect he will be doing a lot of power grabbing and control of the media to try to stomp out the brushfire of bad economic reports. 

LC