>>> YOU JUST GOT ONE OF THE BIGGEST PAY RAISES YOU’VE EVER
RECEIVED.
RECEIVED. YOU HAVEN’T GOTTEN ONE IN MORE
THAN TEN YEARS.
WE GOT YOU A BIG ONE.
I GOT YOU A BIG ONE.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO
SAID WE COULD MAKE IT SMALLER.
WE COULD MAKE IT 3%.
WE COULD MAKE IT 4%.
I SAID NO.
MAKE IT 10%.
MAKE IT MORE THAN 10%.
BECAUSE IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME.
IT’S BEEN MORE THAN TEN YEARS.
>> THAT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP
TAKING CREDIT FOR GIVING TROOPS
A PAY RAISE FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN TEN YEARS.
EXCEPT THAT IS NOT TRUE.
SERVICE MEMBERS GET A PAY RAISE
EVERY YEAR.
EVERY YEAR. THE LAST TIME THEY DID NOT GET A
PAY RAISE WAS IN 1983 AND THAT
WAS BECAUSE OF A TECHNICAL
GLITCH.
GLITCH. THAT’S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP MISLEADING THE
PUBLIC IN 2018.
IT’S A THING THAT HAS HAPPENED.
AS THE YEAR COMES TO A CLOSE,
NBC NEWS HAS TAKEN A LOOK BACK
AT THE TEN BIGGEST FALSEHOODS WE
HEARD FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP.
SO JANE TIM PUT THIS TOGETHER.
SHE IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT’S FACT
CHECKS.
CHECKS. BEEN DOING THAT SINCE THE
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. IT’S BEEN A LONG COUPLE OF YEARS
FOR HER.
FOR HER. THERE’S BEEN PLENTY OF TALK.
LET’S TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF
WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT
THAT TURNED OUT TO SIMPLY NOT BE
TRUE.
TRUE. WATCH.
WATCH. >> WE’VE ACCOMPLISHED AN
ECONOMIC TURNAROUND OF HISTORIC
PROPORTIONS.
PROPORTIONS. PROPORTIONS.
PROPORTIONS. >> UNDER THE OBAMA PLAN, YOU
COULD SEPARATE CHILDREN.
NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT.
BUT UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA, THEY
SEPARATED CHILDREN FROM THE
PARENTS.
PARENTS. >> HOW LONG HAS THIS WITCH HUNT
GONE ON?
GONE ON? I THINK WE’VE WASTED ENOUGH TIME
ON THIS WITCH HUNT.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. LET’S PICK ONE TO START WITH AND
START WITH WITCH HUNT, RIGHT?
THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION, WHILE
THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO SAY IT’S
A WITCH HUNT, HAS RESULTED SO
FAR IN 33 PEOPLE BEING CHARGED
WITH CRIMES AND THREE SENIOR
FORMER TRUMP ASSOCIATES
CONVICTED.
CONVICTED. >> MIKE FLYNN, THE PRESIDENT’S
PERSONAL LAWYER -- I’M SORRY,
FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISER.
ADVISER. >> SO MANY MICHAELS.
>> SO MANY MICHAELS AND FORMER
CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN PAUL MANAFORT,
NOT JUST PEOPLE AROUND TRUMP BUT
CLOSEST TO THE PRESIDENT,
RUNNING HIS DAY-TO-DAY
OPERATIONS, WHO KNEW AND WERE
CLOSE TO HIS FINANCES.
I THINK THAT THIS IS NOT AT ALL
A WITCH HUNT.
WHAT ROBERT MUELLER IS SHOWING
EVEN WITH ROGER STONE NOW
POSSIBLY GETTING INDICTED SOON,
HE IS SHOWING HE HAS REAL FIRE
POWER BEHIND THIS INVESTIGATION
AND THAT THE PRESIDENT POSSIBLY
SHOULD BE WORRIED.
>> THERE’S ALSO ANOTHER FACT
CHECK THAT SEEM TO BE
PARTICULARLY TIMELY THIS MORNING
AS IT RELATES TO THE BORDER
WALL.
WALL. THE PRESIDENT SAID ON FOX NEWS
IN 2018, WE’RE READY TO HEAR
WE’RE BUILDING THE WALL AS WE
SPEAK.
SPEAK. HE TWEETED MONDAY NIGHT, WE’RE
ALREADY BUILDING AND RENOVATING
THE WALL, MANY MILES COMPLETE.
HE TALKED, OVERSEAS IN IRAQ,
ABOUT VISITING THIS
GROUNDBREAKING OF THE BORDER
WALL YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IN
THE SHOW.
THE SHOW. THE GOVERNMENT IS REPAIRING AND
REPLACING OLD SECTIONS OF BORDER
FENCING BUT NEW CONSTRUCTION HAS
NOT BEGUN AND WILL NOT BE THIS
YEAR.
YEAR. >> HE HAS PROTOTYPES BEING DONE,
LET’S TEST AND SEE HOW WE CAN
BUILD A PIECE OF WALL BUT IT’S A
TOY VERSION OF A WALL.
I THINK THAT HE IS TRYING TO
JUST SEE WHAT STICKS AND IF
SOMEONE BELIEVES HIM, HE SEES IT
AS A WINNER.
THERE, IN DONALD TRUMP’S MIND,
IT SEEMS NO DOWNSIDE TO TELLING
LIES.
LIES. THERE’S NO DOWNSIDE TO SAYING HE
BUILT A WALL THAT HE HASN’T
BUILT OR THAT HE GAVE PEOPLE A
PAY RAISE THAT HE HASN’T GIVEN
THEM.
THEM. PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT THEIR
PAYCHECKS AND KNOW WHAT’S THERE
AND WHAT ISN’T.
>> THE PEOPLE HE WAS TALKING TO
KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GETTING PAID
IN THAT INSTANCE.
>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
CHILD SEPARATION FALSEHOOD.
THAT’S A BIG ONE.
I’VE INTERVIEWED PEOPLE WHO WERE
DEPORTED WITHOUT THEIR CHILDREN,
AND THAT’S A REALLY, REALLY BIG
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. THERE ARE CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS
ARE STILL NOT REUNITED.
YOU HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE
ESSENTIALLY ORPHANED IN THE
PRACTICAL SENSE BY THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. THAT’S A BIG ISSUE AND A BIG
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. NOW WE HAVE CHILDREN PASSING
AWAY AND DYING IN FEDERAL
CUSTODY.
CUSTODY. THAT’S GOING TO BE A FALSEHOOD
THAT’S GOING TO CARRY INTO
2017 -- 2019 AND IT HAS REAL
IMPACTS IN CHILDREN’S LIVES.
>> A LOT OF THESE WILL, BUT LET
ME PULL BACK A SECOND WITH REAL
TALK HERE.
TALK HERE. FOLKS IN THIS COUNTRY LOOK AT
THIS AND GO, GOD, THIS IS DONALD
TRUMP AND THE MEDIA ATTACKING
HIM.
HIM. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW
MUCH MAINSTREAM MEDIA HATES
PRESIDENT TRUMP BECAUSE HE’S
DOING GOOD THINGS TO THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THERE ARE THOSE IN WHITE HOUSE
WHO SAY WHY DON’T YOU TALK ABOUT
THINGS THAT HE SAYS ARE TRUE?
IT’S IMPORTANT TO CALL HIM OUT
WHEN HE SAYS THINGS THAT ARE NOT
TRUE, DEMONSTABLY AND FACTUALLY.
>> THAT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
IT’S NOT JUST SOME COINCIDENCE
THAT THEY’RE ACCUSING THE PRESS
OF ATTACKING HIM AFTER HE SAYS
LIES.
LIES. THIS IS A DESIGN, NOT A FLAW IN
THEIR PROCESS.
THEIR PROCESS. AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
US TO SAY WHEN HE’S NOT TELLING
THE TRUTH.
THE TRUTH. IF WE DON’T, THEN WHO DOES?
IF WE’RE NOT ACTING AS ARBITERS
OF WHAT IS TRUE AND WHAT ISN’T,
THEN THERE’S NO ONE LEFT AS
ARBITERS OF WHAT IS TRUE AND
WHAT ISN’T.
WHAT ISN’T. IT IS OUR DUTY AND OUR
RESPONSIBILITY.
RESPONSIBILITY. WE SHOULD NOT LIGHT OUR HAIR ON
FIRE AND RUN DOWN PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE EVERY TIME HE TELLS A LIE
BUT WE SHOULD SAY THIS ISN’T
TRUE AND THIS IS WHY IT’S NOT
TRUE IN A RESPONSIBLE MATTER.
>> JOURNALISM IS IN THE
CONSTITUTION THAT IT’S OUR JOB
AS MANDATED AND WE ARE BOUND,
AND THE FOUNDERS OF THIS COUNTRY
HAD US IN MIND WHEN THEY CREATED
AMERICA.
AMERICA. I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
THAT AS WE POINT OUT FALSEHOODS.
WE’RE DOING, AS YOU SAY, A DUTY
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND IT’S