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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        As evidenced by US citizens unwillingness to describe themselves as immigrants, instead using the moniker “expatriate” even though they’re immigrating to another country.

        Immigrant has always been a racial slur.

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          I think technically Ex-pat means they intend to go back to their home country, immigrant they intend to stay in the new country.

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            if that’s the case, why are white rich british people retiring in the french countryside called expats, but temporary foreign workers aren’t?

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            They are expats to the people in the country they left, and immigrants in the country they went to. I don’t know why people think the word expat is some kind of racism-lite.

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              The term is often used by white people to refer to themselves when they immigrate to a new country. “I’m an expat” they say as they permanently settle into a new country.

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                Currently living outside the US expat is primarily used by anyone not brown regardless of how long they’re staying

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    To Trump and most of his followers, anyone with a non-Western-European name or isn’t Christian is an “immigrant”. Doesn’t matter if their families have been in the country for a hundred years.

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    When % of lies crosses 25% a president should automatically be fired.

    If the % of lies crosses 50%, a criminal investigation should be warranted

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    Yes, it is news. We’re tired of hearing about his lying but, unlike when he was given a huge platform in 2016, now that he’s holding office we don’t get to ignore it. I’m Canadian but even here the power he is wielding and the way it influences our conservatives means even I have to keep up with this bullshit.

    He’s going to lie anyway and there will be people who hear him do it so everyone else needs to know ahead of dealing with those idiots that he’s definitely lying.