Donald Trump’s frequent claim that a wave of people voting illegally cost him the popular vote is a lie. So is his claim of gigantic crowds at his inauguration. And from that foundation flowed an unprecedented torrent of flat lies, wild exaggerations, and what the experts call “bullshit” — statements not even intended to reflect the truth.
As the president approaches his 100th day in office, an extensive — but not exhaustive — BuzzFeed News review found an average of one false statement per day from Trump and his top aides.
We don’t take calling things “lies” lightly. (See our definitions at the top of this article.) And we don't suggest that Trump is the first president in history to lie: As I.F. Stone once wrote, “All governments lie.”
But Trump’s falsehoods come with an unprecedented frequency, scale, and lack of shame. They are a defining feature of his tenure, and have helped create a crisis of credibility.

White House @PressSec on the crowd at Trump's inauguration: "This was the largest audience to ever witness an inaug… https://t.co/7glywUgJJm



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Kellyanne Conway cited the false "Bowling Green Massacre" during an interview with @HardballChris but later clarifi… https://t.co/1w7UqqgRUn




Trump tonight mentioned an incident “last night in Sweden” There was no attack there last night This Fox segment… https://t.co/qwj3loSJgT

Comey says the FBI has no information that supports Trump's wiretapping claims.


.@TuckerCarlson to @POTUS: “Why not wait to tweet about [‘wiretapping’] until you can prove it?” #Tucker
.@PressSec w/ what can at the very least be called a false statement: Paul Manafort—Trump's former campaign chair!—… https://t.co/92G3AV9aar
Sean Spicer just claimed that Hitler never used chemical weapons: https://t.co/iXjzTJ5eys
Trump has totally changed his mind on NATO. He now says "it's no longer obsolete," in press conference with NATO Se… https://t.co/oJ3w15SVQ4
.@POTUS: "We are sending an armada, very powerful. We have submarines, very powerful. Far more powerful than the ai… https://t.co/rz4KZYgxI6
Trump, Spicer, Conway, and Miller photographs: Getty Images