Interesting but not surprising read IMO. This is the type of thing where Trump and his team ultimately just hurt themselves by having, an almost pathological need, to be the best, the biggest, the most, whatever. There’s no question that Trump has cut regulations. Why lie, mislead, exaggerate, or otherwise open yourself up to such obvious legitimate criticism over the numbers?
It all reminds me of the nonsensical arguments about largest inaugural crowd size, which President did the most within the first 100 days, taking credit for price reductions in the F-35 program planned before he took office, which President passed more legislation, 3M-5M illegal voters, which President was on the cover of Time magazine the most, the biggest electoral win since Reagan, etc. My father (a Trump voter who won’t be voting for him again) says: “The man would rather climb a tree to tell a lie than to stand on the ground to tell the truth.†So it seems.
