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The president continues to remind us of his mania for telling easily disproved lies in public, boasting over the weekend how “easily†he’d won the Electoral College. The president is in the habit of citing his Electoral College victory when facing questions about the Russian shenanigans . . .“One of the biggest Electoral College victories in history,†Trump says. In fact, there have been few smaller margins—only twelve winners took in a smaller share, while 45 winners enjoyed larger margins. Never mind the smashing 49-state victories of Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, Donald Trump (at 57 percent of the electoral votes) came in well behind such mediocrities as James Polk (62 percent) and Bill Clinton (69 percent, then 70 percent). Trump came in well behind Barack Obama, though he did best Rutherford B. Hayes . . .In his weekend tweetstorm, the president (typing the preceding words is dismay-inducing) lied about having denied Russia’s election adventure. “I never said Russia did not meddle in the election,†he wrote. In fact, he said that a number of times . . . Trump has some pretty obvious tells. No wonder he lost his shirt in the casino business.
