Donald Trump lies—a lot. And in 2025, CNN’s Daniel Dale decided to stop pretending otherwise and simply count them.
In a sharp year end piece, Dale laid out what he called Donald Trump’s “Top 25 Lies of 2025.” He admitted it was hard to narrow the list. That alone says everything. Trump’s first full year back in the White House, Dale wrote, was “an unceasing parade of lies.”
What stood out most was not just the number. It was the repetition.
According to Dale, Trump kept using the same false claims again and again, even after they were publicly debunked. Dale described it as a “core set of go to fabrications” that Trump used “no matter the setting and no matter how many times they had been debunked.”
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That pattern mattered. Because repetition is the point.
Start with the economy. Trump repeatedly claimed he secured “$17 trillion or $18 trillion in investment in 2025.” There is no proof. He also said, “Every price is down.” Americans know that is not true. He went further, claiming he reduced prescription drug prices by “2,000%, 3,000%.” That is not how math works. Still, he kept saying it.
Then came tariffs. Trump insisted that foreign countries pay US tariffs. Economists across the board say American consumers pay them. Dale counted it anyway. Another lie, said loudly, said often.
Public safety was next.
Trump said Portland was “burning down.” It was not. He said Washington, DC had no murders for six months. That never happened. He even claimed, “I invaded Los Angeles, and we opened up the water.” There was no invasion. He also said the Democratic governor of Maryland called him “the greatest president of my lifetime.” The governor said no such thing.
Foreign policy may have been the worst section.
Dale listed eight major false claims. Trump said Ukraine “started” the war with Russia. He said he was “speaking in jest” when he promised to end the war immediately. He claimed the US planned to spend $50 million on “condoms for Hamas.” He said drug boats in the Caribbean “kill 25,000 Americans.” He said foreign leaders emptied prisons to send people into the US. None of it was true.
He also repeated a favorite line. Trump claimed he ended “seven or eight wars.” Dale included it again because Trump kept saying it.
Even Canada was not spared. Trump said “The people of Canada like” the idea of becoming the 51st US state. There is no evidence of that either.
Dale explained that his list was “highly subjective.” But the method was clear. He focused on how often Trump repeated each lie, how serious the topic was, and how far the claim was from reality.
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