WASHINGTON—He said he had been “totally exonerated” of colluding with Russia by a report that did not address the subject of collusion with Russia. He blamed a nonexistent “Democrat bill” for his own policy of separating parents and children at the border.

U.S. President Donald Trump lied a whole lot over the last two weeks. Over those 14 days — a busy stretch that included a G7 summit in Canada, his Singapore summit with Kim Jong Un, four interviews, and several extended exchanges with reporters — he made 71 false claims, an average of five per day.

Trump is now up to 1,726 false claims for the first 514 days of his presidency, an average of 3.4 per day.

The frequency of Trump’s dishonesty has increased over time. He is averaging 3.8 false claims per day in 2018 after averaging 2.9 false claims per day in 2017.

Trump made 100 or more false claims in only two of his first 10 full months in office. He hit the 100-false-claim threshold in each of the following six months, from December 2017 through May, and is on pace to do so again this month.

If Trump is a serial liar, why call this a list of “false claims,” not lies? Click here for our detailed explanation. The short answer is that we can’t be sure that each and every one was intentional. In some cases, he may have been confused or ignorant. What we know, objectively, is that he was not telling the truth.

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