Or maybe the digitally altered digits reflect the broader state of Trump's truthfulness. As things worsen for Trump — legal troubles, Democrats taking the House, the wavering economy and administration chaos — he has deployed ever more flimflam. Glenn Kessler's Washington Post fact-checking team this week reported that the president's production of false or misleading claims has nearly tripled, to a rate of 16.5 per day in his second year from 5.9 during his first year. The 82 days on which Trump did not publicly declare a falsehood "were often days when the president golfed."