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  That is such a pernicious and lazy thing to write.
  
  I'm getting real tired of people using "technically" to side track the conversation, while pretending to ignore the information that was being conveyed just to have an easy way to boost their ego.
  I don't know if there's an influx of lawyers with nothing to do or a bunch of 6th graders trying out new concepts they just learned but it's annoying.
context: This is the real reason lawyers consider him radioactive, btw. 
  The lack of paying anyone definitely doesn't help him, but Trump cannot be truthful to save his life.  Literally.  He doesn't lie strategically.  He lies impulsively, and he has no memory of what he's already lied about in the past.
  If he were anyone else other than a wealthy white asshole with a giant silver spoon up his asshole and political power thanks to his remarkable ability to rouse the most simple and gullible people in the country, he'd be in jail on so many different charges that he'd never see the light of day even if he were immortal. >
  
  At one point his lawyers at the time said that they had to meet with him in pairs because the man is incapable of telling the truth. >
  
  Yeah and they mean literally incapable. 
  All politicians lie, obviously, but usually they do it strategically.  They do it towards a goal.  They do a risk calculation before telling a lie to figure out if the risk is worth the reward.  This is, if not ethical, very normal behavior. 
  That's not Trump.  He lies impulsively, he lies in a manner that routinely creates far more problems for him than it solves, and he cannot control or stop himself.
  Usually one of the criteria you use to determine compulsivity is whether someone does it even at times that is clearly inconvenient and destructive.  
  That's Trump and lying.
  Meanwhile, even if we believe the wildest conspiracy theories that Clinton was lying about every detail of Benghazi, she got in front of a panel of seasoned prosecutors who wanted to crucify her, and she testified, under oath, for ten straight hours, and they didn't get shit on her. 
  Meanwhile, armies of lawyers have moved heaven and Earth to prevent Trump from entering a similar situation because he's just too colossally stupid to last five minutes. >
  
  No, all politicians do not lie. That is such a pernicious and lazy thing to write. It may be true that it is increasingly difficult to find a politician who doesn't lie but that simply does not justify the statement. We live in a representative democracy. We Constitutionally rely on politicians to make decisions that impact our lives. The continued acceptance that "all politicians lie" as some obvious truth is a big part of what is destroying this country. It is a huge part of why Trump was elected President. >
  
  Agreed.  While it's technically true, it's only true in the same vain that all humans lie.  Everyone tells white lies and is expected to at many points in their lives, because it's for the greater good that your target audience is kept out of the loop at that particular point in time.  
  But to resign to the idea that "all politicians lie" is defeatist and sows more doubt and distrust than is necessary to the political climate.  Of course they "lie" - they have to keep things secret... which is itself "lying", technically, and sometimes they just don't know enough to divulge the "truth" about something.  Every type of management does this.  It's not really considered lying, it just how business operates since they can't possibly divulge every possible data point and strategy required to succeed.  It's for the public's own protection and a punt while negotiations and business decisions are conducted to a conclusion.