Phil Ruffin, friend and business partner of Donald Trump, just said “Donald’s word is his bond.” No, Phil. That’s not true.
LIE: Phil Ruffin: “I have been friends with Donald Trump for 20 years and business partners. I can tell you, as a friend he has been unbelievable. Donald’s word is his bond. Donald’s word is his bond. If Donald tells you something, you put it in the bank.”
THE TRUTH: PHIL RUFFIN REWRITES HISTORY AND FORGETS DONALD TRUMP IS A HUGE LIAR
Donald Trump: “You know I started off in Brooklyn, my father gave me a small loan of a million dollars.” [Donald Trump Town Hall, Atkinson, NH, 10/26/15]
Donald Trump: “You don’t learn much from tax returns.” [NBC’s Meet the Press, 5/8/16]
Donald Trump: “I don’t settle cases.” [Fox News Republican Debate, 3/3/16]
Donald Trump: “He [Gonzalo Curiel] is a member of a club or society, very strongly pro-Mexican, which is all fine.” [CBS, 6/5/16]
Donald Trump: “I don’t know anything about David Duke. OK? I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. So, I don’t know.” [CNN’s State of the Union, 2/2/8/16]
Donald Trump: “I’m self-funding my campaign.” [CNN Republican Debate, 3/10/16]
Donald Trump: “I was always against going into Iraq. In fact, I — believe me, I was always against it.” [Fox News Republican Debate, 3/3/16]
Donald Trump: “I’m leading in every poll with the Hispanics. They love me, I love them.” [Donald Trump delivers remarks following primary results, 2/20/16]
Donald Trump: “Crime is rising. People are scared.” [Speech in Briarcliff Manor, NY, 6/7/16]
Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton “wants to take all guns away from law abiding citizens.” [Donald Trump, Howie Carr Show, 6/13/16]
Donald Trump: “Don’t believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number’s probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent.” [CBS This Morning, 11/24/15]
Donald Trump: “We pay, number one, a totally disproportionate share of NATO. We’re spending the biggest, the lion share’s paid for by us, disproportionate to other countries.” [ABC’s This Week, 3/27/16]
Donald Trump: Under the Iran deal, “if Israel attacks Iran … we are supposed to be on Iran’s side.” [John Fredericks Show, 9/3/15]