FACT CHECK: 60 Minutes, Many Lies

Here's a CNN fact check on some of the outrageous/far-from-true things D.J.T. said in his recent 60 Minutes interview. A lot of folks online have harsh words for interviewer Norah O'Donnell for not challenging him more on some of what he said. That might have been nice but I think there's a value to just letting the guy spout garbage that even his most loyal supporters can't defend or believe is true. As his crimes grow larger, his defenses grow more transparently false.

Fred Kaplan has a good article up about all these wars Trump claims to have settled and especially the Israel/Gaza conflict where the fire has already stopped ceasing. Short summary: Trump is taking bows for the first step, which was the easy one to do. But it's pretty meaningless without the next dozen-or-so steps, some of which seem insurmountable. And even if a lasting settlement is possible, there would be a lot of hard work to do and Trump doesn't even seem remotely interested in doing it.