Long before he embarked on his political journey, Donald Trump was under the microscope of fact-checking organisations and accused of having a habit of regularly giving people misleading information.
Following numerous investigations carried out by journalists and academics, Trump was found to have a history of making false claims throughout his business career, electoral campaigns, tenure in office and personal life.
Here, we delve into some of his most significant statements that were later exposed as misleading, presented in chronological order.
Trump's memoir The Art of the Deal was published in 1987, ghostwritten by journalist Tony Schwartz. Years later, in 2016, when interviewed by the New Yorker, Schwartz characterised Trump as someone who had a "loose relationship with the truth," reports the Mirror US.
He added that Trump employed exaggeration as a clear business tactic, utilising what he termed "truthful hyperbole" - something Trump portrayed as a promotional strategy in which one overstates to grab attention and cater to people's expectations of success.
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