That really is just not correct.
I spend a good part of my job in a very liberal (higher education) setting.
The liberals I discuss this with just want him to stop acting like a kid holding his breath till he gets his way.
He, so easily, could come out of this looking like an inspirational leader were he to quit obsessing over the "5.7 billion" number, a figure he dreamt up because it sounds knowledgable and big-ish-enough and now his "base" has accepted that 5.7B as a real number based on engineering and architectural plans. It is no such thing.
For those of us that fact check him he considers to looks to be a fool.
Want an example? Two days after he was in Texas he stated quite certainly "Well, I haven't actually left the White House in months." during Fox's Pirro interview.
https://factba.se/transcript/donald-trump-interview-jeanine-pirro-fox-news-january-12-2019.
Fact check me please. He appears do disingenuous when he says nonsensical things.
He's our president.
I want him to succeed rather than look the fool spewing misinformation.
Well that explains it.
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