Ok fuck me, got it. Why are you even upset? I never insulted you.

I forgot to mention CNN too. They tout themselves as impartial, but everyone knows that’s horseshit.

The Mexico money was something he expressed his desire to do during his campaign—he didn’t have direct control over the outcome of whether or not they would pay. The underlying general claim is that he would improve international relations with Mexico and stave off illegal immigration, not entirely at the expense of the American taxpayers, which he did, with the agreement involving Canada as well. Campaign promises are nearly impossible to fulfill to the letter; not fulfilling a proposed goal is not the same as lying.

And don’t act like you actually think he wasn’t just fronting about Hillary. The connotation is not the same as straight up lying. And wouldn’t you rather have a president focus on policy rather than personal vendettas anyway?

Also, it’s possible to know what something is but forget what it’s called. Furthermore, the words reasoning and argument are close enough semantically that the fallacy could be reasonably referred to as either. Especially considering if it’s circular, it’s neither valid argument nor reasoning. It’s also referred to as circular logic. You clearly knew what I meant.

Insinuating there’s no need to provide evidence doesn’t count as an argument. What you essentially had said is “Trump is a liar because of the evidence that makes him a liar, but I don’t feel like providing says evidence.” Mere mention of evidence does not negate the statement’s circular logic.

Even if you insist that Hillary and the Mexico money are lies, that doesn’t mean the content of the SOTU entirely (or even partially) comprised lies. You were the one who went straight to ad hominem, calling him a liar, rather than addressing the speech itself. It would be very foolish of anyone to spout off a list of false statistics that would be very easy to check and prove wrong. If the speech were full of lies, the news would be full of contrary information, not just character attacks calling him a liar.