The Press Secretary coming out and gaslighting the public early isn't a good look though. Why is Trump so sensitive that he sends him out to blatantly lie to the public and make up figures that were immediately discredited by the companies that actually hold them (Metro System operators for one)?

Then today Trump's counselor Conway comes out and says they weren't lying - just using "alternative facts". Kim-Jong Trump needs to be fact checked at every turn.

I'm re-reading 1984 at the moment and the parallels are uncanny.