All very suitable for the Trump administration, where truth is as scarce as truffles in Antarctica.
The White House is defending its new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, as she faces scrutiny over her legal credentials.
President Donald Trump described Zacharia as an attorney when announcing her appointment last week and she has referred to herself as a lawyer.
But when she was asked on Tuesday by a reporter in which state she had passed the bar exam required to be an attorney in the US, she said standing alongside the president: “When I moved to China.”
Excellent answer, except that When I moved to China is not a state – it’s not even a city or a town or a village or a couple of houses on a dirt road.
Also – minor point – China doesn’t do US bar exams.
She does not appear to be registered to the bar in any state where she has lived. White House communications director Steven Cheung said Zacharia is “uniquely qualified and whip smart to help inform the American people”.
Well, she’s uniquely qualified in the sense that she’s apparently not qualified at all. That’s an odd way of putting it, but maybe Cheung likes to do his communications directing with a touch of whimsy.
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