found online by Raymond
From The Moderate Voice:
When George’s father asked young George if he had chopped down his favorite tree, legend (again) has it that the future first president of our country bravely admitted, “I can’t tell a lie, Pa; you know I can’t tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet.”
Compare the legend to the harsh, ugly reality 280 years later when the 45th president of the United States tells ABC News: “I always want to tell the truth. When I can, I tell the truth. And sometimes it turns out to be where something happens that’s different or there’s a change, but I always like to be truthful.”
Apparently, 5,000-plus times during the past 20 months this president wanted to tell the truth, but just could not bring himself to do it.