The article states that the American publication calculated 30,573 lies that Donald Trump told during his first term as president. Trump is not alone or exceptional in spreading lies, though the scale and thickness of them may be unprecedented. A lie spreads faster than the truth, which does not have time to react to it. The more powerful a person is, the bigger the lie they can tell without accountability. Today, lies are called alternative facts, different versions of the truth or hallucinations. The BMJ insists on the importance of words and facts.