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Of the most prominent examples of the president's detachment from reality. so much so that kellyanne conway had to say, well, it's not a falsehood, it's an alternate truth or an alternate fact and that is just a big problem. and my point here is as budget director you are going to have to be able to put the president's feet on the ground of reality and say we're not going to fill our budget full of what are referred to as magicals a triasterisks and false assumptions, are you going to be able to do that? that was the question i was putting forward. >> are you confident there are pele right now...

Gone mostly unchallenged amid the myriad distractions. take what he said about president trump's federal hiring freeze at the beginning of yesterday's press conference. >> the president issued a memorandum outlining executive branch hiring. this memorandum counters the dramatic expansion of the federal work force in recent years. >> the dramatic expansion of the federal work force in recent years. it is actually a widely-held belief i think among liberals, conservatives, democrats, republicans, that the federal work force expanded through barack obama's presidency and before that. it's just no...

>> which has been a long standing belief that he's maintained. it's a belief he maintains. he's believed this for a long time. it was a comment he made on a long standing belief. >> reporter: do you believe there was widespread voter fraud? >> my job is not -- >> reporter: how can he be comfortable with his win -- >> he's very comfortable with his win. he believes what he believes based on the information he's provided. >> he believes, he believe, he believes. this is what happens when the president's staff try to adapt to a president who holds belief that are not simply untrue but manifestly ...

Popular vote. it's a preposterous claim trump has made before. sean spicer was ready to get a question on this and he was ready. spicer, having been burned saturday, attempting to defend trump's claim, took a different approach. >> reporter: does the president believe millions voted illegally and what evidence do you have of widespread voter fraud in this election if that's the case? >> the president does believe that. he's stated that before. i think he's stated his concerns of voter fraud and people voting illegally during the campaign and he continues to maintain that belief based on studie...

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