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		dragonwriter on Nov 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads... > It is a past tense sentence, just sayin'. "The president of the United States has been using [...]" is present perfect continuous tense (expressing an action continuing in the present that began in the past), not past tense.

shard on Nov 19, 2020 [–]

So it could be referring to the office of the president, not a specific president. Politicians lie, it's a commodity across the parties.

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