Yes, those are the same thing. The person you’re replying to makes some good points, but in a word-salad way.

They’re confusing something the president didn’t do as a non-action, but “not telling the truth” = “lying”.

I think (hope) what they were trying to say was the common saying, something like, “Judge someone more on what they do than what they say.” For example, if a president says “protect America”, like who wouldn’t want that? But when what they “do” is deport legal, non-criminal immigrants who have valid work and school visas, that is what you should be watching.

they are but they aren't. for example.

two people stand in front of you.

person A tells half truths.

person B tells half lies.

which will you trust more?

technically both are doing the same amount of lying but person B is actively lying to you by including false information while person A is not telling you the whole truth by omitting it.