“It has long been a truism that politicians lie," wrote Carole McGranahan for the American Ethnologist in 2017, but "Donald Trump is different". He is the most "accomplished and effective liar" to have ever participated in American politics. We expect politicians to stretch the truth. But Trump is a whole different animal," because Trump "lies as a policy" and "will say anything"
“Steve Bannon, Trump's 2016 presidential campaignCEO and chief strategist during the first seven months of Trump's first presidency, said that the press, rather than Democrats, was Trump's primary adversary and "the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.”
“Trump is conscious of the value of repetition to get his lies believed. He demonstrated this knowledge when he instructed Stephanie Grisham, his White House press secretary, to use his method of lying: "As long as you keep repeating something, it doesn't matter what you say."
“It has been suggested that Trump's apparent "avalanche of lies" consists of bullshit rather than of lying. The liar cares about the truth and attempts to hide it, while the bullshitter does not care whether what they say is true or false”
“News outlets may initially check a false claim by Trump, but are unlikely to continue pointing out that it's false especially because he is constantly mixing in dozens of new lies that require time and resources to address. And so, by virtue of shameless perseverance, Trump often manages to outlast most of the media's willingness to correct any particular falsehood”
Interesting piece, I didn’t even realize that the guy has intentionally been a serial liar his whole life, the list is overwhelming. Got to love the women who said she wouldn’t believe a thing Trump said even if his tongue was notarized
Goes to show Trump by design plays his MAGA as saps, and proves he definitely lacks any sense of a moral compass.
“But, but, but, you don’t understand Trump’s humor,” “he’s only playing others,”
“Steve Bannon, Trump's 2016 presidential campaignCEO and chief strategist during the first seven months of Trump's first presidency, said that the press, rather than Democrats, was Trump's primary adversary and "the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.”
“Trump is conscious of the value of repetition to get his lies believed. He demonstrated this knowledge when he instructed Stephanie Grisham, his White House press secretary, to use his method of lying: "As long as you keep repeating something, it doesn't matter what you say."
“It has been suggested that Trump's apparent "avalanche of lies" consists of bullshit rather than of lying. The liar cares about the truth and attempts to hide it, while the bullshitter does not care whether what they say is true or false”
“News outlets may initially check a false claim by Trump, but are unlikely to continue pointing out that it's false especially because he is constantly mixing in dozens of new lies that require time and resources to address. And so, by virtue of shameless perseverance, Trump often manages to outlast most of the media's willingness to correct any particular falsehood”
Interesting piece, I didn’t even realize that the guy has intentionally been a serial liar his whole life, the list is overwhelming. Got to love the women who said she wouldn’t believe a thing Trump said even if his tongue was notarized
Goes to show Trump by design plays his MAGA as saps, and proves he definitely lacks any sense of a moral compass.
“But, but, but, you don’t understand Trump’s humor,” “he’s only playing others,”
