We need to #VoteBlue and here is why. Donald Trump plays on perception and lies. His followers perceive him as their hero and believe what he says. From accusing others of being fake news, to making up fake news himself, Trump appears to be playing with words to hide his lies. How did all this begin? It’s a ploy. He believes that by demeaning the press, people won’t believe the negative stories about him — even though these are often true.
Lesley Stahl said in an interview with PBS News’ Judy Woodruff that Trump told her he keeps hammering the press so that when they write negative stories no one will believe them. She said:
“It’s just me, my boss, and him — he has a huge office — and he’s attacking the press. There were no cameras, there was nothing going on and I said, ‘That is getting tired, why are you doing it? You’re doing it over and over and it’s boring. It’s time to end that, you’ve won the nomination. And why do you keep hammering at this?’
“And he said: ‘You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you.’ (Lesley Stahl interview/ Real Clear Politics.)
But should we believe him?
CNN reported: “In his first 869 days as President, Donald Trump said 10,796 things that were either misleading or outright false, according to The Washington Post’s Fact Checker. Do the math and you get this: The President of the United States is saying 12 untrue things a day. This was on June 10, 2019.
Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, had this to say about Trump’s behavior:
“The lies may become true in his mind as soon as he utters them, but they’re still lies. It’s just another way for him to see what he can get away with. And so far, he’s gotten away with everything.”
From page 205 of Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/05/23/leslie_stahl_trump_told_me_he_uses the_term_fake_news_to_discredit_the_media.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/10/politics/donald-trump-lies-fact-check/index.html
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