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Donald Trump and the Art of the Lie
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jun 14, 2019 12:35pm |
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| Category | Commentary |
| Author | Andrew Sullivan |
| News Date | Friday, June 14, 2019 04:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | “I like the truth. I’m actually a very honest guy,” President Trump told a slightly incredulous George Stephanopoulos this week. Like almost everything Trump says, it was, of course, a lie. But it was a particularly Trumpish kind of lie. It was so staggeringly, self-evidently untrue, and so confidently, breezily said, it was less a statement of nonfact than an expression of pure power.
For Trump, lying is central to his disturbed psyche, and to his success. The brazenness of it unbalances and stupefies sane and adjusted people, thereby constantly giving him an edge and a little breathing space while we try to absorb it, during which he proceeds to the next lie. And on it goes. It’s like swimming in choppy water. Just when you get to the surface to breathe, another wave crashes into you. |
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