Donald Trump...our very own Fabulist-in-Chief!

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My gut feeling is that barring one or another truly grim crisis [at home or abroad] Trump’s second term is not likely to “destroy us”.

Besides, what some see as destruction, others see as anything but. And, as often as not, this revolves around moral and political and spiritual prejudices rooted existentially in dasein. And, thus, ever and always subject to change given new experiences, new relationships and access to new sources of information and knowledge.

On the other hand, my own reaction to Trump and his policies is no less fractured and fragmented. Instead, what I despise most about him are his endless fucking lies.

For instance:

"CNN anchors John Berman and Sara Sidner roasted President Donald Trump as fact-checker Daniel Dale went over some of the “13 biggest lies” of his first month in office.**

Dale marked Trump’s first month-anniversary of the second term with a list of just the top 13 “lies”:

  • The tale of the $50 million – no, make it $100 million – in condoms for Hamas
  • Blaming Ukraine for starting the war on Ukraine
  • The (non-)uniqueness of birthright citizenship
  • More up-is-down reversing of the reality of January 6
  • A gusher of deceit about California water policy
  • The election lie he refused to let die
  • That fable about Olympic boxers, again
  • The president’s fictionalized northern neighbor
  • Blasting Biden for a program launched under Trump
  • Relentless deception about who pays tariffs
  • A wild exaggeration of the increase in autism rates
  • China’s (non-)operation of the Panama Canal
  • Trump’s invented dominance with “the youth vote”

Or, False or misleading statements by Donald Trump - Wikipedia

Or, as Mary McCarthy is said to have once described Lillian Hellman, “every word she writes is a lie, Including ‘and’ and ‘the’”.

Or, “how do we know when Donald Trump lies? He opens his mouth and says something.”

Only Hellman was not president of the United States tasked with, among other things, carrying the “football” around with her wherever she went.

Now, as we all know, lies are often rationalized by moral and political objectivists. Why? Because their own particular “kingdom of ends” often comes to revolve around “by any means necessary”.

Only with Trump the lies seem to revolve far less around ideology and far more around his utterly narcissistic personality.

Someone once said, “may you live in interesting times”. It was meant to be ironic as I recall. With Trump though, just how “interesting” will our lives become?

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There is an interesting true story drama on Neflix ATM. “Apple Cider Vinegar”.
It’s a female 26 year old version of Trump.
The only difference is that Trump got away with stealing from children with CANCER. Belle Gibson did not.

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Trump will not last long.
He’ll either be shot, die in office, or just lose the next one - let’s hope he does not go the full 4 years.
BUT

The consequence of this shall be America in ruins with mass hunger, homelessness and unemployment with failing infrastructure.
AND the US people shall never again be trusted with the electoral process by the establishment.
If you think the next four years are going to be bad, then strap yourself in for the long haul.

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In Trump’s Alternate Reality, Lies and Distortions Drive Change

"The United States sent $50 million in condoms to Hamas. Diversity programs caused a plane crash. China controls the Panama Canal. Ukraine started the war with Russia.

"Except, no. None of that is true. Not that it stops President Trump. In the first month since he returned to power, he has demonstrated once again a brazen willingness to advance distortions, conspiracy theories and outright lies to justify major policy decisions.

"Mr. Trump has long been unfettered by truth when it comes to boasting about his record and tearing down his enemies. But what were dubbed “alternative facts” in his first term have quickly become a whole alternative reality in his second to lay the groundwork for radical change as he moves to aggressively reshape America and the world.

“If the U.S. Agency for International Development is stupid enough to send prophylactics to a Palestinian terrorist group in Gaza, he claims, then it deserves to be dismantled. If recruiting people other than white men to work in the airline sector compromises safety, such programs should be eliminated. If China controls the strategic passage through the continent, the United States should take it back. If Ukraine is the aggressor, it should make concessions to Moscow.”

On the other hand, Trump can only get away with this if his “base” is stupid [or ignorant] enough to believe him. Or, perhaps, accept that they are lies but they got him into power. If that’s what it takes to bring America back around to the 1950s, so be it.

Just Google “why does Trump’s base believe his lies”

Then take your pick of assessments you believe are the least ridiculous.

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About Daddy Trump

Trump’s father, the German-born Frederick Trump, amassed considerable wealth during the Klondike Gold Rush by running a restaurant and brothel for miners. Friedrich returned to Kallstadt in 1901, and, by the next year, met and married Elizabeth Christ.[17] They moved to New York City, where their first child, Elizabeth, was born in 1904.[18] Later that year, the family returned to Kallstadt.[19] Fred was conceived in Bavaria, where his parents wished to re-establish residency, but Friedrich was banished for dodging the draft.[20][19] The family returned to New York on July 1, 1905, and moved to the Bronx, where Frederick Christ Trump was born on October 11.[21] Fred’s younger brother, John G. Trump, was born in 1907. All three children were raised speaking German.[22] In September 1908, the family moved to Woodhaven, Queens.[23]

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