An Ode to 'Desperate Don'

[malaise]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/opinion/donald-trump-lies.html
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Donald Trump lies all the time. We know that. Some of us are incensed and disgusted by this. Others have been worn out by it. But, few even attempt to deny or excuse it anymore. It has simply become a recognized feature of the man and a predicament for the country.

Last month, The Washington Post’s fact-checker column announced that Trump had reached the ignominious marker of having told more than 10,000 false and misleading claims as president. And, the pace has quickened from the early periods of his presidency, in what The Post called a “tsunami of untruths.”

Trump lies about everything and for every reason. He lies to brag. He lies to deflect. He lies to inflate. He lies to defame. He lies to praise. He sometimes seems to lie just for the sport of it.

He is being trained, right before our eyes, to see that there is no cost for this deceit among the people who support him. He can lie at a rally, right to their faces, and they will still cheer. He can lie in public proclamations, and the Republican cowards in Congress will find a way to defend, rationalize or forgive it.

[dalton99a]

1. When there are no consequences for theft, everything not nailed down will go missing

When a dyed-in-the-wool thief realizes that there are no consequences for theft, everything not nailed down will go missing. The same is true of the liar: When there is no consequence, the deceiver is unbound and unashamed.

[ginnyinWI]

2. he learned this long, long ago.

It has been his way all of his life. He created an image for himself to work his businesses and it has become who he is. In other words, he is a shell with nothing inside, and it has to be kept up by lying and spinning. Nothing is going to change him at this point. He just needs to have all power taken away from him.

[malaise]

3. I think he succeeded in fooling the parents

and decided to market it elsewhere - he is a vile scumbag.