I've long noticed a pattern to Trump's lies. I'll illustrate with an example: The issue of climate change. Every Republican politician knows the base doesn't believe it is real. If that politician decides to pander to the base, they have a choice of lies to tell. They can claim that there is better science that shows that the scienc…
I've long noticed a pattern to Trump's lies. I'll illustrate with an example: The issue of climate change. Every Republican politician knows the base doesn't believe it is real. If that politician decides to pander to the base, they have a choice of lies to tell. They can claim that there is better science that shows that the science promoted by the media gets it wrong. Or they can follow Trump and claim it's a Chinese hoax. Now Trump's lie does two things: It demonizes China and implicitly makes the claim that American climate scientists are traitors because they are toeing the Chinese line. There is almost always this component to a Trump lie. Someone is demonized.
I've long noticed a pattern to Trump's lies. I'll illustrate with an example: The issue of climate change. Every Republican politician knows the base doesn't believe it is real. If that politician decides to pander to the base, they have a choice of lies to tell. They can claim that there is better science that shows that the science promoted by the media gets it wrong. Or they can follow Trump and claim it's a Chinese hoax. Now Trump's lie does two things: It demonizes China and implicitly makes the claim that American climate scientists are traitors because they are toeing the Chinese line. There is almost always this component to a Trump lie. Someone is demonized.