02-10-2017, 12:29 PM
(02-09-2017, 06:45 PM)Dill Wrote: How many times has a Trump surrogate said "He never said that" only to follow with "What he REALLY meant"?
I am wondering how intentional this constant fuss over what Trump says is. It creates an environment in which Trump statements are never definitively false--just infinitely revisable and a matter of point of view.
They are what Trump "believed" at the moment he made them. So its ok to make such statements since they SEEM TRUE AT THE TIME to him. He is "honest" since he is not saying what seems false to him.
Best you've got then is that his statements SEEM FALSE to you. His opinion against yours--and no one elected you president.
At least one academic wrote a big piece saying this is a well worn political strategy and part of the Trump strategy - to sow confusion and distract while they loot the treasury and erode democracy. But, she is just a student of history and politics, what would she know?
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