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(03-17-2017, 10:30 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: I don't disagree that we would likely find out that Trump is just a big bullshit artist were we to see his taxes. But, him being a bullshit artist and lying about his worth doesn't change the results of the election, and it likely doesn't change the minds of those loyal to him.

Also, I think a major part of the big lie of his is that he doesn't really know what's going on. When he talks policy he displays an ignorance not just about policy in general, which is to be expected from a neophyte to policy, but to the policy he is supposedly behind. I am convinced more and more that he is not the one pulling the levers.

Agree on all points.

But, remember the old Shakespeare line, "Me thinks he doth protest too much?"

Why did Trump claim before the election that if he lost it could only be because the election was rigged? Why, when the margin of victory was so small, did he talk about how big it was for weeks after the inauguration? Why does he continue to claim 5 or 6 million people fraudulently voted against him?

The answer to all three questions could certainly be, "Because he is a dumbass." But, the answers could also be because the election was in fact rigged, that in claiming a huge victory margin he is attempting to establish in the minds of the average mouth breather that he would have won even were it not rigged, and because if the evidence of the election being rigged materializes he can hope the average mouth breather will shrug and say, "It don't matter none, 'cause both of 'em was cheatin'."

And then there is the little matter of if - as you suspect - the president isn't the one pulling the levers, who is? One man? Many? Bannon? Russians? Organized criminals? All of the above?