It sounds so simple: "Saying something does not make it so".

[Atticus]

Mexico will not pay for Trump's wall.
Trump has not provided "better cheaper health care that covers everyone".
Trump got nothing from the North Korean summit.
Putin is not "fine".
Trump is not a "very smart man".

Why do so many have so much difficulty with this concept?

[alwaysinasnit]

1. If I had to guess...

I would say that tRump supporters share many character traits with him, so whenever tRump is criticized for all of the above (and more), these supporters take it personally and will refuse to believe there is anything (major) wrong with tRump's conduct.

[marylandblue]

2. Actually, experiments show that saying something does make it so

In the Asch conformity experiments, subjects had to determine the relative length of line when compared to three other lines. The subject was in a room full of actors who consistently gave the wrong answers. Most subjects also gave wrong answers when the others did, at least sometimes. Only 25% consistently went with their own eyes rather than majority opinion.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments

[Atticus]

3. The title of your post is incorrect. Saying something does NOT make it

so; it simply deceives those willing to be bamboozled. The technique doe not work on people who THINK!

[marylandblue]

6. The title was intended to be ironic

[raccoon]

4. "There is none so blind as he who will not see." Nt

[JHB]

5. It's like the people who claim to talk to your dead relatives...

They say it to people who really want it to be true.

So it is, as far as they're concerned.