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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's hydroxychloroquine claim is no different from what he has always done.
Whether he grossly exaggerates or lies about his achievements, his health or political opponents, each time a claim is thrown into question in a high-profile way, he has to double down and provide evidence that he thinks shows he is right.
A letter from a doctor that he dictated himself, fake financial statements, reference to "many other people" who have told him a fiction, a sharpie to change the projection of a hurricane, a doctored photo to prove he had the biggest inauguration crowd ever, a fake commission that was going to prove he was right about voter fraud that favored Democrats, fake investigators who were going to prove Obama wasn't born in America - he knows that by providing more fake evidence to support his untruths, he always gets away with it and avoids humiliation.
To Trump, falsely claiming that he is taking hydroxychloroquine
proves to everyone that he is right, after Dr Fauci and even Fox News have warned against it. He thinks that it proves to others that it is safe. He is right and they are all wrong and here's the proof. To paraphrase: "I am taking it and a lot of the front-line medical staff are taking it, so I must be right." The (fake) fact that he is willing to take it himself, proves it must be okay.
In fact, it makes him look more ridiculous, in the same way that using a sharpie to alter the projection of a hurricane made him look ridiculous, but his self-awareness is fading fast. His vanity means he can never admit he is wrong. It just isn't an option. After a lifetime of telling lies, that will never change. And after a lifetime of grifting, you can bet he's somehow wanting to profit from it.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)are stupid and corrupt enought to prescribe the drug to them. He does not know what he is talking about and he is defying all medical advice to the contrary. I just hope that there aren't any casualties because of his ill-advised touting of this medication.
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)...no great loss.
#notmypresident
RESIST
applegrove
(118,600 posts)will be buying one unit in the building and probably "pop by for a cup of sugar sometime".
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)More of a deterent, if you ask me. No way would I want her as a neighbor, not with daddy popping in constantly.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)100 blows to his testicles with a baseball bat.
100 kicks to each shin by a female mixed martial artist.
100 punches to the face by everyone who wants to!
A different world with me in charge, indeed!
samnsara
(17,615 posts)And in large quantities.
magicarpet
(14,144 posts)If he dropped acid five or six times per day he might think much more clearly.
It couldn't be any worse than dealing with him now. He is such an incoherent fuck.
maxsolomon
(33,284 posts)His goal is to waste time, to disconcert and confuse. It's a Grifter Gallop, not a Gish Gallop, at this point.
vapor2
(1,243 posts)because he is clearly a clown in foreign countries. He does hate humiliation but has not totally avoided it. Late night hosts will continue to poke fun at this thug.