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Martin Eden

(15,519 posts)
5. What he actually **believed** is pretty much besides the point
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 12:57 PM
Jun 2022

Because TFG has consistently shown that FACTS and TRUTH have no bearing whatsoever on his assertions and rhetoric.

He is a PATHOLOGICAL LIAR who says whatever he **believes** serves his purpose in the moment.

Regardless of actual vote counts or what his own experts had to say, there was NO WAY he would accept defeat. The narrative would be FRAUD, RIGGED, STOLEN -- and he began laying the groundwork for those baseless claims even before the election by claiming early voting and mail-in ballots were rife with fraud.

Did he actually **believe**what he was saying?

He had no factual basis for such a belief, so he latched onto "alternative facts" because it served his purpose.

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Exactly. He knew he was lying. blm Jun 2022 #1
Indeed he did. mzmolly Jun 2022 #2
It lets him off the hook for his deliberate acts of deceit. blm Jun 2022 #3
I agree. mzmolly Jun 2022 #4
What he actually **believed** is pretty much besides the point Martin Eden Jun 2022 #5
I don't think he mzmolly Jun 2022 #8
So is Bill Barr and all the other republicans that knew how evil he was Bev54 Jun 2022 #6
Yep! mzmolly Jun 2022 #7
Trump is a ruthless sociopath. He is not psychotic. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #9
Exactly. mzmolly Jun 2022 #10
Yes. Trump is the head of a crime syndicate. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #12
Yep. mzmolly Jun 2022 #13
GOP Rule #4 Torchlight Jun 2022 #11
Shoot - they don't even beg forgiveness mzmolly Jun 2022 #14
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