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Martin Eden

(15,910 posts)
14. Donald Trump is a pathological liar. Facts and belief don't enter into his rhetoric.
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 08:54 AM
Aug 2024

He says whatever he thinks serves his interests in the moment, including obvious easily disprovable lies.

The key to pushing a BIG LIE is repetition. There are only so many ways to push the same false narratives, which is why he often sounds like a broken record.

NEVERTHELESS he is definitely showing signs of decline in his delivery, looking more like a confused pathetic old man telling the same lame stories over and over again, ocassionally inventing new ones (like the helicopter crash that didn't happen) or expounding on weird theories like an electric boat with a battery too heavy to float (nobody asked him how a boat too heavy to float got to where the sharks are).

He is fast becoming a diminished figure, but the media needs to act responsibly in reporting the condition of a candidate who was manifestly unfit to be president in 2016 and is even moreso now.

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I think they've let things go so long that they figure it's impossible to inject reality into the situation captain queeg Aug 2024 #1
The media has been for year covering up, sugar-coating, ignoring TFG's various fuckups. raccoon Aug 2024 #2
I think the media is collectively demented Raven123 Aug 2024 #3
I don't know if you had a chance to watch Lawrence FalloutShelter Aug 2024 #4
Media knows his idiocy and craziness gets them viewers IronLionZion Aug 2024 #5
This! happy feet Aug 2024 #19
For the same reason they are ignoring that $10 milllion bribe he got from the Egyptian President. GoCubsGo Aug 2024 #6
As Lawrence O'Donnell said 'it's 2016 all over again' spanone Aug 2024 #7
Because he is robustly crazy, as opposed to... 617Blue Aug 2024 #8
for the same reason they ignored Reagan's dementia. Conjuay Aug 2024 #9
of course Biden's non-dementia deserved non-stop coverage LymphocyteLover Aug 2024 #11
He is literally insane and the media refuses to report this LymphocyteLover Aug 2024 #10
They showed his press conference yesterday. DownriverDem Aug 2024 #12
They are afraid of reporting the truth. hay rick Aug 2024 #13
Donald Trump is a pathological liar. Facts and belief don't enter into his rhetoric. Martin Eden Aug 2024 #14
It does infuriate me... Happy Hoosier Aug 2024 #15
I think the answer is quite obvious. LilElf70 Aug 2024 #16
Add To The List DallasNE Aug 2024 #17
Thank you. I was wondering where the helicopter story came from. niyad Aug 2024 #18
Trump yesterday, "We are going to have another Great Depression, WWIII, and had more people @ Botany Aug 2024 #20
On Wednesday He Claimed DallasNE Aug 2024 #23
I think it's profits. Profits over the public good Vogon_Glory Aug 2024 #21
They have 3.5 trillion reasons hvn_nbr_2 Aug 2024 #22
Because many lack moral intestinal fortitude. republianmushroom Aug 2024 #24
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