Trump says eight European countries face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland

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12. Trump knows the basic truths about a lie.

When the rich speak they have many supporters;

though what they say is repugnant, it wins approval.

When the poor speak people say, “Come, come, speak up!”

though they are talking sense, they get no hearing.


When the rich speak all are silent,

their wisdom people extol to the clouds.

When the poor speak people say: “Who is that?”

Sirach, Chapter 13:22-23

It is more difficult to get people to disbelieve a lie than it is to get them to believe a lie.


"The glory which is built upon a lie soon becomes a most unpleasant incumbrance. ... How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!"
Mark Twain