...exposing Mr. Trump’s lies seems to play right into his hands. We rarely consider the possibility that the president’s supporters want a scoundrel, as long as he’s their scoundrel. Great con men feed off accusations of dishonesty.
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Mr. Trump, while constantly lying, denounces liars all around him. He tells us the game is rigged. The fake news media can’t out-fake him. This is how he gets away with making myriad demonstrably inaccurate claims, as he did at a rally with adoring supporters in Pennsylvania on Thursday, while in the same breath attacking the news media as “fake, fake disgusting news.”
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The attacks on his truthfulness have an alarming tendency to reinforce his message...
Donald Trump, Mesmerist
Just so. As I have been writing for two years the media could disarm Trump by disciplining itself not to repeat his lies. He knows, Trump KNOWS, that will never happen because he is such good copy.
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Mr. Trump, while constantly lying, denounces liars all around him. He tells us the game is rigged. The fake news media can’t out-fake him. This is how he gets away with making myriad demonstrably inaccurate claims, as he did at a rally with adoring supporters in Pennsylvania on Thursday, while in the same breath attacking the news media as “fake, fake disgusting news.”
...
The attacks on his truthfulness have an alarming tendency to reinforce his message...
Donald Trump, Mesmerist
Just so. As I have been writing for two years the media could disarm Trump by disciplining itself not to repeat his lies. He knows, Trump KNOWS, that will never happen because he is such good copy.
