Mr President, isn’t it just better to check the facts and tell the truth?
It’s a fact – fact-checkers say they have trumped Trump yet again!
But does he lie? And, if so, why do so many people believe him?
Many, like me, believe that Trump has “the temper of the true liar” like no politician in living memory. But maybe I’m just making that up – after all, as a journalist, my own need in life is to deal in Fake News only.
Apparently!
But I do believe Mr Trump has become a potent force for leading a blind dead horse into the future?
However, to be fair to him, the telling of truth is certainly not the foremost of political virtues – politics is more about point scoring.
But there has to be a point when the man and woman on the street know what reality really is!
Lies and dishonesty in any house of power is not a form of quaint rhetoric or charm – that is a joy given to the honest creators of fiction, novelists, film-makers and poets.
A cartoon about a character called Donald ducking the truth at every chance would be a big joke …
But the truth matters to individuals and to society as a whole.
In reality, truth means we can grow and understand, make our own minds up and mature. And learn.
Lying can only break bonds.
In simple terms, if you don’t care about other people, lies don’t matter. A lack of empathy means a lack of conscience.
So, while I’m having a go at President Trump, let’s also look at the fact—check organisations monitoring his progress through ‘the many birds flying down south’.
Nobody’s perfect but make your own mind up about those who are exposing Trump on a daily basis.
Then take a look at what they have checked about him:
Here are the fact checkers https://guides.libs.uga.edu/factchecknews
Here are the facts they checked President Trump https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/08/politics/fact-check-trump-covid-executive-actions-bedminster/index.html
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