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In an interview with the New Yorker, Tony Schwartz, the journalist who wrote Trump’s “The Art of the Deal,” said of Trump “Lying is second nature to him, more than anyone else I have ever met. Trump has the ability to convince himself that whatever he is saying at any given moment is true, or sort of true, or at least ought to be true."
Schwartz says of Trump, “He lied strategically. He had a complete lack of conscience about it.” Since most people are “constrained by the truth,” Trump’s indifference to it “gave him a strange advantage.”
When challenged about the facts, Schwartz says, Trump would often double down, repeat himself, and grow belligerent.
Schwartz — and other journalists who have spent extended periods of time with Trump — paint a much more disturbing picture. They describe a man constitutionally incapable of logic, moral reasoning or self-reflection.
If he were writing “The Art of the Deal” today, Schwartz said, it would be a very different book with a very different title. Asked what he would call it, he answered, “The Sociopath.”
There are some politicians who will say anything to get elected or reelected.
It doesn’t matter if they are Democrats. Or Republicans.
Some of them are going to lie. Maybe a majority of them are going to fib.
But to even suggest that anything Democrats have done over the years — or even to suggest that what other Republicans have done over the years — is on par with what Trump has normalized since he was sworn in is simply laughable.
Richard Nixon, the Republican president who was run out of office for covering up the Watergate break-in, was not as dishonest as Trump. Not even close. Nixon’s arc bends closer to “Honest Abe” Lincoln than it does to a serial liar like Trump.
Trump’s arc bends more toward James Tate, the Kentucky state treasurer who fled the state in 1988 with two tobacco sacks full of taxpayers’ gold and silver.
You'd trust Charles Ponzi or Bernie Madoff before you'd trust Trump.
Trump was given the “Lie of the Year” award in both 2015 and 2017.
The first award was not for a single lie, but was for the sheer volume of lies Trump told. PolitiFact said that 76 percent of Trump’s statements that it checked that year were “mostly false,” “false” or “pants on fire.”
Many politicians make false and misleading statements when they are trapped or cornered or don’t have a better answer.
Trump on the other hand, lies when he doesn’t have to. He lies when the truth is a better answer. Trump’s first instinct is to lie.
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For $199, Giuliani will tell you a story or wish you a happy birthday.
After facing mounting legal bills and a criminal investigation, Rudy announced on Tuesday that he had signed up for Cameo, a website that lets celebrities sell video greetings to fans.
"Hi, it's Rudy Giuliani, and I'm on Cameo," Giuliani says in a welcome video posted to his page. "If there's an issue of concern you would like to discuss, or a story you would like to hear or share with me, or a greeting that I could bring to someone that would bring happiness to their day, I would be delighted to do it. It can be arranged, and we can talk through the magic of Cameo." 🤣🤣
In June, Rudy's allies created a "Freedom Fund" for public donations to help Rudy with his legal woes.
Giuliani also faces a $1.3 billion lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems.
"HI it's Rudy Giuliani, and I'm on Cameo. If there's an issue of concern you would like to discuss, like the used motor oil leaking down my face for example, it can be arranged." 🤣😂🤣😅
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