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Essential to understanding Trump

Jonathan Greenberg: “Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400. Here are the tapes”. From John Barron to @RealDonaldTrump: Trump’s history of lying. “People don’t realize”: Trump and the historical facts he wants you to know. The assault on reality: Essential to understanding Trump is his attempt to subject the public to his own solipsistic reality — and thereby destroy our shared basis for democracy. Taking back hyperbole from Trump: Eugene Young on “truthful hyperbole” is hyperbolic projection. One thing is becoming clear about the various Trump scandals: They center on the president’s disdain for the law. Is Donald Trump the first gangster president?

Trump cannot fulfill the duties of commander in chief. Is Trump “morally unfit” to be president? Not if Americans can’t agree on what’s good and bad. No wonder Trump needs so much “executive time”. The biggest baby: Jonathan Kendall interviews Ben Greenman, author of Don Quixotic.