btaf45@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · edit-220 days agoAnalysis: Why does Donald Trump tell such blatant lies?theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down13
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minus-squareGrymEdm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·edit-220 days agoIt’s a propaganda technique called the firehose of falsehood. Trump is great at it because he’s immoral and creative enough to generate lies on the fly, and narcissistic enough to instantly believe his own BS.
It’s a propaganda technique called the firehose of falsehood. Trump is great at it because he’s immoral and creative enough to generate lies on the fly, and narcissistic enough to instantly believe his own BS.