Fake News, Regardless Of What The Facts Are

Watching live news. Trump and the Dutch Prime Minister were responding to press questions. Trump went on a tirade about CNN and the New York Times, accusing them of pushing fake news that disparages the US military.

It didn't dawn on him that he also acknowledged the existence of the report, so it's not fake news.

It's not like anyone is saying that the pilots did not pull off a bullseye, it's that the weapons they used has never been tested in real-life situations.

But Trump announced, just as US pilots left Iranian airspace that the Iranian nuke facilities were obliterated, so facts no longer matter.

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MarkPaul · 26-30, M

When the polls provide favourable news to him, they are fantastic. When the polls indicate he's unpopular, they are "fake news." Dismissing inconvenient facts is part of his schtick. For "the base," it never gets old and they are mesmerized by that weakness which they perceive as a strength and one they like to mimic.

Carla · 61-69, F

He knows that if he and others say it enough, it will be true to his cult.
I have no clue how this will play out. Trump will claim victory regardless.

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SomeMichGuy · M

@Northwest "Alternative facts", when challenged on the real ones; she said, "Yes, but these are ALTERNATIVE facts"...! Kellyann Conway, I think...nope Kellyanne Conway. If you hadn't given me a hint, I'd have never gotten her name. lol

She was that inattentive in law school that she confused alternative theories--based upon provable facts--with alternative unproven and u provable "facts" which were merely assertions.

I think it's EXACTLY like Giuliani's much-vaunted "binders" of sworn statements. I can swear that I know zilch about something, sign it, have it notarized, and now I have created a record which furthers NO case.

Northwest · M

@SomeMichGuy typo I mistakenly tried typing her name and was trying to add an e :-) Her husband George Conway was her biggest critic, I don't know how these two stayed married for so long.

SomeMichGuy · M

@Northwest Yes! Like James Carville and Mary Matalin.

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MistyCee

Facts never seem to matter to Trump directly. What does matter is if they get in the way of what he's selling in such a way that he feels like he has to change his pitch.

iamthe99 · M

And that's the problem. He no longer cares about due process, or what the House, Congress, or even the Courts say. He is essentially, now, a dictator.

calicuz · 56-60, M

Facts do not matter to MAGA, only their feelings are important.

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