12 May 2020

Magical Thinking

Eugene Robinson's piece in yesterday's Washington Post (link here) faulted Donald Trump for repeatedly making wildly optimistic and thus false coronavirus claims, labeling them a sort of magical thinking.

Indeed, in yesterday's press conference, before storming off in a temper tantrum to abruptly end the session, Trump repeatedly made claims that have no basis in fact (details here).

To call this magical thinking, I would suggest, is too kind. Trump is flat-out lying. This is his trademark pattern. He will make wild claims that he fabricates on the spot. The right-wing fringe media will cover this like it was gospel chiseled on tablets of stone. When the mainstream media exposes Trump's lies, he screeches that they're "fake new" and all part of a grand conspiracy to get him.

Trump is a con artist, pure and simple. He'll fabricate claims out of thin air to cover his ass and hide his failures. He lives in an alternative reality but he's quite aware of that fact. That's all part of his big grift.

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