Trump Lies Because 'It's Fun'

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Trump Lies Because ‘It’s Fun’

https://politicalwire.com/2019/04/05/trump-lies-because-its-fun/

April 5, 2019 at 10:07 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 108 Comments

"SNIP....

Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci told CNN that President Trump lies “because he thinks it’s fun.”

Said Scaramucci: “He does it because he thinks it’s fun and he also does it because he likes the fact that you guys are talking about it There’s a very large group of people inside of our population that when he does it and the media talks about it, they laugh.”

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[spanone]

1. in other words, he's a lying asshole.

[The Genealogist]

2. Yeah, an adult man who acts like a 5 year old is just perfect for the presidency

He should be used as an example in preschools to teach kids how NOT to behave.

[SMC22307]

3. It's not dementia or Alzheimer's like many insist, it's who he is...

a lying asshole. I've been aware of Drumpf since the '80s and then the Central Park Five. The guy is a fucking pig.

[Hekate]

8. Here's the thing: a pathological liar can develop dementia just like anyone else...

Trump's essential personality traits are still there: the need to dominate the news cycle, the bullying, the lying, the need to have everything be all about him, the violence.

The catastrophic change is that he can't keep track of the lies any more and can't sustain a thought. It's like watching a famed juggler begin to fumble and drop -- oranges. We are watching him unravel and decompensate before our eyes.

[brush]

15. It's true he's a lying, cheating a-hole but it seems apparent that dementia...

is in the mix now. He's losing it before our eyes.

[Bradshaw3]

4. It's true, grifters enjoy lying

The crinimals I've worked with will tell you that one of the side benefits they get from cheating and stealing (and the lying that is integral to it) is because it gives them a sense of power to "get over on someone", to con them. Just one more example that tRump is nothing but a criminal.

[marylandblue]

5. Yes, it's a malignant narcissist strategy.

He lies because he can and it ties other people in knots. The best thing for most of us to do is ignore the lies. But not enough people are able to ignore it, so they furiously debunk or ridicule.

A strategy candidates can use is to sarcastically say, "I'll consider that," then talk about real policy as if he said nothing at all.

[riversedge]

6. Each day, my opine of #Trumpsters gets lower and lower. I actually pity them at this point.

[dewsgirl]

7. I agree, but the whole oranges not knowing his father was born in New York the other

day, was downright bizarre.

[Hekate]

9. We're watching his brain cells spark and flicker out. The blank look on his face is scary to behold.

He can't keep all the lies in his con straight anymore.

[dewsgirl]

10. George Conway had an excellent thread this morning, it was part of Trump's rally from

the other night, the way in one breath he jumped around to about 5 subjects, it is crazy to see written down. He went from wind, to bird graveyards, to NK, ...and on and on. You could actually feel the gears in his brain getting all screwed up. Insane.

[ProudLib72]

11. In other words, the MSM should NOT repeat his bullshit

They just give him a platform for lying

[gratuitous]

12. Or they should follow up on his lies

That juicy one about wind turbine noise causing cancer is an easy one. One of Trump's minions couldn't bolt fast enough when questioned about it, gabbling something about not having that information before dashing off. It's easy to frame: You've claimed that wind turbine noise causes cancer; what's your source for that assertion, and what is your administration doing to limit these dire health consequences you allege are happening?

[TrogL]

20. That should be easy enough to prove/disprove

There’s a huge wind farm about 100 miles south east of me that’s been there awhile. I’d expect to see a spike in cancer rates there. I’ve heard nothing.

[ooky]

13. Some of his lies I wish they would re-run daily, like

the "10% working class tax cut" he said "Republicans were working on" right before the midterms, and "the 10% pay raise he gave to the troops" when he visited them in the field while wearing a 7 foot wide jacket.

[BlueStater]

14. So he's a demented sociopath.

Thanks for confirming what we've already known all along.

[Maru Kitteh]

16. Not sure I'll be taking anything that clown "The Mooch" says very seriously. Ever.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Yuk yuk funny boy

[smirkymonkey]

18. What a sick fuck.

You know what would be fun? I'm not even going to say it.

[Mc Mike]

19. Right. Nazis delight in making bad faith 'arguments'.

And reality is very unfriendly to tRumps' and repugs' positions.

[VOX]

21. Add sadism to the narcissism and dementia.