Favourite lie actually quite baffling

[struggle4progress]

AUGUST 6, 2017
10:52AM

... “I got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them,” Mr Trump told the Wall Street Journal, referring to his speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree last month.

The only problem? That call never happened. Mr Trump made it up ...



http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/donald-trumps-favourite-lie-is-actually-quite-baffling/news-story/e15cf203e0d7bdff555a874eadd3d8d4

[A-Schwarzenegger]

1. I dont see it as baffling...

1. he has no concern for the truth
2. he has total concern for others' admiration
3. He has a cosmic ego
4. he has zero self-esteem
5. he fears he is stupid
6. he knows he is uneducated
7. a person who gives the greatest speeches is admired by all, has immense self-esteem, cannot be stupid, and cannot be uneducated
8. therefore... "everybody says I give the greatest speeches"

[struggle4progress]

2. Here's some advice from an old teacher:

People always believe what they figure out for themselves -- but much less frequently believe the interpretations other people provide for them

I think everything you say here is true. But it is sometimes worthwhile to study how to convey facts in a way that enable the audience to reach the conclusion, rather than providing the conclusion directly

[A-Schwarzenegger]

3. ha, whatever, Socrates

The author of the article inadequately answered her own inquiry.
Sometimes the teacher needs a little nudge toward the light

[RussBLib]

4. he's pathological

and we are along for the ride

now we have to rely on the generals?

[oasis]

5. Trump's full of shit. Who knew?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

6. Yeah it's just...

BAFFLING!

[hfojvt]

7. actually there was an article in the KC Star

that was gushing over his speech in Poland.

Seems to me that kind of a lie is kinda hard to refudiate. It's not really a lie where you can check the actual numbers or something.

To me Bush's lies were more brazen. He would basically lie about math, try and tell you that 6 is less than the square root of 27 and count on people to be unable to do the math.

I guess it worked, but to a math geek like me it was like he was straight up saying "I am full of excrement".