Exposing our “populist” president as a naked plutocrat

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Exposing our "populist" president as a naked plutocrat
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Have you noticed that Donald Trump constantly prefaces his outlandish lies with such phrases as: “To be honest with you,” “To tell the truth,” and “Believe me”?

Why? Because like a snake-oil salesman, he constantly needs to convince himself that he’s speaking the truth in order to perform his next lie convincingly. The show must go on… and on.

Read the full commentary here. Then head to https://corporatepresidency.org/forgotten/.

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