Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.

The United States sent $50 million in condoms to Hamas. Diversity programs caused a plane crash. China controls the Panama Canal. Ukraine started the war with Russia.

Except, no. None of that is true. Not that it stops President Trump. In the first month since he returned to power, he has demonstrated once again a brazen willingness to advance distortions, conspiracy theories and outright lies to justify major policy decisions.

Mr. Trump has long been unfettered by truth when it comes to boasting about his record and tearing down his enemies. But what were dubbed “alternative facts” in his first term have quickly become a whole alternative reality in his second to lay the groundwork for radical change as he moves to aggressively reshape America and the world.

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  • echolalia@lemmy.ml
    3·
    6 hours ago

    Not just that, I like how they went with “radical change” instead of “wanton destruction” or “unlawful government restructuring”.

    • tree_frog@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Or fascism. Or complete deregulation which is really what they are after.

      Crash the economy, deregulate everything. Destroy all of our social services. And put us back to the 1900s when firefighters were private corporations and you were lucky if you could afford to get your house put out.

      That’s what MAGA means. Robber barons!