As Trump’s approval rating sinks, Republicans have a decision to make. The question isn’t just about the president’s fractured relationship with reality. Just as notable is what his GOP allies intend to do with the facts. (msnbc)
Nothing new in that headline, but why I am writing this blog has a whole lot to do with that headline and what worries me about it! Anyone with an IQ higher than the average MAGA minion has known that Trump and reality do not fit in the same sentence. We could use words like delusional, demented, and devious to describe Trump and his layers and layers of lies, and in fact, we should use words when talking about Trump.
Trump has been quoted as saying, "If you say it enough and keep saying it, they'll start to believe you." This Trump statement is very similar to the quote: "If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it.” This phrase is widely attributed to the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels (or sometimes Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf), who described the concept as a propaganda tactic. Trump’s American Nazi’s enablers seem to have little to no problem in spreading lies, as Johnny Appleseed had no trouble in spreading apple seeds.
I write this blog hoping that some current historians understand facts and truth who are writing about our current state of Fascist affairs in America and are keeping a detailed journal. For what I fear is that unless we find a way to stop Trump and his ilk from lying, all of Trump’s lies will suddenly become an American truth. The Republicans have been keen on burning books, so it would not surprise me that these Republicans would have little trouble in banning the truth. I hope that those historians or journalists who still believe in freedoms and liberties, and democracy, write the truth, but I also hope those authors find a very, very safe and secure place to hide their books, for fear that they too will be burned.
