Donald Trump: It Isn't the Art of the Lie, It's the Sheer Volume

Coup D'etat:

A sudden decisive exercise of force in politics; especially, the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group.

Definition by Merriam-Webster



Coup is the term Donald Trump used to describe the Robert Mueller investigation into his campaign the other day. "It was a failed deep state coup," he said. Yeah, not really. Like much of what he says, Don was stretching the truth a tad there.

Coups are planned in secret, only the plotters know of them until they are put in motion. God knows there was nothing secret about Mueller conducting an investigation. It wasn't sudden either since we all sat around for like two years waiting for him to reach a conclusion of sorts. In addition the report was anything but decisive and there weren't any of the usual trappings of a failed coup, like mass  arrests of military officers and political enemies. Although knowing El Don we can assume he has probably thought about imprisoning people who screw with his agenda. He just hasn't found the right people to pull it off yet.

Since it's release, The Big Orange Guy has claimed Mueller's probe completely exonerated him of everything, presumably up to and including grabbing women's pussies. At least that is what Trump--not Mueller--would have us believe. Mueller seems to think there is evidence out there Trump and his team did obstruct justice during the whole affair, which is, you know, exactly what people who are completely innocent don't do.

The other day, Bill Barr sat in front of congressional panel, playing front man for DJT. Prompted by a republican congressman he told the representatives, among other things, that even though he had no evidence of spying on the Trump campaign he felt sure there was some.

The president's official campaign site immediately claimed Barr confirmed what their man has been saying all along, that there had been, "illegal spying," on Trump in 2016. Actually Barr never uttered the word, "illegal," but as everyone knows, besides telling out right lies, Trump and his people love to creatively edit what others say now and then to fit their narrative.      

In truth, the Mueller investigation began because all kinds of intelligence agencies, both domestic and foreign were spying on the Russians. As they were, much to their surprise, they found that, more than a few times, the Russkies were talking to, or meeting with members of Trump's campaign. If no one in Trump Tower had picked up the phone to chat with the bad guys, or met with them there, or at a NYC cigar store, none of this shit would have happened.

In short, if you don't want to be spied on, don't talk to the fucking Russians.

Apparently Mr. Trump believes these details, like those in his unreleased tax returns, are far too complicated for the hoi polloi to comprehend. Hey, let's not muddy up the waters with some logic and write offs no one can properly interpret. After all no one likes to read the fine print.

Besides, these days there are more pressing matters at hand. Like the arrest in London of Julian Assange, the founder and chief cook at Wikileaks. The United States has started extradition proceedings to get him over here in order to answer some serious questions.

On Thursday Trump was asked by a media representative if he still, "loves," Wikileaks. The response was perfect Trumpian newspeak. "I know nothing about Wikileaks," he said, "It's not my thing."

The AP reports in October 2016, Trump told a crowd in Pennsylvania, "Wikileaks, I love Wikileaks." In Michigan he said, "This Wikileaks is like a treasure trove." In Ohio he is on video at a rally telling the faithful, "Boy I love reading Wikileaks." The AP story actually added up his references to the organization. They found in the latter days of the 2016 campaign he praised Wikileaks more than 100 times.

Yes, you can say many things about Don Trump, but you'll never be able to accuse him of giving a shit if people know he's lying, or not. He just says it then blows right to the next horrific prevarication before you can catch your breath. The obvious philosophy is, Lie so fast and often it leaves them with no time to concentrate on any one thing said. Besides the rubes in the red hats are going to believe me no matter what I say.

Tragically they do and will continue to while the rest of us are left agog at his shameless audacity.

Indeed, when it comes to Donald John Trump it isn't the art of the lie. It is the sheer volume of them which counts.


4-13-19