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\u201cThe Bowling Green Massacre\u201d
\n\u201cHundreds of Terrorists Acts not covered\u201d
\nonly\u2026\u201d109 people were effected by the travel ban\u201d
\n\u201cIf you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were Christian, it was impossible\u201d
\n\u201cThat was the largest audience to witness an Inauguration, period\u201d
\n\u201cThose were alternative facts\u201d
\nFor a more inclusive list \u2013 try here:
\n(http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/personalities\/donald-trump\/statements\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

LIAR LIAR LIAR<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has taken \u201cpolitical spinning\u201d to a whole new level. No longer is it about changing the subject, the famous \u201cKellyanne Pivot.\u201d No, it\u2019s different: if the Trump administration doesn\u2019t like reality, they simply create a new reality, a new set of \u201calternate\u201d facts. Some are arguable, most are outrageous, and a few are laughable (especially if you sell pizza in Bowling Green, Kentucky where the \u201cmassacre\u201d pizza sales were on record pace!!).\u2028As a believer in the American Republic, and a student of American History, this blatant alteration of reality is beyond belief. Why would any serious political organization determine that it\u2019s \u201cOK\u201d to lie to the American people?<\/p>\n

Why LIE?<\/p>\n

Donald Trump\u2019s most successful undertaking prior to running for President was the reality show, \u201cthe Apprentice.\u201d In a reality show, producers create an artificial set of circumstances, and have \u201creal\u201d people interact within the fake situation. It made for successful television, and the principals have been applied to American politics where Trump (and his political producers) drove the narrative just as they did on the show. From \u201cTired Jeb\u201d to \u201cLying Ted\u201d to \u201cLittle Mario\u201d, and finally \u201cCrooked Hillary,\u201d he was able to bring the political debate to territory where he could be successful. In the same way, he is trying to shape the current narrative by creating \u201cfacts\u201d that aren\u2019t factual.<\/p>\n

Who BELIEVES?<\/p>\n

In order to \u201cfact-check\u201d the Trump administration, you have to have something to measure against. The \u201cmedia\u201d (the fourth estate) is the main way that facts are checked. Rather than debate \u201cfacts,\u201d the Trump administration simply changes reality. The media becomes \u201cthe dishonest media\u201d who have their own agenda and cannot be trusted. To many who voted for Trump this is exactly what they want to hear: that the beliefs they have are backed by \u201cfacts,\u201d and that those who say different are \u201cliars\u201d and \u201cdishonest.\u201d A reasonable political debate is based on a shared set of \u201cfacts,\u201d abolish that basis, and reasonable debate simply turns into \u201cI\u2019m right, you\u2019re wrong\u201d Reality TV brought to Reality Politics. Trump maintains his political base (and his hold on the Republican legislators through the threat of that base to their survival) and reasoned discussion stops.
\nIn addition, the Trump administration constantly puts out different versions of its own narrative. The Navy Seal Operation in Yemen is a good example: at first, a success with the gathering of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula intelligence with the unfortunate loss of an American Seal\u2019s life, then a huge operation to capture on of Al Qaeda\u2019s top leaders, then back to gathering information. All of this information (including that which was \u201cleaked\u201d to the media) comes from \u201cinside\u201d sources. Is the Trump administration so full of holes, or is this a concerted effort to confuse the issue in order to make all \u201cfacts\u201d suspect? Which version to believe, if any?
\nIf no one trusts the facts, then it\u2019s impossible to have a debate, and that\u2019s just what the \u201cReality Presidency\u201d wants. No debate, just the insults and innuendo, where the Trump team excels. It puts them in charge.
\nThe lies create chaos and confusion: who and what to believe. Confusion not just by the civilian observer, but also by the news media, who clearly are struggling to determine how to cover the chaos; what\u2019s important, and what to believe among their myriad of White House sources. And as the Trump Administration leaks one thing then disavows it the next day, they further undermine the credibility of those trying to find \u201cthe truth.\u201d The \u201cchattering classes of New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC and San Francisco,\u201d as (WH Deputy Ass\u2019t and Breitbart alumni) Sebastian Gorka puts it, are made to look confused and foolish. This plays to the base of Trump supporters, and further divides the country: all to Trump\u2019s advantage.<\/p>\n

So what is the rest of the country supposed to do?<\/p>\n

1. Hold fast to the \u201cfacts\u201d that are actual facts. Don\u2019t fall into the trap of allowing \u201calternate facts\u201d to take hold as reality. Remember, the formula for Trumpian success is to establish the \u201crules\u201d for his reality \u2013 pressing REAL reality onto that forces the administration to defend their \u201calternative.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. Chaos creates \u201cthe fog of war.\u201d It is within the false reality of that \u201cfog\u201d that the Trump Administration operates. Don\u2019t get distracted by the \u201calternate fact\u201d of the day (whether it\u2019s Ivanka\u2019s clothing line or Trump\u2019s latest \u201cSEE YOU IN COURT\u201d tweet). Cut to the important decisions and news that is underneath: Trump losing in court (and working on another plan), Trump talking to China (and agreeing to the \u201cOne China\u201d policy).<\/p>\n

3. Recognize the \u201cTrump Plan\u201d \u2013 and begin to counter-plan!!!<\/p>\n

Next time \u2013 the beginning of the counter-plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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