Kudos to Paula Reid (CBS reporter) and to
The Intercept, an alternative News organization---
https://theintercept.com/2020/04/14/trump-pr-stunt-falls-flat-white-house-video-exposes-failure-prepare-pandemic/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
At least watch the embedded video clips in the piece at the link above.
The above article
clearly shows the absurdity of Donald John Trump. His egomaniacal antics at the Press Briefing demonstrate not only his ongoing
psychological gaslighting, but also his utter incompetence.
Apparently, Trump thinks not only his remaining base supporters are stupid and uneducated, but the entire country as well.
When pressed by Reid about the
glaring gaps in his self-promotional video, Trump's primary response was: "You're so disgraceful... you know you're a fake". Launching personal attacks is one way that gaslighters handle
legitimate criticism. Another way is to completely ignore verifiable instances of failure... key instances. Too bad for Trump, though--- this time all his efforts fell flat.
It's incredible and baffling how this man believes he can sell the idea that his handling of the covid-19 crisis was spot-on from the very beginning. Even a drugged chimpanzee [😊] could see through that
outright lie. Unfortunately, if a lie is repeated by a cult leader enough times, then some people (especially cult followers) come to believe it. Despite that, I don't see how that's possible in this particular case. Trump finally made a claim
that is so absurd not even his die-hard supporters will believe it. At least, if there's any reasonableness at all left in this Land--- any critical thinking skills still remaining--- that's how it should play out. If it doesn't, that will be one more reason why many Plutocrats and Oligarchs have (for the last 50 or so years) suppressed & poo-pooed the idea of a Liberal Arts education. They didn't want any critical thinkers graduating from colleges and universities, and
in general, the broader one's education, the more one possesses critical thinking skills.
Having critical thinkers would not be favorable for the implementation of propaganda... which now reigns supreme. It wasn't any kind of "conspiracy"; it was right out in the open for all to see. Basically, the whole process was people with mutual interests working (primarily independent of each other) toward a common goal. In large part, the goal was reached. Mostly due to a lack of sufficient critical thinking skills on our part, we now have a President who is the King of Elected Gaslighters, makes outrageous claims and contradictory statements, spews out lies as though there's no tomorrow, can't handle the slightest bit of legitimate criticism, usurps unconstitutional power on an unprecedented scale, has totally alienated all our key Allies, launches personal attacks and smears as though he's a spoiled eighth-grader, is a crass bully, and is an Autocrat Wannabe. On top of all that, he may have a 50-50 chance of being re-elected... when his chances in any rational society would be
ZERO. I find it all tragic, sad, revealing, and
darkly hilarious. It's Bizarro World... again... and eerily Orwellian.
Not only my opinion. Be Well
p.s. I'm not a Biden supporter, either.
