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| This Is Why Trump Lies Like There’s No Tomorrow | This Is Why Trump Lies Like There’s No Tomorrow |
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| Donald Trump can lay claim to the title of most prodigious liar in the history of the presidency. This challenges commonplace beliefs about the American political system. How could such a deceitful and duplicitous figure win the White House in the first place and then retain the loyalty of so many voters after his endless lies were exposed? | Donald Trump can lay claim to the title of most prodigious liar in the history of the presidency. This challenges commonplace beliefs about the American political system. How could such a deceitful and duplicitous figure win the White House in the first place and then retain the loyalty of so many voters after his endless lies were exposed? |
| George Edwards, a political scientist at Texas A&M and a retired editor of Presidential Studies Quarterly, stated the case bluntly: “Donald Trump tells more untruths than any previous president.” What’s more, “There is no one that is a close second.” | George Edwards, a political scientist at Texas A&M and a retired editor of Presidential Studies Quarterly, stated the case bluntly: “Donald Trump tells more untruths than any previous president.” What’s more, “There is no one that is a close second.” |
| Trump’s deceptions have been explored from several vantage points. Let’s take a look at one line of analysis. | Trump’s deceptions have been explored from several vantage points. Let’s take a look at one line of analysis. |
| In 2008, Kang Lee, a developmental psychologist at the University of Toronto, published “Lying in the Name of the Collective Good” along with three colleagues: | In 2008, Kang Lee, a developmental psychologist at the University of Toronto, published “Lying in the Name of the Collective Good” along with three colleagues: |
| How does that relate to the willingness of Republican and conservative voters to tolerate Trump’s lies — not just to tolerate them but also to cast votes for him again and again? | How does that relate to the willingness of Republican and conservative voters to tolerate Trump’s lies — not just to tolerate them but also to cast votes for him again and again? |