Having Donald Trump win Apprentice President has been frightening and disturbing on all kinds of levels, and will keep on being so, with gathering force, over the next four years at least. But one of the levels that has disturbed me most is the fact that he tells lies every time he opens his mouth, as do his spokespeople and cheerleaders. Lies about big things, lies about small things, lies about easily checkable things, lies that are harder to disprove. Lies, lies, lies, all the time. Had an earlier taste of this with Tony Abbott, but in comparison with Trump, Abbott was a George Washington. You don\’t often come across this in everyday life, certain unspoken rules usually apply, but when you do it is enormously damaging to the people affected. When it is in politics, everyone is affected.
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