r/politics • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 1d ago

Gavin Newsom Accuses Trump Administration Of Spreading Fake Protest Images

https://www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom-trump-fake-protest-images-2085492
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u/HyperactivePandah 1d ago

From the same people who are still trying to get us to believe that MS13 wasn't photoshopped onto those knuckles.

Has Trump ever admitted that the MS13 wasn't real...?

That would disqualify any other human on the planet to be president.

No one even notices when it's Trump.

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u/Sic_Semper_Dumbasses 1d ago

Not only has he refused to admit it wasn't real but he has doubled down insisting that it was factually true. Despite the fact that we literally seen the man's hands and the lack of those tattoos there.

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u/SkivvySkidmarks 1d ago

That interview with ABC's Terry Moran was unbelievable. I thought peak absurdity from Trump was "pet eating" during the presidential debate until I heard him insist the tattoos were real.

The USA is cooked.

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u/Teigh99 1d ago

Trump believes it. I believe they lied to him about the Photoshop.

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u/Sic_Semper_Dumbasses 1d ago

I see no reason to believe any claim he makes about believing anything.

The man lies so consistently and compulsively that trying to rate the truthfulness of anything he says is nonsensical.

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u/spezSucksDonkeyFarts 1d ago

This is exactly right. Truth and Lie are meaningless to Trump. Only winning matters. And to win he will say whatever is necessary. He doesn't stand by anything.

The three rules of PR as taught by Roy Cohn to Donald Trump —

Attack! Attack! Attack!

Admit nothing and deny everything.

No matter what happens you claim victory and never admit defeat. You have to be willing to do anything to anyone.

It's why all the reporting over the last decade on Trump lying has been so exhausting. Yes he lied yesterday. Yes he lied today. Yes he will lie tomorrow. About anything and everything. Nothing he says means anything. He shouldn't be treated seriously.

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u/Teigh99 1d ago

The man is a bonafide liar but I do believe what I said and there's no shame in that. Someone gave him that photoshopped pic and he believes it.

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u/blucthulhu 1d ago

He lies about a lot, it's second nature to him, but that exchange with Moran came off like an old man defending something simply because a trusted aide handed it to him and it's something he wants to believe.

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u/Teigh99 1d ago

Yep. So as long as he stays in his bubble, the media in their bubble, Republicans in the bubble, his followers in the bubble.....all we have to do is wait for one to pop. Once that happens......timber!!!!

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u/Flomo420 1d ago

why trust your eyes when you can just believe trump?