Exposing Our ‘Populist’ President as a Naked Plutocrat

The following article by Jim Hightower was posted on the Creators website February 7, 2018:

Why does Donald Trump constantly preface his outlandish lies with such phrases as: “To be honest with you,” “To tell the truth” and “Believe me”?

Because even he knows that as a lifelong con-man, his voice takes on the tone of a snake-oil salesman when he starts exaggerating and prevaricating, so he reflexively tries to puff up his credibility with an extra dose of bluster: “No really, trust me, I never lie…” In fact, just in the past year, Trump’s documented whoppers rank him as the lyingest president in U.S. history. And that included Nixon! Continue reading “Exposing Our ‘Populist’ President as a Naked Plutocrat”