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Originally Posted by zeek
Surely you read the acknowledgement that " Every president has shaded the truth or told occasional whoppers."
Duplicity isn't unusual among politicians and a degree of self-delusion is common among people of power. But, Trump exceeds even Nixon and LBJ in the frequency and pervasiveness of lies. Nixon was able to dissemble because he knew when he was lying and when he wasn't. Trump doesn't seem to know the difference. For him, adherence to objective truth is irrelevant. All that matters is winning.
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Once again I see lots of precedent for Trump's behavior, even if you think it is more extreme, more excessive. There was plenty of concern for both LBJ and Nixon that at times they had gone nuts.