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Analysis: Why does Donald Trump tell such blatant lies? (theconversation.com)

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[–] GrymEdm@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a propaganda technique called the firehose of falsehood. Trump is great at it because he's immoral and creative enough to generate lies on the fly, and narcissistic enough to instantly believe his own BS.