“Presidents should tell the truth, but sometimes they make mistakes. . . . At least Trump tells it like it is. Trump is a truth teller.”
Isn't the "truth" only what one perceives it to be? [washingtonpost.com]
A friend of mine told me a similar thing Saturday night. Everyone thinks they are right and they all have a different view, he said. I agree but that doesn't make any of them right. It only means that 100 people have 100 different views. Trump supporters want to reply to you like this. Sorry. Facts are facts and there are no alternative facts!
There has NEVER been a Politician born who has EVER told the Truth, only his/her often warped and distorted very convenient VERSION of it to suit the moment/circumstances.
One of the prime attributes for Politicians is being able to lie so convincingly that the audience actually BELIEVES it to be the truth.
Gee, truth.......easily manipulated or actual Truth? If you do not know the answer, I have a bridge to sell you!
no. facts are facts. there are no alternative facts. when trump says the washington post is fake news, he's lying. when he says an invasion of hostile terrorists are coming to our borders, he is lying. when he says some white supremacists are good people, he's lying.
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"During a presidential campaign in which Donald Trump upended our baseline assumptions about politics and truth-telling, many asked what it would be like if someone so profoundly dishonest, who lied so easily, so shamelessly and so promiscuously actually became president."
truth - noun
No the truth is not just perception, it is first and foremost in accordance with fact or reality. Trump is a liar, and his supporters are willfully ignorant at best.
@powder Actually #3 is part of the definition of "truth". To be honest I think that is the religious impact on truth as it even has "belief" in there.
No that view of truth called "relativism", and it is a marker of extremists on both the left and the right. If you hold extreme views especially without any evidence, the last defence is the resort to dismissing the need for evidence by siting relativism.