Crash Course: "Fake crowds" are Trump's new Big Lie

Trump is suffering from a severe case of political whiplash Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoncQUP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvYWFqZHdtdDNuMS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9N3lzY2dsZ3Y0cSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmqxQ_u2a7SVCbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRoncQUP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvc3c4bDlkbTY0dS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9N3lzY2dsZ3Y0cVcDc3BjQgpmqxQ_u2a7SVCbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRoncQUP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbjZlcXZheTRmby8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9N3lzY2dsZ3Y0cVcDc3BjQgpmqxQ_u2a7SVCbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRoncQUP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZHhpeHJ6N2NvNi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9N3lzY2dsZ3Y0cVcDc3BjQgpmqxQ_u2a7SVCbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRoncQUP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvd2JoNDkxZmpidS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9N3lzY2dsZ3Y0cVcDc3BjQgpmqxQ_u2a7SVCbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRoncQUP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdTgyc3l1cWJxZi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9N3lzY2dsZ3Y0cVcDc3BjQgpmqxQ_u2a7SVCbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~ Trump's "fake crowd" lie about Harris shows how much he's lost it since Jan. 6 From Amanda Marcotte: [Donald Trump's false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoncQUP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvOWh1cDJjd2pvNi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9N3lzY2dsZ3Y0cSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmqxQ_u2a7SVCbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) is faking her rally crowd sizes is a continuation of his lifetime of lying about numbers, especially any related to his ego. The first and last lies of his time in the White House were about inflating his popularity. On his first day in office, Trump sent his press secretary, Sean Spicer, [out to gaslight the public about the inauguration](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoncQUP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaHFubXA1enB2ay8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9N3lzY2dsZ3Y0cSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmqxQ_u2a7SVCbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), saying, "This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration," even though photos showed it was a fraction of the size of the crowd that turned out for President Barack Obama in 2009. And, infamously, Trump ended his presidency with the Big Lie that he was the "real" winner of the 2020 election, and not President Joe Biden. 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Trump is increasingly triggered by Harris’ early success and how she refuses to be intimidated or cowed by him. In all, Trump’s sudden change of political fortunes has left him in a state of confusion, upset and rage. [Read more here](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoncQUP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMWFtbTliemZzei8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9N3lzY2dsZ3Y0cSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmqxQ_u2a7SVCbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). [Subscribe to Salon today](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoncQUP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvb2Jod2JsZGNyci8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9N3lzY2dsZ3Y0cSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmqxQ_u2a7SVCbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) and unlock more benefits! 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"The courts will not save us" From Marina Villenueve: Experts warn Trump loyalists could enable extreme far-right agenda as Trump plans to pack administration with loyalists after career officials stymied first term plans. "Trump was frustrated in things not being done at the moment he wanted them to be done," Bowdoin College government professor Andrew Rudalevige told Salon. "The lesson he's taken from that is not that the bureaucracy could be helpful in providing substantive support, but rather that they need to be extirpated, effectively, that you need to either do an end-run or simply replace them." [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoncQUP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdHdieWs5NGtkbC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9N3lzY2dsZ3Y0cSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmqxQ_u2a7SVCbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). 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