{"id":495,"date":"2017-03-23T12:25:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T17:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=495"},"modified":"2017-03-23T12:25:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T17:25:40","slug":"on-our-liar-in-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/495","title":{"rendered":"On Our Liar In Chief&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may have heard, Donald Trump had an interview with Time very recently. An interview that earned him four Pinocchios from\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2017\/03\/23\/president-trumps-cascade-of-false-claims-in-times-interview-on-his-falsehoods\/?utm_term=.502cf481183b\"><strong>The Washington Post<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Most of us know full well that Trump has a serious problem with the truth. In fact<strong> no one<\/strong> that has been paying any real attention fails to see\u00a0this.<\/p>\n<p>Trump lies with such regularity that one cannot help but arrive at the consclusion he is a pathological liar. Just as a frame of reference&#8230;\u00a0<em><b>Pathological<\/b> lying (also called pseudologia fantastica and mythomania) is a behavior of <b>habitual<\/b> or <b>compulsive<\/b> lying. It was first described in the medical literature in 1891 by Anton Delbrueck. &#8230; The individual may be aware they are lying, or may believe they are telling the truth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Trump certainly appears to fit the above description. At least to the non medical layman. Whether Trump understands he is lying or actually believes his lies are the truth is really immaterial. Presidents of the United States of America must earn and maintain the respect of the people of our nation. As well as\u00a0\u00a0that of the <em><strong>entire free world<\/strong><\/em>. A pathological liar cannot do that.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has the support of less than 40% of the American people, and, it continues to head south. Little by little. The only real question is, how long before he hits the bottom? The logical next question is, \u00a0how will he be able to continue to govern?<\/p>\n<p>Our hope was for Trump to be a successful president. A hope he would put on the presidential cap, begin to tell the truth, and become a unifier rather than the divider he has chooses\u00a0to be. It now seem\u00a0<em><strong>almost\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><span class=\"mceItemHidden\">conclusive <span class=\"mceItemHidden\">that<\/span> will never happen. We are likely stuck with a pig in a poke for his 4 year term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read the list of falsehoods Trump spewed during his Time interview <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2017\/03\/23\/president-trumps-cascade-of-false-claims-in-times-interview-on-his-falsehoods\/?utm_term=.502cf481183b\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>. It is an extensive one..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have heard, Donald Trump had an interview with Time very recently. An interview that earned him four Pinocchios from\u00a0The Washington Post. Most of us know full well that Trump has a serious problem with the truth. In fact no one that has been paying any real attention fails to see\u00a0this. Trump lies with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/495\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On Our Liar In Chief&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28,8,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-media","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ovtF-7Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":342,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/342","url_meta":{"origin":495,"position":0},"title":"Is It Wise, Or Even Possible, To Believe Anything Trump Says?&#8230;","author":"Les","date":"March 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Contradicting repeated denials from Donald Trump and his team, Newsmax reported on May 14,\u00a02016 that Trump met Russian Ambassador Kislyak at a VIP reception in Washington on April 27. And while meeting the Russian ambassador is fine, why lie about it? UPDATE: The Wall Street Journal of May 13, 2016\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Government&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Government","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/government"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":466,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/466","url_meta":{"origin":495,"position":1},"title":"The Surreal State Of American Politics &#038; Government In The Era Of Trump&#8230;","author":"Les","date":"March 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A lie by any other name or explanation remains a lie.\u00a0Unless you are a Trump surrogate who willingly and without question accepts alternative facts as truth. We know Trump is attempting to build an army of supporters and surrogates who will blindly accept his alternative facts simply because\u00a0HE\u00a0states them. 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This folks is something you would expect from Alex Jones, Stephen Banning, Joseph Farrah, Rush Limbaugh, INFOWARS, Breitbart,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Government&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Government","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/government"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":534,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/534","url_meta":{"origin":495,"position":3},"title":"Trey Gowdy All In For Nunes (and Trump)&#8230;","author":"Les","date":"March 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Rep. Trey Gowdy, another Trump surrogate, has jumped up and on board in support of Chairman Devin Nunes' refusal to name his sources. \u00a0Sources he claims informed him the Obama administration spied on Trump's campaign. Allegations for which no credible evidence has yet surfaced. New Jersey's Republican Governor Christie has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ethics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ethics","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/ethics"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":543,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/543","url_meta":{"origin":495,"position":4},"title":"The POTUS Has A Trust And Credibility Problem&#8230;","author":"Les","date":"March 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"West Long Branch, NJ \u00a0- Fully 8-in-10 Americans agree that Donald Trump has had a worse relationship with the media than his predecessors, with most saying this is hurting both his image and the media's image as well. When the Monmouth University Poll \u00a0pitted the president against three major television\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Polling Data&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Polling Data","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/polling-data"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":423,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/423","url_meta":{"origin":495,"position":5},"title":"Trump&#8217;s Spin Machine At Full Throttle&#8230;","author":"Les","date":"March 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As the Trump spin machine (alternative facts) continues in full swing at full throttle. CNN - The White House on Monday walked back a key point of President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated allegation that President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones in Trump Tower during the 2016 election. 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