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(As was noted elsewhere in the comments on this submission, the author is a woman, and quite well known - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masha_Gessen https://e
by andrewem 9y ago
(As was noted elsewhere in the comments on this submission, the author is a woman, and quite well known - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masha_Gessen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masha_Gessen)
It's hard to know how to criticize your comment constructively, though one might say that it's not that "Trump does bullshit a lot", it's that he cannot escape bullshitting in any situation. He exists outside facts.
If you think the author's criticism of Trump is too harsh, then you should read her earlier piece published just after the election: http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival/ http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-autoc...
- mirimir 9y agoAs I said, I'm not a Trump supporter. He's a demagogue. And worse, he's arguably the first "Reality TV" president, in that he honed his public persona for "The Apprentice". If Stephen Colbert wins in 202, he'll be the second. It's a strange world. Anyway, it is refreshing to hear a US President reflect on the enormity of the power at their command, and on the risks of using that power. No matter how incoherent they may be. I don't know whether Trump could escape bullshitting, if he wanted to. It could be entirely an act, designed for his target audience. But either way, what concerns me is that such a persona is so evidently popular.