Given the context, this list aged like milk. "Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision." So predetermine a decision is "good", then ignore f

Given the context, this list aged like milk. "Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision." So predetermine a decision is "good", then ignore facts to the contrary? Is this what we saw on display at the UN? Ignoring "adverse facts" seems to me to be one step away from simply adopting "alternative facts". Turns out it wasn't just one step away - it was a mere one administration away!