Meta: I don't fully understand the HN policy on political posts this close to the US elections, but I went ahead and vouched for this, as it contains some inter

Meta: I don't fully understand the HN policy on political posts this close to the US elections, but I went ahead and vouched for this, as it contains some interesting content. If I was wrong, I'm sorry! We continue to exist in two alternative realities, with different "facts", mostly about what Trump himself has said or done. Both sides find somewhat credible support for their belief. As a dangerous man once said, it is best to give a sign of the light one day and a sign of the dark the next, such that supporters of both sides can look to you as a champion. Quotes from the article: >According to attendees, and to contemporaneous notes of the meeting taken by a participant, an aide answered: Yes, we received a bill; the funeral cost $60,000. >Trump became angry. “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a fucking Mexican!” He turned to his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and issued an order: “Don’t pay it!” >[...]I emailed a series of questions to a Trump spokesperson, Alex Pfeiffer[...] >Regarding Trump’s “fucking Mexican” comment, Pfeiffer wrote: “President Donald Trump never said that. This is an outrageous lie from The Atlantic two weeks before the election.” He provided statements from Patel and a spokesman for Meadows, who denied having heard Trump make the statement. Via Pfeiffer, Meadows’s spokesman also denied that Trump had ordered Meadows not to pay for the funeral.