By Dana Milbank
Trump’s dystopia is frequently at odds with reality here on earth. He and his followers live in a dark place where life ranges from bad to horrible, conspiracies abound and allegation passes for truth.
In his much-anticipated speech outlining his general-election themes against Clinton, Trump had much to work with from her record. But he went instead with conspiracies and inventions.
Trump quoted a “Secret Service agent posted outside the Oval Office” challenging Clinton’s character; the “agent” in question was a low-level official who wasn’t posted inside the White House.
Trump claimed Clinton’s email “server was easily hacked by foreign governments. . . . Sure they have it.” No evidence of successful hacking has been found.
Trump said “we are, by the way, the highest taxed nation in the world.” The United States is nowhere near the top.
He said “we could rebuild every inner city in America” with “the amount of money Hillary Clinton would like to spend on refugees.” The amount she would spend would be a sliver of just one large city’s budget.
He said Clinton “accepted $58,000 in jewelry from the government of Brunei.” He neglected to mention that the U.S. government, not Clinton, kept the gift.
He said the trade deficit “soared 40 percent” under Clinton; it actually rose less than half of that.
He said he was “among the earliest to criticize the rush to war” in Iraq; in September, 2002, he supported the Iraq invasion.
He alleged that Clinton’s State Department refused “all” security requests from U.S. diplomats in Libya; actually, a number were approved.
Full article at link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ba5692-38bd-11e6-9ccd-d6005beac8b3_story.html
Trump’s dystopia is frequently at odds with reality here on earth. He and his followers live in a dark place where life ranges from bad to horrible, conspiracies abound and allegation passes for truth.
In his much-anticipated speech outlining his general-election themes against Clinton, Trump had much to work with from her record. But he went instead with conspiracies and inventions.
Trump quoted a “Secret Service agent posted outside the Oval Office” challenging Clinton’s character; the “agent” in question was a low-level official who wasn’t posted inside the White House.
Trump claimed Clinton’s email “server was easily hacked by foreign governments. . . . Sure they have it.” No evidence of successful hacking has been found.
Trump said “we are, by the way, the highest taxed nation in the world.” The United States is nowhere near the top.
He said “we could rebuild every inner city in America” with “the amount of money Hillary Clinton would like to spend on refugees.” The amount she would spend would be a sliver of just one large city’s budget.
He said Clinton “accepted $58,000 in jewelry from the government of Brunei.” He neglected to mention that the U.S. government, not Clinton, kept the gift.
He said the trade deficit “soared 40 percent” under Clinton; it actually rose less than half of that.
He said he was “among the earliest to criticize the rush to war” in Iraq; in September, 2002, he supported the Iraq invasion.
He alleged that Clinton’s State Department refused “all” security requests from U.S. diplomats in Libya; actually, a number were approved.
Full article at link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ba5692-38bd-11e6-9ccd-d6005beac8b3_story.html
