Is Trump simply indifferent to the truth? Or contemptuous of it? In any case, some basic and common respect for simple and observable truth does seem to be a prerequisite not just for democracy but for a decent society.https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/02/politics/fact-check-trump-tupelo-mississippi-rally/index.html …
The Stoics maintained that "nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so." Trump's philosophy maintains that "nothing is true or false, but saying makes it so." His is a doctrine of proof by affirmation, in which all doubt is vanquished by repeated proclamations and applause.