Cover-ups and truth tellers
NOVANEWS
By Lawrence Davidson
Cover-ups
In a 22 May 2019 appearance in the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump declared “I don’t do cover-ups”. Various news outlets immediately started to enumerate a long list of bona fide cover-ups associated with the president. What can one say about this bit of Trumpian nonsense? Can you accuse a person of lying who actually seems not to know the difference between truth and untruth? Trump’s inability in this regard is demonstrated daily, and the Washington Post fact checker puts the running count of presidential lies at 10,111, with no end in sight. When it comes to reality, the president appears to be a malignant version of Walter Mitty.
Unfortunately, President Trump’s behaviour is but the tip of the iceberg when it comes to cover-ups....