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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 2614909" data-attributes="member: 18225"><p>Best interpretation of Trump's relationship with the truth I've seen so far:</p><p></p><p></p><p><u><a href="https://www.quora.com/Has-Donald-Trump-been-caught-lying/answer/Andrew-Gumperz?srid=8jkm" target="_blank">Has Donald Trump been caught lying?</a></u></p><p><u></u></p><p><u></u></p><p><em>"Trump uses language in a different way from most people. Most people use language to communicate. Distinguishing truth from untruth is important when your goal is to exchange information since untruth threatens the effectiveness of communication.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Trump uses language to get what he wants. For his purpose, the distinction between truth and untruth is meaningless. If he got what he wanted, the communication was terrific and if he didn't it was terrible. This is why he sometimes seems baffled when people question his veracity. To Trump, only a fool would expect his words to be true; that is not what words are for..."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p>Great read.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 2614909, member: 18225"] Best interpretation of Trump's relationship with the truth I've seen so far: [U][URL='https://www.quora.com/Has-Donald-Trump-been-caught-lying/answer/Andrew-Gumperz?srid=8jkm']Has Donald Trump been caught lying?[/URL] [/U] [I]"Trump uses language in a different way from most people. Most people use language to communicate. Distinguishing truth from untruth is important when your goal is to exchange information since untruth threatens the effectiveness of communication. Trump uses language to get what he wants. For his purpose, the distinction between truth and untruth is meaningless. If he got what he wanted, the communication was terrific and if he didn't it was terrible. This is why he sometimes seems baffled when people question his veracity. To Trump, only a fool would expect his words to be true; that is not what words are for..." [/I] Great read.[I][/I] [/QUOTE]
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