Watching the Russia election-meddling investigation on Capitol Hill reminds me of a line from Shakespeare’s Macbeth:
… it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
There will be subpoenas, there will be witnesses, there will be testimony – then, there will be more subpoenas, more witnesses, more testimony. And so on.
James Comey says about Trump: “Lies, plain and simple.”
Donald Trump says about Comey: “… so many false statements and lies…”
Oy.
Trump is not afraid to lie, even when the lie is obvious to everyone. In a meeting with Congressional leadership, Trump began the conversation this way: “I won the popular vote, you know.” In reality – I mean, everyone else’s reality, not Trump’s reality – Clinton received 2.8 million more votes than Trump. But Trump lives in a different reality.
I’m sure Trump’s supporters are aware that he lies about facts, but I doubt that they care. Trump’s supporters are more concerned about this question: “What’s in it for me?” If they have better jobs and more income, they’ll be happy campers. Maybe that’s good. Maybe all of us should ask that question.
“What’s in it for me?”
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