Trump’s lying strategy is to destroy our republic’s liberal institutions

Mainstream media detailed Trump’s multiple false and misleading claims but ignored how that was a deliberate strategy for demolishing our democratic republican institutions.

About 36.6 million people watched President Donald Trump’s Address to the Joint Congress on 15 different networks. That is the lowest viewership Trump received from his prior four State of the Union speeches. Nevertheless, it was higher than three of President Biden’s four addresses. Trump knows how to attract a TV audience.

Unfortunately, his address differed from all previous presidential speeches in that he lied more than any other president.

Thomas B. Edsall is the Pulitzer Moore Professor of Public Affairs Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He wrote: “Donald Trump can lay claim to the title of most prodigious liar in the history of the presidency.”

George C. Edwards III is the Jordan Chair in Presidential Studies Emeritus at Texas A&M University. He wrote: “Donald Trump tells more untruths than any previous president. There is no one that is a close second.”

The following nine networks summarized the takeaways each found in Trump’s address: CBS, CNN, NPR, Al Jazeera, AP News, Fox News, the New York Times, Time…