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Is Trump dishonest?
- Thread starter Spiderman
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Tricky question.
Dishonest in general, or just noticably?
More dishonest than most people?
More so than most pols or presidents?
Spiderman
Veteran Member
I did...it looks pretty bad
but it seems to be lacking specifics
A person's identity is always partly dependent upon how other people see us. Psychology is so weird that its hard to figure out when a person is trying to be dishonest and when they actually believe things that aren't true. Its also hard to be objective.
What's your opinion on all the questions you mentioned?
Spiderman
Veteran Member
Thank you! That is a better website than what I was looking at.
Spiderman
Veteran Member
I'd say he believes things that aren't true rather than consciously choosing to be dishonest
Still hard to answer because discerning between falsehood due to error v intent can be hard to discern.
That's very charitable of you. Do you have any basis for believing that besides being charitable towards him?
I think 'opportunist' best describes him. Will he have a positive effect on the country? I hope so (same for all our presidents). Is he more or less honest than previous presidents? IDK. Google past president lies and compare. But as Brickjectivity noted it depends lot on a persons perspective.
If you think the world is scary when Trump lies, its get even scarier when he tells the truth.
Spiderman
Veteran Member
He strikes me as having the type of mental makeup that is prone to believe falsehood
Do you have any opinions on the matter? Not asking for proof.
My opinion is that all politicians are dishonest, including all previous presidents. Trump seems more dishonest than previous presidents.
Possible. Seems more plausible that he deals in strategic lies to sell what he wants people to buy.
While there's a great deal of truth to what you say, it is also the case that in many instances it's pretty clear someone is lying. To say that it's hard to tell in all instances, simply because it's hard to tell in some instances, is to stick your head in the sand.
I've seen all presidents (in my years of watching'm) say things which I'm certain are dishonest.
But I've seen even more things which might just be error, opinion, & mis-speaking.
Is Trump worse?
He's far more given to rash statements, so there's an awful lot of bad info.
I can say that he will lie at times.
Yeah, patience is not one of his virtues.
buddhist
Well-Known Member
Is he speaking based on misinformation, or does he harbor the intention to deceive? I'm not sure yet - I'll judge him after the fact - when his presidency is over.
Thus far, it seems that Trump is at least trying to keep his campaign promises, so I'll give him points for that (whether or not I agree with those positions & promises he's keeping is a different story).
Until then, here's a list of campaign promises 0bama made that he didn't keep.