There is no possibility I am the first to note the irony of the meaning of "trumped up."
"fabricate, devise," 1690s, from trump "deceive, cheat" (1510s), from Middle English trumpen (late 14c.), from Old French tromper "deceive," of uncertain origin, perhaps from a verb meaning "to blow a trumpet." Related: Trumped; trumping.
But what is surprising is how seldom anyone comments on this, plays with it.
The idea that the man's very name means to "deceive" and "cheat" seems so obvious, the idea of "hiding in plain sight."
His acolytes simply will not believe this. In a sense this is exactly what Trump tells us when he says he could shoot a man on 5th Avenue in broad daylight and not lose a vote from his base.
The idea that his fans do not care, do not care if they are lied to, because they are not the ones who are being lied to--it's everyone else who is being lied to; we know better. We take him seriously, not literally.
Listening to a podcast about Marie Antoinette done by Melvyn Bragg on "In Our Time," it is illuminating how little we know about public, not to mention, historical figures. Makes you think again about Bret Kavanaugh and Ron Northam.
Marie Antoinette, according to the panel was vilified with what would now be called an "ad campaign" which was almost wholely pure lies, although it was true she spent astonishingly, obscenely on clothes, but that is what royalty did in her time, (and still.)
So we may not know much about the real man, Donald Trump, but we can judge from his own appearances, statements, tweets and rallies, that he is a liar and a man who uses lies to spin a fantasy which is dear to his audience, very much as Hitler and Goebbels and Henry Ford and Senator Joseph McCarthy did.
There will always be prevaricators like Mr. Trump, but how many will be named, "Liar" or "Dissembler" or "Phony?"
Curious that.
"fabricate, devise," 1690s, from trump "deceive, cheat" (1510s), from Middle English trumpen (late 14c.), from Old French tromper "deceive," of uncertain origin, perhaps from a verb meaning "to blow a trumpet." Related: Trumped; trumping.
But what is surprising is how seldom anyone comments on this, plays with it.
The idea that the man's very name means to "deceive" and "cheat" seems so obvious, the idea of "hiding in plain sight."
His acolytes simply will not believe this. In a sense this is exactly what Trump tells us when he says he could shoot a man on 5th Avenue in broad daylight and not lose a vote from his base.
The idea that his fans do not care, do not care if they are lied to, because they are not the ones who are being lied to--it's everyone else who is being lied to; we know better. We take him seriously, not literally.
Listening to a podcast about Marie Antoinette done by Melvyn Bragg on "In Our Time," it is illuminating how little we know about public, not to mention, historical figures. Makes you think again about Bret Kavanaugh and Ron Northam.
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Marie Antoinette, according to the panel was vilified with what would now be called an "ad campaign" which was almost wholely pure lies, although it was true she spent astonishingly, obscenely on clothes, but that is what royalty did in her time, (and still.)
So we may not know much about the real man, Donald Trump, but we can judge from his own appearances, statements, tweets and rallies, that he is a liar and a man who uses lies to spin a fantasy which is dear to his audience, very much as Hitler and Goebbels and Henry Ford and Senator Joseph McCarthy did.
There will always be prevaricators like Mr. Trump, but how many will be named, "Liar" or "Dissembler" or "Phony?"
Curious that.
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