Thread by @SteB777

The Trump regime has now gone fully Orwellian over the ridiculous denial of the genuineness, of Trump's birthday letter to Epstein.

This is aside from the serious fascistic direction of the Trump regime. It's outright denial of truth and reality.

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It's very dangerous, not just in the US with the Trump regime, but with US influenced Western governments around the world, that are now absolutely denying reality, from the climate crisis, to the genocide in Gaza. A really dangerous turn.
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If governments refuse to accept such obvious truths and reality, there is nothing they can't deny or say.

The denial of the veracity of this letter is ridiculous, as it predates the first arrest and conviction of Epstein, and when Trump still openly socialised with Epstein.
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To claim this letter is a hoax is utterly bizarre, because it's provenance is not in doubt i.e. it has been part of this birthday book since 2003, and has not been added later.
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What would have been the purpose of forging such a letter in 2003, when it was not known that Epstein would be arrested and convicted a few years later, or that Trump would become president? At a time when Trump publicly praised Epstein and was openly his friend.
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Therefore, any attempt to claim that this was forged to smear and frame Trump, is utterly ridiculous, when this objective could not have been foreseen at the time. The signature is entirely consistent with Trump's signature at the time.
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Likewise, the claim that Trump never drew doodles and drawings at the time, is also plainly untrue, given he gave away quite a few of his drawings to be sold off for charity.
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Also, the Trump regime doesn't seem to have thought through the implications of the total denial of the veracity of this document, as it calls into question all of the Trump regime's other denial re: Epstein i.e. that they are provably lying about verifiable facts.
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I hardly need to point this out. That if the Trump regime makes clearly dishonest denials about such clearly verifiable facts, then its other denials are worthless, as Trump will clearly lie about verifiable facts.
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It's hard to work out the rationale for this denial. Because Trump could just say, it was genuine, but at the time he was unaware of Epstein's crimes, and it would be a bit embarrassing, but would not prove anything else.
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However, with this total denial of reality, by direct tacit implication, it says Trump is clearly covering up, and is almost certainly trying to cover-up his relationship with Epstein at the time, and it cannot be ruled out that he knew of Epstein's criminal activities.
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In other words, in this needless denial, of something that doesn't prove anything in itself, Trump is unnecessarily engaging in a clear cover-up, which directly implicates himself in the Epstein scandal, and the official cover-up of Epstein's crime.
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However, as I say, the implications of this type of overt lie about verifiable facts, goes way beyond the Epstein scandal, and it makes Trump's word utterly worthless. Okay, it was already pretty clear Trump lied all the time, but this open denial of verifiable fact?
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It simply confirms what everyone already knew, and that Trump will lie about anything. Therefore, making Trump's denial of other things, like very serious allegations of violently raping a minor, worthless, because he will lie about anything and everything.
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It makes Trump's denial of climate change, Trump's denial of his relationship with Putin, him knowingly putting a science denier in charge of health, under the spotlight, because it says he could be lying about everything.
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This is the dilemma about such open lying, because if Trump will lie about something so unimportant, but verifiable, he'll clearly lie about anything. The US is so influential, that all Western leaders are complicit in Trump's lies, by their strong alliance and endorsement.
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This essentially tells us that all our governments will go along with lies, when it suits them. Meaning they could, and likely are lying to us totally. The tacit implication being that all governments are likely illegitimate, as they lied to get into office.
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That everything our governments tell us, about their purpose, who they represent, is open to question, when they openly endorse such bare-faced liars.

As I say, this sort of stupid provable lie and its strategy, has not been thought through.
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It just tells us, that every time a government or politician in power says something, we have to treat is as suspect, and treat it as a lie, because self-evidently they will lie, and cover-up for liars, which is a type of lying.
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Of course, Western leaders could resolve this, by openly saying, we know Donald Trump is a bare-faced liar, and the US government openly lies. But they know if they do this, that the Trump regime would be furious and take action against them.
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Which ironically, is what makes all Western governments, culpable in this bare-faced lying. In other words, every time they deny there is a genocide in Gaza, they are almost certainly lying. They are lying about their climate policy.
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These governments are also almost certainly lying about their corrupt relationships with oligarchs, corporations, that they are serving the public. All very likely a lie, because they will lie, and cover-up the lying of their main ally.
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This is the direct tacit implication of this level of lying. A person cannot credibly say, I lie about some things, but not most things. How do we know this for certain? If you know someone who lies like this, you have to question everything they say, and demand you accept.
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I already see very strong circumstantial evidence, that governments are lying about their knowledge of climate change, genocide, and being corrupt. This just confirms that they will lie and cover-up anything.

As I say, this is not just about Trump.
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By refusing to acknowledge that Trump is a liar, and so is the US government, and pretending he isn't, in their dealings with him, they are all complicit in his lying, and pretending they are not, makes them double complicit, crooks.
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The only politicians we can trust, are those who openly acknowledge Trump and the US government are liars. But no such politician is in power, in a Western country, and the establishment of all of these countries, will do their best, to stop any of them getting into power.
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We are effectively governed by a clique of liars, who all cover-up for each other, and none of them will ever step out of line, and blow the whistle on each other. That by necessity, if the president of the most powerful country lies, they will never call them out.
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This makes them all complicit in corruption, if they will pretend, to maintain face, that none of them are lying, and will tacitly cover-up for each other. That they will deal with the US as if it is not fronted by a bare-faced liar.
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As I've pointed out before, there's a huge qualitative difference between lying in a way, which can't be proven, and bare-faced lying. Morally, both are as bad. But it is the logical difference that matters. If you ignore a bare-faced lie, it makes you complicit in that lie.
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What it tells us, is that all governments and politicians in power, will lie to us when it suits them, which might be all the time, if they refuse to call out other leaders they support, when they provably lie.
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It tells us, that lying to the people, is inherent, in being in government. They want, demand you accept, that they will never lie about anything important. But here they are, all covering up, for one of them, telling bare-faced lies about something just a bit embarrassing.
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