Trump Can't Handle the Truth

Former President Trump is pushing Republicans to keep up his false election fraud claims, even as some want to move on.

In an NPR interview, Trump shifts his arguments in real time as @nprinskeep confronts him with proof he lost. Listen now. (🧵)https://t.co/17T6VF2Y7x

— Morning Edition (@MorningEdition) January 12, 2022

There's definitely more than a little air of "So what else is new?" going on with my post title: of course he lives in a narcissistic delusion of "so much winning." But it isn't just his ego that can't handle it--it's the fear that he might lose his tribe if they see the huge holes in his story. He wasn't a winner. There was not rigged election. There was a free and fair election, and he and his team were the thieves and liars. 

Only ego made him put his neck out there in an NPR interview, and he didn't make it 15 minutes before coming apart like an Alka Seltzer in a glass of water.  Of course, his big deplorable fans still believe in him; hell, they think the mean old mainstream media is out to get him anyway, so they won't even click a link. 

But it remains true: the big lie is big, but it's just a lie. A fraud, even.