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  • It’s not just that he called his own legitimate criminal investigations political corruption, it’s that he’s calling real political corruption legitimate.

    There’s nothing “New“ about this. This is Fascism 101. Deny the accusation and then blame your accuser of the same thing.

    It is definitely part of the Steve Bannon strategy of “flood the zone with shit“. Just like his threat to sue AOC into bankruptcy over her, very legal remark, calling Trump, a rapist. Because he is, and he has been adjudicated as such.

    What Trump is doing is systematically disconnecting us from reality, because with no objective reference, he can dictate reality.

    This is an elaborate form of gaslighting. Trump‘s goal is not to undermine the common concept of fact and reality. That’s what Hitler did, but Hitler had a plan. Trump is both demented and extremely stupid. He’s not trying to rewrite our reality, he’s just trying to reconcile his own twisted concept of reality with actual reality. Poorly. There are similarly destructive consequences, but understanding the root of the problem is crucial to remedying it.

    The very fact that this story isn’t surprising is proof we’re deep into this hypernormalization.

    We all realized this in 2015, before he was elected the first time. The only way to stop it is to kill him. And then, unless anyone actually does that, we are all going to suffer the consequences.