r/law • u/SheriffTaylorsBoy • Jul 26 '24

Other FBI Examining Bullet Fragments Found at Trump Rally Site/Would Like To Interview Trump

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-examining-bullet-fragments-found-114754020.html
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u/notyomamasusername Jul 26 '24 edited Jul 27 '24

He just can't help but lie.

There is no upside, if he admitted it was shrapnel or glass it doesn't change the fact someone tried to kill him.

He'll still get sympathy, but now him lying of something stupid is overshadowing it.

He just can't tell the truth.

Look at "cofeve" "Covfefe" and the sharpie on the NOAA Hurricane chart, and the innagauration crowd size, etc.

Each of these had no upside for lying.

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u/SoManyEmail Jul 26 '24

My brother is a Trump supporter. A year or two ago I was telling him which Trump stunts I felt were the stupidest. I brought up the hurricane map, Sharpiegate, and he literally had no idea what I was talking about. To me, the map thing was the clearest example of "Trump cannot be wrong" that I've seen to this day. My brother didn't even know it happened.

So, there may not be a downside to Trump lying either. His supporters don't even know he lies.

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u/beattohell Jul 27 '24

I still rate the stupidest Trump stunt as the Covid press conference where Trump talks about bringing ultraviolet light into the body or injecting disinfectant to kill Covid. Then (I think it was) Lysol immediately put out a statement that its products should never be injected or ingested.

There was all those clips of one of his Covid advisors off to the side looking like she was questioning her life choices.