Time Magizine Asks Whether Truth Is Dead

Time is one of our most popular news magazines.  The cover of its current issue contains only three words: "Is Truth Dead? " The story behind the cover is about Donald Trump's reliance on lies to win the presidency and in his use of "strategic falsehoods" during his presidency. We are familiar with many of Trump's lies and how he and his surrogates defend them.  However, it is unsettling to find them all together in a single article and to observe Trump's response to the interview conducted by the Time reporter.  Trump ended the interview by telling the reporter that he is the president and that the reporter is not the president.  In other words, that is how I became the president and you are just another flunky who does not understand what it takes to become the president.  Trump's lies have spawned the development of a new industry of fact checkers who report his "strategic falsehoods" but he usually finds a way to control the news cycle by tweeting a new lie to distract attention away from lies that he wants to suppress. That has worked pretty well for him so far but we don't have a society that is based on lies.  On the contrary, the truth usually replaces falsehoods and Trump will eventually pay a price for his deceptions. His team is in cover up mode just like we saw during Nixon's administration. The coverup shows that Trump has lots to hide.  He will make mistakes in the cover up and that may put an end to a criminal presidency