The Calculated Lies of Donald Trump | Michael's Quick Take

[@loladavino3071]

Barack and Michelle Obama- POWER couple of intelligence, integrity, courage and beauty, confident daughters. I miss them -BUT, Madame President and her loving blended family will give us renewed pride. 🙏🏽💙🙏🏽

[@ToddDunning]

Just one or two more Beyonce appearances will flip the voter back

[@loladavino3071]

@@ToddDunning i have no idea what you mean by this.

[@pamzielinski5596]

Trump must lose! Vote 💙

[@Aroyaldmd]

Already done. Voted BLUE from top to bottom 💙💙💙. Please. If you can vote early, please 🙏 do so. And then you can, please volunteer to help get other people who need help to get to the polls. 💙💙💙💙💙🗳🗳🗳🗳🗳🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@RealConnorStone]

A Vote for Kamala Harris = Bad Economy, High Energy and Gas Prices, Open Borders and Crime etc

[@natalieharless1715]

Me, too!!!!!!👍

[@RicardoGonzales-t9g]

He is always telling lies, what changed?? He never accepts his lost, he is running a racist campaign.💙💙

[@delta5297]

Trump lies because he's got nothing good to offer America.

[@Dwah-j6h]

Love the story about Tim and the Romney campaign. Respect! Tim deserves respect for deciding not to lie.

[@gihwala1]

It’s amazing how so many people are so stupid to fall for this nonsense, and there are many !

[@ToddDunning]

Just one or two more Beyonce appearances will flip the voter back

[@ukulelelab4219]

Why does trump lie? Because he is running to avoid jail and nothing else matters to him

[@Terry-lh8cn]

He lied way before that, though. He used to call the gossip mags in NYC as "John Barron" and dish on the hot sex life of Donald Trump.

[@ukulelelab4219]

​@@Terry-lh8cn oh yes. Trump never cared about facts unless they affect him

[@Terry-lh8cn]

​@@ukulelelab4219His lie about now having the tallest building in NYC right after 9/11 put him on my radar as a grade A asshole. A horrendous thing to say if it WAS true.

[@ukulelelab4219]

​@@Terry-lh8cntrump is clearly unfit for the top job.

[@martin2289]

It's a compulsion. He once told a biographer that when he looks in the mirror he sees no difference from the way he was in Grade 1. Maybe one of the rare instances of him telling the truth.

[@donnazukowski542]

Always enjoy Michael Steele’s honest, straightforward take on the issues!

[@maryharris8050]

Michael, I have listened to and followed you for years. I have immense respect for you. I always learn from you. Thank you for your integrity!

[@goettling]

Amen!

[@GM-nr2jq]

I’m an independent. Last year, after a conversation with a family member, I felt I needed to become a well informed voter. I have learned more than I care to know about trump… I have come to the conclusion that he has no redeeming value. I knew there was a lot of corruption in government. However, I did not realize the deep nature of the corruption…it’s so very unsettling!

[@gunnerred.2711]

yes it's not something i say very much but trump and vance have no redeeming qualities

[@DavidSchlusserlburg]

DUH!!! JUST LOOKING AT HIM , FORGETTING THE CLATTER OF HIS REPULSIVE VOICE, IS ENOUGH TO TELL YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MAN. HE IS TOXIC IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. HIS EVIL IS SATANIC.

[@TheDarkKnit]

To be fair, Trump's corrupt to the core and devoid of any redeeming qualities long before he got into politics.

[@delta5297]

Trump claimed the government was corrupt, and once elected he was 20 times more corrupt than any other ordinary politician.

[@martin2289]

The incessant LYING has always been the most insufferable aspect of Trump. The whole "reality distortion field" thing and "alternative facts" have ruined political discourse. It has to end.

[@neale3871]

But fight the firehose of lies and you're accused of having Trump Derangement Syndrome 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@grandrapladyakaamb2438]

He lies because he's a narcissistic psychopath. A narcissistic psychopath is a type of personality disorder that exhibits traits of both narcissism and psychopathy. These individuals are often very destructive to the people around them. They are usually unable to feel empathy or guilt, and they have no problem manipulating others for their gain.

[@Northcountry1926]

This ✅

[@BarbaraW-l1y]

Exactly on point !!!

[@gregpendrey6711]

I said malignant narcissist but you are right! He is pathological narcissist disorder embodiment. Sad for everyone that didn’t know. Even if you are one you don’t need Donald in your life. Get away to save your life, this one is homicidal!

[@jameslees9512]

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

[@yvonnehughes3242]

and THAT diagnosis fits him like a glove, does it not? 👍😘 As do the symptoms of (as an addition to, not in place of) Frontotemporal Dementia! His father went this way, so it follows that he would follow the same path of mental decline.... 😘 Totally UNFIT for Office! VOTE BLUE right up and down that ticket to throw OUT ALL the MAGA Trash, once and for all! 💙💙💙 (Sending love and strength to you all from Australia! We're with you in Spirit! 😘💋👍💙💙💙)

[@seethingsclearlyawaken3424]

I voted for VP Harris/Walz Team for democracy, freedom, and our U.S. Constitution!

[@ChristyMorris-rh7rq]

I am hopefull that people of all colors & backgrounds come together for the good of all Americans and vote blue for sainity,truth and our democracy! 💙

[@cynthiamiller483]

Trump has been lying for years. I don’t believe he knows any other way to survive. He’s so afraid of everything that’s happening in his pathetic world. Vote 🔵

[@bookbwitched6823]

🌿🥂The Godfather of Authenticity, Michael Steele. YAY!‼️

[@GrievousAngelo]

Seeing a decent guy like this talk just really drives home how far the Republican Party has fallen.

[@harryagrotis326]

I've always wanted to ask this question. How on Earth did this country go from pure gold in Barack Obama to this pile of s***.????? Seriously America????

[@ruthvickroy240]

Very good way of putting that!👍🏻

[@ElijahBradford-sk8ep]

Because the of America that supports "The Orange Oligarch" united under the banners of bigotry, misogyny, fear and power. And we, the other have, got complacent and didn't believe the world would back that fool.

[@territhomson9656]

So true

[@JazzyJaz11]

I think it happened when Obama roasted trump at the Correspondents dinner in 2011. Djt is sooo thin skinned. Google it. Trump is furious.

[@susanhayes5186]

What gets me are the people who supported Obama that now support drumpf.

[@Lolo-ck1xb]

Thank you for sharing Michael, this really hit home for sure.

Excellent info and analysis👍👍

[@duanebidoux6087]

I understand why Trump lies; he has followers who don't know the difference between lies and the truth.

[@terryc.3624]

Biden and Harris-Obama the puke are worst liars..ever --Nice try on Trump thats all you clowns have.....LIEs and Hitler is a little old------Harris has nothing...to offer Trump 2024

[@SplitSauce2289]

Even if deep down they know he is lying, they choose to believe he is telling the truth. The cognitive dissonance is incredible.

[@user1522p]

Michael Steele hit it on the head--Trump's minions believe his lies because they want those lies to be true.

[@lilathompson6326]

Seek the love and good. Flee from evil, lies, and nonsense. Tram down envy. If you have not voted yet, please vote for Kamala Harris.

[@katehunt6063]

It’s been making me crazy that the media does not ask the right questions...too late now.. and I’m scared to death about next Tuesday...gods help us 😔💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@jennifergeorge7641]

Nah, people don’t actually believe the couch thing about JD Vance. It’s just that he’s so cruel and offensive, no one wants to defend him.

[@catche85]

Exactly

[@kamladoodnauth2378]

It something for people to laugh about. Make fun of him for his stupidity. It doesn't matter if it is true or false, he should have never put that in his book.

[@rachaeljohnson3217]

Ohh okk but I really wanted it to be true. Yeah I am that shallow now!

[@jujubees711]

I'm an independent. And the Republicans who spoke out about Trump are the ones I will remember after he is gone and move forward from this

[@owen11793]

Micheal Steele, thank you my friend for having common sense and a spine to tell your party NO we can't lie about Obama and refused to boost Trumpism!

[@zelbarnap]

Exactly. This also has to be how the law is handled. We can’t have people debating the law after it’s been broken. We have to enforce the law or there is no law.

[@denisesargent1440]

Great talk!! I enjoyed every insightful moment! Thank you! 🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸

[@goettling]

God, I love Michael Steele!

[@katechurcher4830]

Yes please call it out. Find ways to put boundaries around all the bs.

[@DHa-og5dx]

Michelle Obama said, "do something." Please send a mass text or email to everyone in your contact list. 💙 Ask them to vote, and to vote blue up and down the ballot. 💙 Tell them Rump is a dictator. Tell them about his Project 2025. Ask them to vote, and to vote blue up and down the ballot. Tell them women rights, democracy and freedoms are on the ballot. 💙💙Thank you very, very much. 💙🇺🇲❤️

[@terryc.3624]

Michelle Obama is the biggest hater of the USA--she-he just barks evil at all Americans...she is a terrible person

[@wendykendall7906]

Yeah, why didn't the congressman who gave Trump that silly fry pin, call Trump out about his lies about FEMA? He had corrected Trump previously, but couldn't do it face to face?

[@emilsitka9537]

Nobody believed the couch story. It spread because it was funny and mocked Vance. It was the best story since fake Melania.

[@la_belle_heaulmiere]

I agree

[@Hope4U61]

A grown ass man, with a child's mind! Sad Sack.😮

[@michaeldonohue1957]

How about Mitch McConnell’s lie about not voting a Supreme Court nominee in when it is close to an election? I mean, saying that directly to the American people? That’s not normal politics.

[@ElijahBradford-sk8ep]

What's normal about Mitch McConnell and tRump's GOP. The GOP of yesteryear was normal. The current GOP is a shell of its former shelf and Republicans from the old guard know this. That's why there backing Harris in order to fight for what the party once stood for, since Republicans in tRump party have all but pledge friality to their "Orange Oligarch".

[@archaeobard1]

Watching from the UK. Please America, vote blue all the way down. I'm sat across the pond even more horrified with Trump than I was in 2020 or 2016. I find it hard to believe that if anyone did even a small comparison between Harris and Trump they'd want to vote for Trump or believe a word he says.

[@iammakingartwork]

Yeah we are ATTACHED AT THE HIP to the United States so this election means a lot to us too! 🇨🇦

[@fredbloggs1799]

Ditto from Australia. Pine Gap, anyone?

[@MRenee-cf6qp]

We’re working hard to get Harris elected!

[@theroadupward]

He cannot define the truth anymore, but he's too stupid to CALCULATE his lies. They just pour out like explosive diarrhea.

[@goettling]

Diarrhea coming out of both ends! Yikes!

[@KernowekTim]

I'm 66 years old. I will never forget Mum washing my mouth out with a rag soaked in dettol and water when I was 5 for lying to her. I'd stolen my sisters cookies. I belched Dettol fumes all day at school. I remember Mum's words, "Timothy, theft is very bad, however, people know where they are with thieves, but nobody knows where they stand with liars. Trump's Mum clearly wasn't the lady my Mum was.

[@sherrylynn270]

trump won't appear at any event where he will be fact checked.

[@debrasmith4675]

The lies need collabortors to thrive.

[@cheryldavis7813]

You might have to put Trump in an orange jumpsuit to forensically examine him about his lies. Just saying…

[@ShannonDAntonio-ul9iq]

My God, the world nearly blew up when President Obama wore a tan suit,fps!

[@jesusjessegonzalez191]

Kamala’s got this. Orange is trumps favorite color so he will wear that orange prison jump suit stylishly. He will snap in a z formation. It’s okay Trump, I’m sure republicans will all pitch in to put money on your commissary books.

[@harryagrotis326]

Why Trump lies you ask???? Well I think the question is obvious if any truth about him and his life is spoken he will truly be exposed as a fake and go straight jail without collecting $200😂😂😂

[@allisonbachmann2198]

Even this morning on Face the Nation I heard JD Vance tell Margaret Brennan that violent crime is up under the current administration and she, who must have seen more than I have seen about how it is down, didn't push back. I was waiting and she just moved on. C'mon, Margaret!

[@judithwilliams4170]

Jake Tapper kept trying to pull up Vance on stuff that Trump has been saying but they are such determined liars that basically he got nowhere - though kudos to him for actually trying.

[@Una...]

You all should hear wtf they're saying at his Madison Square Gardens rally... It's positively natsi speak more than we've ever heard from them. It's horrifying.

[@MsFarrob]

Recall when Vance was offended that he would be fact checked during his debate with Walz

[@UpperBurgundy]

So sickening to see our leaders kneel to the money

[@donnajackson3632]

Delusional Don dont know no better 😮😅😂❤

[@nataliepapolis]

They do!!! With Kamala ALL the time.

[@danielwhite1923]

Augmented reality will not prevail.🌊

[@Bill_Bo]

He is a demon wearing a human suit. The father of lies is his boss.

[@blumenkraft2275]

If he’d written a piece on the “economy” from the viewpoint of a successful businessman, that too would have been a lie.

[@marshamorgan3917]

To be the role models that we want to be we must call out every lie, discuss source reliability and put restrictions on social media.

[@shirleyoverend5690]

Hi all you awesome Bulwark guys and gals from New Zealand. What about playing William Galison’s We’re Not Going Back. Great anthem song. Fun and strong message.

[@bettycasvin8877]

All you have to do is look at 45's father and his life goals. It is pathological. The lying lier that lies.

[@aprilcalhoun8984]

As long as the News has advertisements, there is no incentive for them to be honest in the face of a good story.

[@davidcampbell4174]

He has always lied, but he gets away with it in his political career. Not sure why?

[@joannhaddock8003]

He is and has always been enabled. It is disturbing the lack of courage in those enablers, politically and personally.

[@stdesy]

Nobody believes the JD Vance couch thing-we just say it because it’s hilarious

[@murgatroidsp]

I was so disturbed throughout his entire presidency by the press’s reluctance to use the word “lie.” Sadly I think the damage has been done by this unwillingness to challenge him. At this point, he’s just avoiding any press appearance that might result in him being challenged by his lies.

[@cherylwoodul9127]

You've nailed it. Why are T's massive, never-ending lies, ok? Why isn't he called out on them by his coworkers and the media? The rest of us would be held accountable. 🙄💙💙💙

[@UpperBurgundy]

Is anyone live fact checking speakers in Congress ? I would support that job. Anyone?

[@SybilleGrob]

You actually think Trump can still distinguish between truth and a lie?

[@MaryWatters-g8e]

It’s like small town gossip on a global scale. It feels like it’s expocentially worse!!

[@Twistopher-yl3lg]

I've been saying this about Trump for quite a while now: He truly believes in magical thinking whereby he truly thinks that if he believes hard enough--it will come true. Example: Trump stated MORE THAN ONCE that Biden was going to come back and take back his rightful place to run for President--kick out Harris. It would be interesting if someone collected the data on these magical thinking statements and tweets.

[@donnawilliams1348]

People came up to me with tears, their eyes saying, "Sir, please continue using the birther. It works" So that's why I have to lie! 😂

[@ripadipaflipa4672]

Sadly most citizens are obviously ok with lying whether entertainment or not in politics we all must not accept liers

[@TerryParsons1724]

Harris - Walz for the win 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

[@andyhowat4624]

Isaiah 5 20 WOE to those who believe evil to be good and good to be evil

[@dinaldcurchod3296]

He lies because he is a pathological liar

[@Beth-zg6gb]

But djt’s lies are so juvenile and transparent, hardly sophisticated. If I’m going to be lied to, at least don’t insult my intelligence. 🙄 🌊🇺🇸💙

[@cobbler40]

George Orwell would recognise what Trump is and what he is doing with regard to the truth.

[@nicolasuzanne7477]

FINALLY!!!!! Now as HIGHLY EDUCATED JORNALISTS DO SOMETING ABOUT IT. Trump and the Politicians continue to make your profession a laughing stock. It is up to you as journalists to hold them accountable.

[@shealorena]

This one's easy...He lies b/c he's a vacant vessel psychopath and pathological liar incapable of anything respectful, meaningful, decent or even genuinely human. Period!

[@kluv7139]

Dump Trump.. my trash days are Wednesday and Saturday

[@therealrhodiemx]

How do you feel about a Tuesday?😂

[@MrGHenchel]

The liars are not stupid they are pragmatic, evil but pragmatic. The stupid people are those who believe the lies. Their stupidity is by now beyond mere claims of ignorance or gullibility. As the old saying goes. Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me. Fool me all the time then I am the fool.

[@deninetate]

3:00 And I bet you looked sharp. Truth be told they were jealous that they couldn't make that look good. I'd like to see you rock that on MSNBC sometime.

[@sherrylynn270]

I recognized trumps lies when he was campaigning in 2015. I would not vote for a liar. I didn't then or since.

[@sonniquickpianoimprov2231]

It is infuriating when the interviewer won't call trump out for his lies, and when they don't, if the viewer isn't informed, he ends up believing what trump says. Now we have a big mess because trump keeps lying.

[@Star_Jewel_Realm]

The answer is simple. The more Trump lie, the better he convinced himself he is comfortable with his answers. However they are not answers the American people want to hear from him. They cover his insecurities and failures. Two requirements real leaders would acknowledged and accepted as their responsibilities and accountability.

[@vickihaithcoat1032]

And he did it anyway

[@ednakravitz2738]

It’s both pathological and calculated He appeals to a certain type of person or they are making money because of him

[@valrodgers8889]

Sorry, I have never found Trump entertaining🇦🇺

[@markg.7865]

Small-minded, simple people find dump entertaining.

[@aledus5715]

I was in the US in 2006 and whenever I see Michael I get flashbacks to his campaign ads that were on TV. So kudos on an effective ad Michael! "Steele hates puppies!"

[@kittmarie8285]

Let the man speak please.

[@heavenhelpus479]

Just like every other dynasty in history, we are imploding.

[@marilynminer677]

He lies because he's NPD at the very least. Thanks

[@Denise-w4m7k]

This discussion reminds me of an ad targeting Senator Bob Casey, Jr. in the Philadelphia, PA area. The ad depicts a man in a basketball uniform and then a man in drag. The ad states that the senator promotes males playing on a girls basketball team. The ad then claims the senator has coerced hospitals to perform sex reassignment surgery. I’m sure some people will fall for this as. They would rather believe this as opposed to Senator Casey’s record. In September 2021, after heavy rains flooded the Schuylkill River - where many roadways were flooded - I saw Senator Casey on a walk through with area officials, to assess the damage to our area.

[@kevinmcconnell3641]

Because an interview doesn’t have to talk to you.

[@jeaniemobley9863]

chaos in the country stems from the wholesale embrace of too many that it is acceptable practice to lie. No political ideology can long stand where there is falsehood. Truthtelling is fundamental to a healthy society - 'thou shalt not bear false witness'. Where has the honor and courage to be honest gone?

[@jesseramirez8706]

Mike you cant stop hate people need it to survive

[@Pavlovs_Dog]

It is just about money.

[@lilpcoflther]

Lying to Trump is as natural as breathing.

[@neale3871]

Why didn't Tim Waltz call out Vance to his face about lies about stolen valor in the VP debate? It needs yo be done at every level.

[@mukomerobicheaux6883]

no one believed the J.D. Vance couch thing. That was 100% a joke. Totally different than birtherism.

[@urkiddingme6254]

I've been listening to Timothy Ryback about his book "Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power". He says the purpose of the big lie is not just to get away with that lie but to get people to a place where they don't know who to believe. Confusing the people is not a godly thing to do to them. Clearly. 😅 There's a Bible verse for that -- Psalm 71 "In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: Let me never be put to confusion. The N. Testament also covers it, but for the sake of ecumenicism I stuck with Psalms.

[@bmunson4920]

‘…..it’s not a lie if you believe it…’

[@leslieseitz2833]

Mainstream media dropped the ball. I will never watch them again.

[@TheParadoxDestroyer]

It is profoundly sad that so many Americans have given up on personal ethics and morals as prerequisites for public office. You reap what you sow if Trump ever holds office again.

[@aidancampbell5644]

In reference to lying to the press, I recommend looking at the Australian ABC and shows like the 7:30 Report and 4 Corners. Come prepared with the receipts, you know they are going to lie, so catch them in it and make them look like fools. If you do it with everyone on both sides of the aisle, you become the litmus test of whether a politician is “good enough” to be in politics. Any political news program that does this consistently will get themselves the best ratings (given that chasing ratings is why they don’t do it).