As Emily Singer notes, Trump is trying to brand his Madison Square Garden hatefest as a lovefest.
Orwell responds:
“Even the names of the four Ministries by which we are governed exhibit a sort of impudence in their deliberate reversal of the facts. The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation."
@wdlindsy@toad.social
The easiest way to interpret everything that Trump & co. say is to run it through an inversion-filter.
@ferricoxide Well-noted. That's absolutely right.
@wdlindsy I'm baffled as to how someone with Trump's record of criminal behaviour is even a candidate for the presidency.
I hope he's sent packing by the electorate and then left rot in a jail cell until he stops breathing.
@wood5y I share your hope. I'm also holding my breath. My fellow Americans have been capable of dismaying me more than once.
@wdlindsy Politics and elections always have plenty of scope for several emotions: hope, dismay, fear, distrust, elation...
Many people outside the US are viewing a second Trump term with apprehension.
Don't screw up, America!