The Plot Against America: Donald Trump’s Rhetoric
David Denby
▻http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/plot-america-donald-trumps-rhetoric
He lies all the time. But pointing out his lies, his contradictions, his illogical ideas, his nonsensical solutions—pointing out all of that, while noble and necessary work, is partly beside the point. Trump’s entire world picture, as he presents it to his voters, is an elaborate fiction—coherent in itself, like all such extreme fantasies, and therefore emotionally satisfying, but never required, either by Trump or by his audience, to meet the test of factuality and actuality.