China rejects Trump’s claim that Xi has called him by phone (www.cnn.com)

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[-] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 months ago

What's even the point of this? Blatantly lying about stuff like that is just going to destroy any credibility he could have left

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 months ago

Market manipulation is the point. Every time he makes a statement the market reacts which allows people who are in on it to make money hand over fist.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 16 points 2 months ago

Also Trump's voterbase will believe anything he says over anything Xi says

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

Although, I doubt he even cares what they think. His constituents are the financial capitalists whose interests he represents.

[-] balsoft@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago

There's no credibility to lose at this point. He has been lying for his entire life, no way he's stopping now.

[-] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Going along with Trump's most recent lies is how you show you are loyal/part of the cult. The lies also flush out people who are impelled to correct the historical record, marking them as enemies.