Thread
It still amazes me how much traction/justification Trump gets from people who claim that "he tells it like it is". I had a brief conversation with a highly intelligent/educated woman (semi-retired) who works retail at the contractor desk of a large supply chain....1/

I first observed her intelligence when I noticed that she had tax-exempt numbers memorized for customers that came to her. I struck up a conversation w/her, learned about her background, and have had quite a few in-depth, highly intelligent conversations with her.....2/

Yesterday she asked me questions about things I’m working on that eventually led to the topic of the psychological reactions that people have to Trump. When I started to explain these connections….3/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1105795583636168705

…….I began to notice her body and facial muscles start to tense up as she listened. Before I finished, she reflexively and seemingly obligatorily responded that “he tells it like it is”.....4/

It’s amazing how otherwise intelligent people cling to this justification. Especially as he’s approaching 10,000 false/misleading statements. Serial inaccuracy & pathologically dishonesty are the literal antithesis of telling it like it is. These are mutually exclusive actions 5/

What this shows, is that people aren’t drawn to Trump for “telling it like it is”, they are drawn to him for “telling it like they feel”, regardless of how accurate, how honest, how inconsiderate, or sometimes even how inhumane, his statements may be. https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1061977579026972673

More on the acceptance of Trump's pathological dishonesty: https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1130439255384178688