Donald Trump’s Big Show Outshines His Big Lies

Published in Frankfurter Rundschau
(Germany) on 19 July 2024
by Jakob Maurer (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Mallory Matsumoto. Edited by Michelle Bisson.
U.S. politics and the showy Republican National Convention surrounding Donald Trump are ruling the week. Amid the hustle and bustle, one shouldn’t ignore how the Republican candidate is resetting the rules of the system.

The great Donald Trump show is over. For now. Trump’s instinct for the historic moment and the showy Republican production should not allay anyone’s fears.

In all the turmoil following an assassination attempt, one should not forget that Trump is and remains a lying machine. Even at the televised debate in June, his extensive and shameless spreading of lies fell by the wayside because no one reined him in and Joe Biden’s disastrous performance shocked the world.

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In accepting his party’s nomination, Trump exaggerated about increased taxes and inflation, among other things. He claims the world was at peace during his presidency, although there were dozens of unresolved wars and conflicts. Not to mention the great election lie that Trump keeps supporting.

In 2017, the Trump team first used the phrase “alternative facts.” Since then, lies have poisoned American society, inspiring populist forces around the world. The more heated the campaign gets, the more important fact-checking becomes. The responsibility here falls to the media and the political opposition. We must not allow the post-fact era to settle in uncontested.


Donald Trumps große Show überstrahlt seine großen Lügen
Die US-Politik und der protzige Parteitag um Donald Trump dominiert die Woche. Im Trubel darf nicht untergehen, wie der Republikaner die Regeln des Systems verschiebt. Der Kommentar.

Die große Trump-Show ist vorbei. Fürs Erste. Niemand sollte sich einlullen lassen von Donald Trumps Instinkt für den historischen Moment und von der protzigen Inszenierungskunst des republikanischen Parteitags.
In all dem Trubel nach dem Attentat auf ihn darf nicht untergehen: Donald Trump ist und bleibt eine Lügenmaschine. Schon bei der TV-Debatte im Juni gingen seine massenhaft und schamlos verbreiteten Unwahrheiten unter, weil ihm niemand Einhalt gebot und Joe Bidens desaströser Auftritt die Welt schockte.
Trump lügt weiter: Je heißer der Wahlkampf läuft, desto wichtiger werden Fakten-Checks
In seiner Nominierungsrede übertreibt Trump nun in Sachen gestiegener Steuern und Inflation. Er behauptet, zu seiner Amtszeit hätte die Welt in Frieden gelebt, obwohl es Dutzende ungelöste Kriege und Konflikte gab. Ganz zu schweigen von der größten, der Wahllüge, die Trump aufrechterhält.
2017 sprach das Trump-Team erstmals von „alternativen Fakten“. Seither vergiften Lügen die US-Gesellschaft und populistische Kräfte weltweit lassen sich inspirieren. Je heißer der Wahlkampf läuft, desto wichtiger werden Fakten-Checks. Hier sind die Medienlandschaft und die politische Konkurrenz gefragt. Das postfaktische Zeitalter darf nicht ohne Gegenwehr Einzug halten.
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