Cartoon by Rob Rogers
'Truth isn't truth,' says Rudy Giuliani. But nonsense is still nonsense
The Guardian
Name: Truth.
Age: 13.8bn years, approximately.
Appearance: Oh, well … I mean, I know it when I see it.
Do you? I don’t know. Especially because truth isn’t truth, apparently.
Sorry, what? “Truth isn’t truth.” President Trump’s legal adviser Rudy Giuliani (above) just explained that to the world.
Would that stand up in court? We may yet find out. Giuliani was appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday when he was asked about the delay in Trump talking to the Mueller inquiry. “Look,” he said. “I’m not going to rush into having him testify so he gets trapped into perjury.”
Trapped into perjury? But if he just answers Mueller’s questions honestly … Ah, no, that’s just Giuliani’s point. “It’s somebody’s version of the truth, not the truth,” he said.
Surely, erm … truth is truth? “No it isn’t truth,” said Giuliani. “Truth isn’t truth.”
Isn’t that perfect nonsense? Yes. Unless nonsense isn’t nonsense.
Does Giuliani have any kind of point? Well, maybe he believes that the Mueller investigation is politically motivated against Trump, and plans to ignore the evidence of what is true.
I see … but is that true? Which theory of truth are we using? I very much doubt that it can be deduced axiomatically.
Let’s use the correspondence theory, whereby a statement is true if it corresponds to verifiable facts in an objective reality. All right. In that case, Giuliani’s talking bullcrap. Mueller is a Republican. He was appointed by another Republican, in Trump’s own justice department. He is supported by the American people and most of Congress. There is no evidence that he has a political motive.
Fine. Trump and his people, on the other hand, have a long and proved record of difficulties with the gap between truth and fiction. Sean Spicer kicked things off by saying that a small crowd was larger than a large one. Then Kellyanne Conway explained that this wasn’t untrue, it was just an “alternative fact”.
I remember. Trump lies so fast it’s hard to keep up, but to pick one recent and clear example, he said he was in the UK the day before the Brexit referendum, when in truth he didn’t arrive until the day after – a fact documented in flight manifests and in his own tweets.
What are we going to do about these people? Well, if you’re an American voter, you might do something at the midterms in November. The rest of us can only watch in disbelief.
Do say: “If only there were some kind of ‘scientific method’ for establishing what’s true.”
Don’t say: “The video was faked! Giuliani never said: ‘Truth isn’t truth.’”
Fox News isn't News and Propaganda isn't Propaganda!
Come on guys, what else can be expected from this guy. He prostitute for anyone that is willing to pay. It was only a year or two ago that he was prostituting for MEK.
Muller is making America great again
tRump is helping to make Russia great again
Reject occupation, If the bar code starts with 7 29 put it back on the shelf
Buy American, say NO to Chinese madeTrump
“The time is always right to do what is right” – Martin Luther King
Well, well, well!
As we speak, Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen is pleading guilty to all kinds of charges and is ready to cooperate with Robert Mueller, while the jury on Paul Manafort’s trial, the former Trump campaign manager is about to reach a verdict on 18 counts, 305 years in jail. He will probably sing like a canary.
We are getting closer and closer to draining the Trump swamp and get our country back. Never give up on the good people of the great US of A!
After we free our homeland, we will need at least a dozen like him to bring law-and-order to the land... his mayoral record is impeccable... Kudos to him...
;)))
Fake news is not fake news!
Words, phrases, statements can mean anything you want them to mean.
Does anyone know how many of Paul Manafort’s “convictions” are related to the so-called, “ Russian Collusion?”
The amusing thing about the current investigations by the Special Council is that it has produced many legal experts.
Iam looking forward to the day Mike Pence replaces Donald Trump as president.
"Iam looking forward to the day Mike Pence replaces Donald Trump as president. "
If one does not know what fear mongring look likes, ought to take a look here.
However, I am certainly fearful of such day so it seems only darker days await this nation until some accountability has been restored in our nation.
Muller is making America great again
tRump is helping to make Russia great again
Reject occupation, If the bar code starts with 7 29 put it back on the shelf
Buy American, say NO to Chinese madeTrump
“The time is always right to do what is right” – Martin Luther King
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5825106543001/
Trump's campaign slogan Make America Great Again, MAGA has been updated:
MAGA
My Attorney Got Arrested
Mueller Aint Going Away
Manafort Also Got Arrested
Mobsters Are Getting Arraigned