July 29, 2018

Trump’s latest demand is straight out of the pages of ‘1984’

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-vfw-speech-kansas-city-remember-what-youre-seeing-and-what-youre-reading-is-not-whats-happening-b1a8f318d1d9/
"In George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984, the “final, most essential command” of the ruling totalitarian regime is “to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.” On Tuesday, President Trump made that same request of his supporters. Speaking to a Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) gathering in Kansas City, Trump implored his audience to forget about what they see and read — and instead just listen to him."