The Trump Files: How His Huge Election Con Went Down

[DonViejo]

David Cay Johnston

October 28, 2016 6:00 am

David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, is the author of The Making of Donald Trump.

How did a vulgar, ignorant, racist, sexist blowhard come to be adored by tens of millions of Americans, many of whom believe he will save America, which he promises to do by overriding our Constitution?

The answer lies in the art of the con and the general failure of my peers in national journalism — with a few notable exceptions — to vet the candidate.

Donald Trump has done a masterful job of selling an image of himself that is contradicted by the public record including court and regulatory documents, his books and speeches and other verifiable evidence.

So as an antidote, here are some solid facts — a sort of quick tour of my book The Making of Donald Trump, which comes with 44 pages of source notes.

Overseas my book is getting more attention — and far more serious attention — than at home, which speaks volumes about the decline of serious journalism in America. The German language edition is titled Die Akte Trump, which translates as The Trump File.

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[geek tragedy]

1. Can't really blame the press. Blame Republican voters.

They know he's ignorant. They know he's a pathological liar. They know he's a sexual predator. They know he's a misogynist, a racist, and a cruel monster.

That makes them admire him more.

Journalists exposed him just fine, and that's exactly what attracted the tens of millions of morally rotten Trumpers

There's not a huge amount of difference between the GOP base and the membership of the Nazi party in 1932.

[roscoeroscoe]

3. Agreed

Democratic voters and... anyone with common sense could see Trump for what he is from a mile away. It takes someone who lives in the conservative bubble to fall for his nonsense.

[Coyotl]

2. So 4,500 Trump lawsuits, wow, that be like 100 lawsuits per each Hillary pantsuit

[lapfog_1]

4. Everyone should hold off on the Trump eulogies

I think Don the Con is losing too... but we need to have everyone vote as though this is neck and neck and every vote for President counts. There are down ballot races that we could win, but only if we get every voter to the polling stations.