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    How Donald Trump Warped America’s Reality

    Megan Garber on the presidential candidate’s manipulations
    by Lora Kelley Dec 06, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: Sean Rayford / Getty

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    Donald Trump has hastened America’s decline into a “post-truth” society that privileges feelings over reality, my colleague Megan Garber has argued. I spoke with Megan about her  contribution to “If Trump Wins,” our new project considering the threat that a second Trump term poses to American democracy. We discussed Trump’s manipulations and the double-edged power of emotion in American life.

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