The most remarkable realization about Donald J. Trump’s rise to becoming America’s elected dictator is that it all came out of his MOUTH. Understanding that politics has become a performative exercise, Trump discovered that he could win the battle of words without having a record of achievement or any trusted experience in the business, government, or civic arena.

His lies sugarcoated his failed businesses. He wildly exaggerated his wealth (asserting that the Trump brand was worth $11 billion). He tried to explain away his numerous corporate bankruptcies as a business strategy, and blamed everyone for his commercial collapses – the banks, the workers, the students (Trump University, anyone?) – the government. This failed gambling casino czar never admitted he was ever wrong, ever sorry, and boasted he knew more than anyone because he was “right about everything.”

His MOUTH went into high gear during his introductory presidential debates with sixteen Republican challengers during the 2016 GOP primaries. In retrospect, it is astonishing to see how, using his snarling mouth, he wrested control from those on the stage from the outset, targeting immigrants as invaders, criminals, rapists, and destroyers of America. Without rebuttals, he would repeat over and over again his sweeping bigotry.

Then Trump would move on to repeat how foreign countries have taken advantage of the U.S. in trade, ignoring our Empire’s bleeding poorer nations, brain-draining their skilled people, and allowing giant U.S. corporations to export millions of jobs to take advantage of serf labor and corruptible dictatorial regimes. He ignored the way the U.S. facilitated corporate-driven trade deals pulled down worker and environmental protections in the U.S. and devastated American workers and communities.

No matter, the MOUTH opened wider, slandering specific people, including selected politicians, judges, authors, reporters/editors, professors, and anyone who dared criticize his daily fabrications.

The MOUTH got major coverage in the mainstream media, including publishing his CAPITAL LETTERS OF CONDEMNATION, and because his targets were not given the right of reply, many people were inclined to believe him. This accelerated and entrenched his violent politics of intimidation. Again and again, he had the media field to himself, which deterred many of his........

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