OK, Doomer. Can Trump stop himself becoming a ‘prophet of doom’?

Donald Trump berates the ‘doom mongers’, but to get re-elected, he could become one.

One of the things that makes Trump’s presidency so dangerous and unpredictable is his relationship with the truth. The amount of time he has been unfaithful to facts now exceeds 16,000, and both commentators and voters alike are exhausted. Donald Trump lies is no longer news. Going into the 2020 election, it is now more of a question about what type of lies the President tells.

This was never more true than in last week’s State of the Union speech. Of course, the measure of an effective speech is no longer how closely it resembles to truth, but how politically expedient it is. And that is the real task for Trump this election: Will he continue to boast about his ‘achievements’, or will he too become a ‘prophet of doom’, warning people of the dangers of not re-electing him?

Earlier this year, Trump berated the so-called ‘prophets’ but these are people who have helped the President more than he probably realises.

Dependent on what side of the political aisle you are on, Trump has done untold damage to the Presidency and the very crux of government. Whether that is through appointing hundreds of ‘unqualified’ judges, or…