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This answer may contain sensitive images. Click on an image to unblur it.SearchSerial killFor other uses, see Serial killer (disambiguation).A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people,[1]usually in service of abnormal psychological gratification, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them.[1][2]While most authorities set a threshold of three murders,[1]others extend it to four or lessen it to two.[3]An 1829 illustration of British serial killer William Burke murdering Margery Campbell.Psychological gratification is the usual motive for serial killing, and most serial killings involve sexual contact with the victim,[4]but the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) states that the motives of serial killers can include anger, thrill-seeking, financial gain, and attention seeking.[5]The murders may be attempted or completed in a similar fashion. The victims may have something in common, for example, demographic profile, appearance, gender or race.[6]Although a serial killer is a distinct classification that differs from that of a mass murderer, spree killer, or contract killer, there may be conceptual overlaps between them and some debate exists on specific qualifications, especially with regard to spree killers in comparison to serial killers.[7]Etymology and definitionEditThe English term and concept of serial killer are commonly attributed to former FBI Special agent Robert Ressler who used the term serial homicide in 1974 in a lecture at Police Staff Academy in Bramshill, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.[8]Author Ann Rule postulates in her book Kiss Me, Kill Me (2004), that the English-language credit for coining the term goes to LAPD detective Pierce Brooks, who created the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) system in 1985.[9]There is ample evidence the term was used in Europe and the United States earlier.The German term and concept were coined by criminologist Ernst Gennat, who described Peter Kürten as a Serienmörder ('serial-murderer') in his article "Die Düsseldorfer Sexualverbrechen" (1930).[10]In his book, Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters (2004), criminal justice historian Peter Vronsky notes that while Ressler might have coined the English term "serial homicide" within the law in 1974, the terms serial murder and serial murderer appear in John Brophy's book The Meaning of Murder (1966).[11]The Washington DC newspaper Evening Star, in a 1967 review of the book:[12]There is the mass murderer, or what he [Brophy] calls the "serial" killer, who may be actuated by greed, such as insurance, or retention or growth of power, like the Medicis of Renaissance Italy, or Landru, the "bluebeard" of the World War I period, who murdered numerous wives after taking their money.In his more recent study, Vronsky states that the term serial killing first entered into broader American popular usage when published in The New York Times in the spring of 1981, to describe Atlanta serial killer Wayne Williams. Subsequently, throughout the 1980s, the term was used again in the pages of The New York Times, one of the major national news publication of the United States, on 233 occasions. By the end of the 1990s, the use of the term had increased to 2,514 instances in the paper.[13]When defining serial killers, researchers generally use "three or more murders" as the baseline,[1]considering it sufficient to provide a pattern without being overly restrictive.[14]Independent of the number of murders, they need to have been committed at different times, and are usually committed in different places.[15]The lack of a cooling-off period (a significant break between the murders) marks the difference between a spree killer and a serial killer. The category has, however, been found to be of no real value to law enforcement, because of definitional problems relating to the concept of a "cooling-off period".[16]Cases of extended bouts of sequential killings over periods of weeks or months with no apparent "cooling off period" or "return to normality" have caused some experts to suggest a hybrid category of "spree-serial killer".[11]In Controversial Issues in Criminology, Fuller and Hickey write that "[t]he element of time involved between murderous acts is primary in the differentiation of serial, mass, and spree murderers", later elaborating that spree killers "will engage in the killing acts for days or weeks" while the "methods of murder and types of victims vary". Andrew Cunanan is given as an example of spree killing, while Charles Whitman is mentioned in connection with mass murder, and Jeffrey Dahmer with serial killing.[17]The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines serial killing as "a series of two or more murders, committed as separate events, usually, but not always, by one offender acting alone".[18]In 2005, the FBI hosted a multi-disciplinary symposium in San Antonio, Texas, which brought together 135 experts on serial murder from a variety of fields and specialties with the goal of identifying the commonalities of knowledge regarding serial murder. The group also settled on a definition of serial murder which FBI investigators widely accept as their standard: "The unlawful killing of two or more victims by the same offender(s) in separate events".[16]The definition does not consider the motivation for killing nor define a cooling-off period.HistoryCharacteristicsMotivesEditAccording to psychiatric reports, Jukka Lindholm, the so-called "serial strangler" reportedly admired the primordial, violent manhood of his teenage years.[105]The motives of serial killers are generally placed into four categories: visionary, mission-oriented, hedonistic, and power or control; however, the motives of any given killer may display considerable overlap among these categories.[106]VisionaryEditVisionary serial killers suffer from psychotic breaks with reality,[107]sometimes believing they are another person or are compelled to murder by entities such as the Devil or God.[108]The two most common subgroups are "demon mandated" and "God mandated".[40]Herbert Mullin believed the American casualties in the Vietnam War were preventing California from experiencing the Big One. As the war wound down, Mullin claimed his father instructed him via telepathy to raise the number of "human sacrifices to nature" to delay a catastrophic earthquake that would plunge California into the ocean.[109]David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") may also be an example of a visionary serial killer, having claimed a demon transmitted orders through his neighbor's dog and instructed him to commit murder.[110]Berkowitz later described those claims as a hoax, as originally concluded by psychiatrist David Abrahamsen.[111]Mission-orientedEditMission-oriented killers typically justify their acts as "ridding the world" of certain types of people perceived as undesirable, such as the homeless, ex-cons, homosexuals, drug users, prostitutes, or people of different ethnicity or religion; however, they are generally not psychotic.[112]Some see themselves as attempting to change society, often to cure a societal ill.[113]An example of a mission-oriented killer would be Joseph Paul Franklin, an American white supremacist who exclusively targeted Jewish, biracial, and African-American individuals for the purpose of inciting a "race war".[114][115]HedonisticEditThis type of serial killer seeks thrills and derives pleasure from killing, seeing people as expendable means to this goal. Forensic psychologists have identified three subtypes of the hedonistic killer: "lust", "thrill", and "comfort".[116]LustEditPaul Durousseau raped and murdered at least seven young women.Sex is the primary motive of lust killers, whether or not the victims are dead, and fantasy plays a large role in their killings.[117]Their sexual gratification depends on the amount of torture and mutilation they perform on their victims. The sexual serial murderer has a psychological need to have absolute control, dominance, and power over their victims, and the infliction of torture, pain, and ultimately death is used in an attempt to fulfill their need.[118]They usually use weapons that require close contact with the victims, such as knives or hands. As lust killers continue with their murders, the time between killings decreases or the required level of stimulation increases, sometimes both.[119]Kenneth Bianchi, one of the "Hillside Stranglers", murdered women and girls of different ages, races, and appearance because his sexual urges required different types of stimulation and increasing intensity.[120]Jeffrey Dahmer searched for his perfect fantasy lover—beautiful, submissive and eternal. As his desire increased, he experimented with drugs, alcohol, and exotic sex. His increasing need for stimulation was demonstrated by the dismemberment of victims, whose heads and genitals he preserved, and by his attempts to create a "living zombie" under his control (by pouring acid into a hole drilled into the victim's skull).[121]Dahmer once said, "Lust played a big part of it. Control and lust. Once it happened the first time, it just seemed like it had control of my life from there on in. The killing was just a means to an end. That was the least satisfactory part. I didn't enjoy doing that. That's why I tried to create living zombies with acid and the drill." He further elaborated on this, also saying, "I wanted to see if it was possible to make—again, it sounds really gross—uh, zombies, people that would not have a will of their own, but would follow my instructions without resistance. So after that, I started using the drilling technique."[122]He experimented with cannibalism to "ensure his victims would always be a part of him".[123]ThrillEditMain article: Thrill killingThe primary motive of a thrill killer is to induce pain or terror in their victims, which provides stimulation and excitement for the killer.[117]They seek the adrenaline rush provided by hunting and killing victims. Thrill killers murder only for the kill; usually, the attack is not prolonged, and there is no sexual aspect. Usually, the victims are strangers, although the killer may have followed them for a period of time. Thrill killers can abstain from killing for long periods of time and become more successful at killing as they refine their murder methods. Many attempt to commit the perfect crime and believe they will not be caught.[124]Robert Hansen took his victims to a secluded area, where he would let them loose and then hunt and kill them.[125]In one of his letters to San Francisco Bay Area newspapers in San Francisco, California, the Zodiac Killer wrote "[killing] gives me the most thrilling experience it is even better than getting your rocks off with a girl".[126]Carl Watts was described by a surviving victim as "excited and hyper and clappin' and just making noises like he was excited, that this was gonna be fun" during the 1982 attack.[127]Slashing, stabbing, hanging, drowning, asphyxiating, and strangling were among the ways Watts killed.[128]Comfort (profit)EditMaterial gain and a comfortable lifestyle are the primary motives of comfort killers.[129]Usually, the victims are family members and close acquaintances.[117]After a murder, a comfort killer will usually wait for a period of time before killing again to allow any suspicions by family or authorities to subside. They often use poison, most notably arsenic, to kill their victims. Female serial killers are often comfort killers, although not all comfort killers are female.[130]Dorothea Puente killed her tenants for their Social Security checks and buried them in the backyard of her home.[131]H. H. Holmes killed for insurance and business profits.[132]Puente and Holmes had previous records of crimes such as theft, fraud, non-payment of debts, embezzlement and others of a similar nature. Dorothea Puente was finally arrested on a parole violation, having been on parole for a previous fraud conviction.[133]Contract killers ("hitmen") may exhibit serial killers traits, but are generally not classified as such because of third-party killing objectives and detached financial and emotional incentives.[134][135][136]Nevertheless, there are occasionally individuals that are labeled as both a hitmen and a serial killer.[137]Richard Kuklinski who worked for the American Mafia earned tens of thousands of dollars for a "hit" also killed for self gratification with no financial incentives.[138][139]Power/controlEditA policeman discovering the body of Catherine Eddowes, one of Jack the Ripper's victimsThe main objective for this type of serial killer is to gain and exert power over their victim. Such killers are sometimes abused as children, leaving them with feelings of powerlessness and inadequacy as adults. Many power- or control-motivated killers sexually abuse their victims, but they differ from hedonistic killers in that rape is not motivated by lust (as it would be with a lust murder) but as simply another form of dominating the victim.[140]Ted Bundy is an example of a power/control-oriented serial killer. He traveled around the United States seeking women to control.[141]Media influencesEditMany serial killers claim that a violent culture influenced them to commit murders. During his final interview, Ted Bundy stated that hardcore pornography was responsible for his actions. Others idolise figures for their deeds or perceived vigilante justice, such as Peter Kürten, who idolized Jack the Ripper, or John Wayne Gacy and Ed Kemper, who both idolized the actor John Wayne.[6]Killers who have a strong desire for fame or to be renowned for their actions desire media attention as a way of validating and spreading their crimes; fear is also a component here, as some serial killers enjoy causing fear. An example is Dennis Rader, who sought attention from the press during his murder spree.[142]In popular cultureInvestigationEditFBI: Issues and practicesEditIn 2008, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a handbook titled Serial Murder which was the product of a symposium held in 2005 to bring together the many issues surrounding serial murder, including its investigation.[157]IdentificationEditÁngel Maturino Reséndiz, who was an FBI Ten Most Wanted FugitiveAccording to the FBI, identifying one, or multiple, murders as being the work of a serial killer is the first challenge an investigation faces, especially if the victim(s) come from a marginalized or high-risk population and is normally linked through forensic or behavioral evidence (FBI 2008).[157]Should the cases cross multiple jurisdictions, the law enforcement system in the United States is fragmented and thus not configured to detect multiple similar murders across a large geographic area (Egger 1998).[158]The FBI suggests utilizing databases and increasing interdepartmental communication. Keppel (1989)[159]suggests holding multi-jurisdictional conferences regularly to compare cases giving departments a greater chance to detect linked cases and overcome linkage blindness.One such collaboration, the Radford/FGCU Serial Killer Database Project[160]was proposed at the 2012 FDIAI Annual Conference.[161]Utilizing Radford's Serial Killer Database as a starting point, the new collaboration,[162]hosted by FGCU Justice Studies, has invited and is working in conjunction with other universities to maintain and expand the scope of the database to also include spree and mass murders. Utilizing over 170 data points, multiple-murderer methodology and victimology; researchers and Law Enforcement Agencies can build case studies and statistical profiles to further research the Who, What, Why and How of these types of crimes.LeadershipEditLeadership, or administration, should play a small or virtually non-existent role in the actual investigation past assigning knowledgeable or experienced homicide investigators to lead positions. The administration's role is not to run the investigation but to establish and reaffirm the primary goal of catching the serial killer, as well as provide support for the investigators. The FBI (2008) suggests completing Memorandums of Understanding to facilitate support and commitment of resources from different jurisdictions to an investigation.[157]Egger (1998) takes this one step further and suggests completing mutual aid pacts, which are written agreements to provide support to each other in a time of need, with surrounding jurisdictions. Doing this in advance would save time and resources that could be used on the investigation.[158]OrganizationEditOrganization of the structure of an investigation is key to its success, as demonstrated by the investigation of Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer. Once a serial murder case was established, a task force was created to track down and arrest the offender. Over the course of the investigation, for various reasons, the task force's organization was radically changed and reorganized multiple times – at one point including more than 50 full-time personnel, and at another, only a single investigator. Eventually, what led to the end of the investigation was a conference of 25 detectives organized to share ideas to solve the case.[163]The FBI handbook provides a description of how a task force should be organized but offers no additional options on how to structure the investigation. While it appears advantageous to have a full-time staff assigned to a serial murder investigation, it can become prohibitively expensive. For example, the Green River Task Force cost upwards of $2 million per year,[163]and as was witnessed with the Green River Killer investigation, other strategies can prevail where a task force fails.Albert De Salvo, who claimed to be the "Boston Strangler", after being caught in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1967.A common strategy, already employed by many departments for other reasons, is the conference, in which departments get together and focus on a specific set of topics.[164]With serial murders, the focus is typically on unsolved cases, with evidence thought to be related to the case at hand.Similar to a conference is an information clearing-house in which a jurisdiction with a suspected serial murder case collects all of its evidence and actively seeks data which may be related from other jurisdictions.[164]By collecting all of the related information into one place, they provide a central point in which it can be organized and easily accessed by other jurisdictions working toward the goal of arresting an offender and ending the murders.Already mentioned was the task force,[164]FBI 2008,[157]Keppel 1989[159]which provides for a flexible, organized, framework for jurisdictions depending on the needs of the investigation. Unfortunately due to the need to commit resources (manpower, money, equipment, etc.) for long periods of time it can be an unsustainable option.In the case of the investigation of Aileen Wournos, the Marion County Sheriff coordinated multiple agencies without any written or formal agreement.[158]While not a specific strategy for a serial murder investigation, this is certainly a best practice in so far as the agencies were able to work easily together toward a common goal.Finally, once a serial murder investigation has been identified, the use of an FBI Rapid Response Team can assist both experienced and inexperienced jurisdictions in setting up a task force. This is completed by organizing and delegating jobs, by compiling and analyzing clues, and by establishing communication between the parties involved.[158]Resource augmentationEditDuring the course of a serial murder investigation, it may become necessary to call in additional resources; the FBI defines this as Resource Augmentation. Within the structure of a task force, the addition of a resource should be thought of as either long term or short term. If the task force's framework is expanded to include the new resource, then it should be permanent and not removed. For short term needs, such as setting up roadblocks or canvassing a neighborhood, additional resources should be called in on a short-term basis. The decision of whether resources are needed short or long term should be left to the lead investigator and facilitated by the administration (FBI 2008).[157]The confusion and counter productiveness created by changing the structure of a task force mid investigation is illustrated by the way the Green River Task Force's staffing and structure was changed multiple times throughout the investigation. This made an already complicated situation more difficult, resulting in the delay or loss of information, which allowed Ridgeway to continue killing (Guillen 2007).[163]The FBI model does not take into account that permanently expanding a task force, or investigative structure, may not be possible due to cost or personnel availability. Egger (1998) offers several alternative strategies including; using investigative consultants, or experienced staff to augment an investigative team. Not all departments have investigators experienced in serial murder and by temporarily bringing in consultants, they can educate a department to a level of competence then step out. This would reduce the initially established framework of the investigation team and save the department the cost of retaining the consultants until the conclusion of the investigation.[158]CommunicationEditThe FBI handbook (2008)[157]and Keppel (1989)[159]both stress communication as paramount. The difference is that the FBI handbook (2008)[157]concentrates primarily on communication within a task force while Keppel (1989)[159]makes getting information out to and allowing information to be passed back from patrol officers a priority. The FBI handbook (2008)[157]suggests having daily e-mail or in-person briefings for all staff involved in the investigation and providing periodic summary briefings to patrol officer and managers. Looking back on a majority of serial murderer arrests, most are exercised by patrol officers in the course of their everyday duties and unrelated to the ongoing serial murder investigation (Egger 1998,[158]Keppel 1989).[159]Keppel (1989)[159]provides examples of Larry Eyler, who was arrested during a traffic stop for a parking violation, and Ted Bundy, who was arrested during a traffic stop for operating a stolen vehicle. In each case, it was uniformed officers, not directly involved in the investigation, who knew what to look for and took the direct action that stopped the killer. By providing up to date (as opposed to periodic) briefings and information to officers on the street the chances of catching a serial killer, or finding solid leads, are increased.Data managementEditA serial murder investigation generates staggering amounts of data, all of which needs to be reviewed and analyzed. A standardized method of documenting and distributing information must be established and investigators must be allowed time to complete reports while investigating leads and at the end of a shift (FBI 2008).[157]When the mechanism for data management is insufficient, leads are not only lost or buried but the investigation can be hindered and new information can become difficult to obtain or become corrupted.[163]During the Green River Killer investigation, reporters would often find and interview possible victims or witnesses ahead of investigators. The understaffed investigation was unable to keep up the information flow, which prevented them from promptly responding to leads. To make matters worse, investigators believed that the journalists, untrained in interviewing victims or witnesses of crimes, would corrupt the information and result in unreliable leads (Guillen 2007).[163]MemorabiliaSee alsoFootnotesBibliographyFurther readingExternal linksLast edited 9 days ago by Dawnseeker2000RELATED ARTICLESSerial Killers: The Method and Madness of MonstersFemale Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become MonstersList of French serial killersWikipedia list articleContent is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted.Privacy policyTerms of UseDesktop

Nazism/Racism—Trump propaganda paralleled the propaganda used by Hitler and Joseph Goebbels.Trump’s radicalization of Americans through his rhetoric (lies)—His Nazi like tactic of provocation, along with violence by various pro-Trump White supremacist groups at public demonstrations that were similar to the Hitler Youth and his constant defamation, both written—libel (Joseph Goebbels had 126 libel suits pending against him at one point.) and spoken—slander, against any person, group of people, or any great American institution, were pure Joseph Goebbels tactics to manipulate the common man:“If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will come to believe it yourself.A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth.There was no point in seeking to convert the intellectuals. For intellectuals would never be converted….this will always be the man in the street. Arguments must therefore be crude, clear, and forcible, and appeal to emotions and instincts, not the intellect. Truth was unimportant and entirely subordinate to tactics and psychology.The rank and file are usually much more primitive than we imagine. Propaganda must therefore always be essentially simple and repetitious.Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will.This is the secret of propaganda: Those who are to be persuaded by it should be completely immersed in the ideas of the propaganda, without ever knowing they are being immersed in it.Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets of hatred.Think of the press as a great keyboard in which the government can play.The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly - it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.Not every item of news should be published. Rather must those who control news policies endeavor to make every item of news serve a certain purpose.It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.We enter parliament in order to supply ourselves, in the arsenal of democracy, with its own weapons. If democracy is so stupid as to give up free tickets and salaries for this bear’s work, that is its affair. We do not come as friends, nor even as neutrals. We come as enemies. As the wolf bursts into the flock, so we come.It would not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned that a square is in fact a circle. They are mere words, and words can be molded until they clothe ideas and disguise.We shall reach our goal, when we have the power to laugh as we destroy, as we smash, whatever was sacred to us as tradition, as education, and as human affection.The essence of propaganda consists of winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it utterly and can never escape from it.If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.The English follow the principle that when one lies, it should be a big lie, and one should stick to it.Whoever can conquer the street will one day conquer the state, for every form of power politics and any dictatorship-run state has its roots in the street.The masses need something that will give them a thrill of horror.The war we are fighting until victory or the bitter end is in its deepest sense a war between Christ and Marx. Christ: the principal of love. Marx: the principle of hate.There is no need for propaganda to be rich in intellectual content.If we have power, we will never give it up again unless we’re carried out of our offices as corpses.There will come a day, when all the lies will collapse under their own weight, and truth will again triumph”.Historical significance—Trump’s lies and rhetoric opened a Pandora’s box of murder and mayhem by a far-right White supremacist mob who took the law into their own hands in the form of an attempted coup—MOBOCRACY. In the process, the Republican Party was radicalized by White conspiracists, racists, and religious militants and its leadership, or the lack thereof, Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell, and 147 of its Congress members, did nothing to stop it. It was no longer the Republican Party but the far-right QAnon Party who’s mission was the radicalization of Americans through social media—by using political psyops on mainstream social networks or platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Reddit; and on more obscure alternative social networks like Parler, Newsmax, Rumble, and MeWe which have refrained from filtering unverified claims and don’t have moderation policies, like the mainstream networks, that address violent threats, hate speech, and defamation and so are very popular with Trump supporters, conspiracy theorists, and right-wing extremists since they can say anything with impunity; and on the dark corners of the internet or web, known as the “Deep Web”, where users can say or post anything in anonymity. Although some sites require users to sign up for an account, their profiles are not linked to their posts. Other sites popular with Trump supporters, such as 8chan and now known as 8kun, don’t require users to create an account, and posts default to the user name “anonymous”. For instance, one anonymous Trump supporter posted this on 8kun a day before the assault on the Capital, “We will storm the government buildings, kill cops, kill security guards, kill federal employees and agents, and demand a recount”. This radicalization was orchestrated by at least one Trump administration official, ex-General and National Security Advisor Michael Flynn (who resembles Q) and possibly more like Trump Aid Stan Scavino, internet trolls (Anons), and by Trump on Twitter and through his speeches of hatred, defamation, and disinformation. As president, he was an influential QAnon troll, but he lost his influence when he lost the election and failed to deliver on the January 6 uprising or “Storm” he warned us about the day before. When asked by a group of reporters what he meant, he replied, “You’ll find out”. This psyop was straight out of a terrorism 101 textbook on how to radicalize a nation in modern times. ISIS also used social media platorms, including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to gain supporters. By March 2015, there were at least 46,000 pro-ISIS Twitter accounts, according to the Brookings Institution.Historical evaluation—As being one of the worst in history and the most controversial and divisive in modern US history. So much so that it will be considered as an aberration, a dark stain, an embarrassing and shameful chapter in American history, since no other time in our great history have we been led by a corrupt narcissist (*see below), an unprincipled autocrat, who created an alternative realty, unfounded conspiracy lies for his own political gain, to manipulate his supporters—self-righteous domestic terrorists. His antics an incompetence contributed to the deaths of tens of thousands. He attacked the very foundation of the Democratic institutions that made the US a beacon, and he pushed the nation to the threshold of autocracy and the demise of our Republic and Democracy.Post-Trump presidency backlash—Because of the radicalization of the Republican Party, a breakaway group of former Republican officials is in talks to form an anti-Trump third party, a potential splinter party, which wold run on a platform of “principled conservatism”, including adherence to the Constitution and the rule of law - ideas they say have been trashed by Trump. The plan would be to run candidates in some races but also to endorse center-right candidates in others, be they Republicans, independents, or Democrats.List the 7 worst character traits a person can have, and then you have Donald Trump: dishonest, hypocritical, self-centered, slanderous, amoral, a cheater, and a bully. It was surreal to watch a guy so flawed attract a massive cult following, especially among Evangelicals. Reason, facts, and truth were of no consequence, just an egotistical and Homeric ambition to slay anyone in his path to victory and glory. It really exposed the dark side of humanity that lurks among us when ignited by a self-deluded authoritarian figure. His legacy of carnage, lawlessness, and sedition will be transfixed in our minds by the images of the seditious White supremacist lynch mob of cop- killers he incited through lies to “storm” the US Capital in an insurrection, an attempted coup that left 5 dead (including an officer with the US Capital Police beaten to death with a fire extinguisher; others sustained brain injuries, one lost three fingers, another one lost an eye, one had two smashed discs, and another one was stabbed with a metal fence stake), to obstruct and overthrow our democracy by disrupting the joint sessions of Congress to certify Biden’s win by counting the electoral ballots from each state and instead appoint Trump as president. His infamous mentor, Roy Cohn, one of the most reviled men in political history, would be proud: Deflect and distract, never give in, never admit fault, lie and attack, lie and attack, publicity no matter what, win no matter what, all underpinned by a deep, prove-me-wrong belief in the power of chaos and fear. Trump’s response to the bloodthirsty mob: “We love you. You’re very special…These are the things that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously and viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly and unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love and in peace. Remember this day forever”.Lies—The Washington Post’s Fact Checker team counted 30,573 false or misleading claims made by Trump. Many of them were delivered directly to supporters over Twitter. It was his playbook for success. According to CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl, Trump explained to her in 2016, off camera, of course, why he attacked the press so regularly: “I do it to discredit you all and demean you all, so that when you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you”, thus his mantra “fake news”.Murder and Mayhem—His four years of lies in his bully pulpit had his supporters foaming at the mouth about our 2020 presidential election. They then organized themselves to violently take matters into their own hands—mobocracy. On January 27, 1838, a 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln gave a speech describing America’s greatest danger: the“mobcratic spirit”. This speech is known as the “Lyceum Address”, given at a time when our young country was facing great internal strife and debate about our collective path forward as a nation. In words that ring far to familiar today, he said, “I hope I am wary; but…there is, even now, something of ill-omen amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions, in lieu of the sober judgments of courts…There is no grievance that is fit object of redress my mob law”, declared the man who would be our 16th president. Now, compare that speech to Trump’s. On January 6, 2021, Trump, our 45th president, gave a speech to the middle-aged White supremacist lynch mob at the White House, his supporters, declaring “Courts are bad”. So, go to the Capital, 1.5 miles away, and “Fight like hell”. Mobocracy isn’t just an American problem. It threatens all democracies around the world. India, the biggest democracy in the world, is also fighting this battle. On July 17, 2020, India’s Supreme Court said that “horrendous acts of mobocracy” cannot be allowed to overrun the law of the land and issued a slew of guidelines to deal with mob lynching (Remember Trump’s mob who built a gallows in front of the White Hiuse and chanted “Hang Mike Pence” as they stormed the Capital.) and cow vigilantism (It was religious vengeance against evil in their minds just like Trump’s supporters.).It threatened our democracy and Republic because it was an unprecedented insurrection against our democracy and lawfully elected president. It took the form of a modern Salem witch-hunt. But this time, it was a hunt for a rigged election allegedly orchestrated by Democrats who were characterized as being Marxist Socialists, Communists, Satanists, pedophiles, and chid sex-traffickers, an in all the hysteria, any state official, county official, company official, citizen, or members of Congress could be found culpable for it without proof and burned at the stake. In contrast to Lincoln, Trump gave a speech desecrating our courts: “Courts are bad….When you catch somebody in a fraud. You’re allowed to go by very different rules….You don’t concede when there’s theft involved….You will have an illegitimate president, that’s what you’ll have. And we can’t let that happen….We will not be intimidated into accepting the hoaxes and the lies that we’ve been forced to believe over the past several weeks. We have amassed overwhelming evidence about a fake election….Our country has had enough. We will not take it anymore….Truth and justice is on our side….Together we are determined to defend and preserve government of the people, by the people, and for the people….We want to go back, and we want to get this right because we are going to have someone in there that should not be there and our country will be destroyed, and we’re not going to stand for that….We fight like hell, and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore”. So, moments later, it became a physical assault, “trial by combat”, Giuliani said, on our Capitol and a hunt for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence to violently stop the peaceful transfer of power by mob law.We had become like Rome. Augustus had told Romans he was the only one who could save Rome, make Rome great again, and they believed him.Imagine a world where political norms have broken down. There’s murder and mayhem. Senators use bad faith arguments to block the government from getting anything done. An autocrat rigs (or another one person tries to rig) elections and gives himself complete control over the government. Even stranger, many voters subscribe to the autocrat’s personality cult and agree that he should have absolute control. Welcome to Rome (or the US 20 centuries later) in the 1st century BCE. The Republic that had existed for over 400 years had finally hit a crisis it couldn’t overcome. Rome itself wouldn’t fall, but during this period it lost its Republic forever thanks to Augustus Caesar.The only positive aspect of Trump’s presidency was how great our American Republic and democracy (the rule of law, our Constitution, and government by the people) was in protecting the will of the people in contrast to the Roman Republic, in spite of also having an autocratic and fascist president (**see below) who stoked his cult of personality among his supporters (but not “the people”, he, instead, slanderously attacked most Americans, especially the college educated and nonWhites) on Twitter and Republican News networks in order to try keep himself in power. Trump was able to fool millions of voters, members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and state officials, but he was unable to fool or deceive our judiciary, our courts—state, federal, and Supreme Court; our federal government—the Attorney General William Barr who Trump appointed and the Department of Justice (DOJ), including FBI Director Chris Wray who he appointed; our Department of Defense—our military (It serves our Constitution and not the president, said Army General Mark Miley and former secretary of defense under Trump, Marine General James Mattis.); our state, local, and federal election administrators and officials— the Department of Homeland Security including its cybersecurity officials (CISA), the members of the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee, the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED), and the members of the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Council (SCC); our free press; and most Americans (Over 7 million more voted for President Biden.).That racist far-right (Oath Keepers—an anti- government militia group that claims to have recruited tens of thousands of former law-enforcement and military officials into its rank; Three Percenters—an anti-government militia group; and the Boogaloo Bois—an anti-government militia group); the non racist alt-right—Proud Boys who promote Western culture and not the White race; religious (Evangelicals, who don’t separate church and state, saw success under Trump on issues, such as abortion, assault weapons, immigration, and Israel, and view Democratic Party candidates as anti-Christ’s that don’t support their religious views), and non-college educated White male citizens (Their female counterparts dumped Trump in the 2020 election.) voted for an authoritarian figure who speak their language and promoted their religious, political, and racist agenda.That Republicans fell for 2 conspiracy lies or hoaxes: 1), a religious conspiracy lie, and 2), an internet conspiracy lie, known as QAnon, in order to try to keep Trump in power by undoing the 2020 election.—Middle aged, White, Evangelical Republicans, who seek a religious state over a secular one because they don’t separate church and state, fell for an outrageous religious conspiracy lie propagated by the “Liberty Center for God and Country” because they saw Trump as their candidate to deliver them from evil. LCGC’s founder, Steven Hotze, a doctor in Texas, said that Communist revolutionaries have been undermining the American Constitutional Republic for decades (McCarthyism). Their goal is to establish a totalitarian Communist regime in the United States. He asserted, “The Communist revolutionaries have infiltrated the public school system, university facilities, the seminaries and clergy, the state and federal bureaucracies, corporations and both political parties. The Democrat Party has been completely taken over by Marxist Socialists and Communists. ANTIFA and BLM are the militant arm of the Democrats. It has been well documented that their funding has come from the Communist Chinese Party. The Chinese Communist Party has bought off leaders in the Democratic Party and in the mainstream media”. This organization was also the main source and proponent of voter fraud. In the six weeks leading up to 2020 election, LCGC paid nearly $300,000 on 20 private investigators to probe what they claimed was “the Democrats massive election fraud scheme in Harris County”. The group’s lead investigator, ex policeman Mark Aguirre, assaulted, David Lopez-Zuniga, with his vehicle and then at gun point because he falsely believed that Zuniga was transporting truckloads of mail-in ballots fraudulently signed by Hispanic children whose fingerprints couldn’t be traced. The following are some of their posts on their website:[Note to Christians: Your making the same mistake as Jesus’ disciples were making by looking for a political messiah. Christians need to quit seeking a political messiah. Jesus, our Messiah, has already come, and he established a spiritual kingdom, not a earthly one.]—Middle-aged, White, far-right militant Republicans, who seek political victory at all costs, fell for an internet conspiracy lie, known as QAnon, alleging that a secret cabal of Deep State pedophiles connected to Democrats and celebrities were manipulating the government and controlling the media in pursuit of dark ends including child sex trafficking (cf. the Salem witch hunts), and QAnon believers regard Trump as their champion fighting the pedophiles. QAnon draws its name from Q, a self-professed government insider who posts cryptic messages on obscure Internet chat boards. It started out as a larp and a joke and then morphed into a political organization when people started taking the game seriously as though they were really getting cryptic messages from an unnamed government source (that many perceive to be Michael Flynn) about who really controls the government and media. Yeah, even Mike Myers wouldn’t have tried to write storylines this preposterous. Have we forgotten the Salem witch hunts? But it did catch on, all the way to the White House. After Trump fired every advisor he had in the federal government who wouldn’t support his lies, he then surrounded himself with discredited sycophants and conspiracy theorists to feed him his own lies. He turned to two high-profile QAnon hero’s, Michael Flynn (He refers to himself as a “digital soldier”, and he follows other soldiers on the internet.) and Sidney Powell, to advise him on how to undo the results of the election, and Flynn advised him to use the military and “rerun” the 2020 election. And they are not the only Republicans embracing this internet lie. President Trump has retweeted hundreds of pro-QAnon tweets, and he praised, calling her a “future Republican Star”, Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, a QAnon believer. She even drew scorn from Republican leaders, for her QAnon affiliation, during her primary race, but they quickly embraced her and instead attacked Liz Cheney. She also said on Facebook and video that Nancy Pelosi should be killed with a bullet to the head, that other other Democrats should be executed, such as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and FBI agents who are members of the Deep State. But one high-profile Republican, Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward tweeted a QAnon slogan or hashtag: “Mr. President….we are with you in #Arizona. We are working every avenue to stop this coup & to stop our Republic from crumbling….#CrossTheRubicon”, a reference to Julius Caesar’s crossing the Rubicon river after the Roman Senate told him not to, effectively kick-starting the Roman civil war and Caesar’s dictatorship. These Republicans were doing the unthinkable, they were asking for a dictatorship by ignoring the will of the people, the House, and the Senate. Jesus didn’t even do this. He submitted himself to the Roman Republic. A lot of Republicans were now looking to Julius Caesar, instead of our great American Presidents, as the type of leader they wanted to emulate. Controlling people through myth or lies, however, is nothing new. Instead, that’s how it’s often done. Up until the 19th century CE, kings and pharaohs used religious myths that made them god-kings, in the 20th century, governments used scientific myths or lies (eugenics) that espoused White supremacy, and in the 21st century, governments used conspiracy myths a new type of myth to gain and maintain power. And the QAnon myth, like all popular myths, borrows from earlier myths and fears, most notably, Pizzagate, in the fall of 2016, and then, suddenly, in October 2017, Q comes roaring with a lot of the same ideas attached to it. And, any racist or anti-communist is easy prey to be duped into believing any type of conspiracy myth that perpetuates their communist fears (McCarthyism).That there was a large White segment of the population who didn’t get their information from independent news sources, the free press (journalists and not commentators), but only from unvetted partisan sources—their own news services, that is, Trump media, on such forums as Twitter, Facebook, Parler (is becoming popular because they are getting banned on Twitter for their disinformation) YouTube, and on Fox News (and its new challengers, Newsmax and OANN, One American News Network) which served as a mouthpiece for the Trump administration, providing propaganda for Trump, and becoming a form of state TV as directed by its creator Rupert Murdoch (***see below) and his hypocritical Republican agenda (news sources should be unbiased, critical, and truthful), and from a fake university—PragerU, short for Prager University. However, it’s not a university but is an American media company that creates videos on various political, economic, and philosophical topics from an intolerant or American right-wing perspective. While those on the far-right, the extremists, got their news or information from QAnon on anonymous websites, such as 8kun. Their conservative Republican leaders like to keep them ignorant and uneducated so that they can sell them anything. According to one of their heroes, the talk show radio host Rush Limbaugh, the four corners of deceit are “the government, academia, science, and the main stream media”. That’s right out of the Communist handbook on how to win over and then control their citizens. So, they flock to the true deceivers who keep them blind. On a positive note, in December, Newsmax, Fox News, and One America News Network were threatened with defamation lawsuits from a pair of voting-system companies. Smartmatic threatened to take legal action against the three news programs and is also demanding retractions. Dominion lawyers told Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell that legal action is “imminent”. A top employee of Dominion Voting Systems, Eric Coomer, director of product strategy and security for the Denver-based company, who went into hiding after becoming the subject of conspiracy theories from the right since the election, is suing the Trump campaign, a number of campaign surrogates, and pro-Trump media outlets, alleging defamation. Dominion also took one step towards legal action against Sidney Powell by sending a retraction letter, comparing the “Karen” to “Bigfoot” and the “Loch Ness monster”. The company and its voting machines, it says, have been the target of a relentless and “reckless disinformation” campaign led by Powell, Rudy Giuliani, other allies of President Trump, and Trump himself. [Update: Dominion has filed defamation lawsuits against Giuliani and Powell for 1.3. billion each]That Trump was a complete failure in leading us during a pandemic. He never embraced medical science and its experts who recommended that we wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. From the White House to his rallies, there was no mask wearing mandates. The attendees only had to sign a waiver to not sue Trump if they got the virus while there. Rather, he wanted massive crowds and spectacle (a fascist ploy) in order to give the impression of his popularity, even to the extent of always lying about the crowd numbers, but with no concern for the safety of the attendees. Hundreds were infected with COVID-19 just within the White House and many more from his rallies, causing some to even die, such as Herman Cain.That his presidency was mired in corruption, scandal, and nepotism (****see below). In August, 2020, New York prosecutors told a federal judge that there were “public reports of possibly extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization”. They added that they may also be investigating possible crimes involving bank and insurance fraud, according to the New York Times, which also reported that Deutsche Bank has been complying with a Manhattan’s District Attorney’s Office subpoena for months, turning over detailed financial records in connection with some $2 billion the bank has lent Trump. The subpoena also appears to go beyond obtaining financial records relating to alleged pre-election hush money payments to silence two women, Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. Both of the women have claimed to had affairs with Trump. Information gleaned from the DA’s inquiry could expose tax cheating and money laundering as well as bank and insurance fraud, which are felonies. In addition, now that he has pardoned criminals, it is highly likely that he will face obstruction of justice charges. Especially since he alluded to it as revealed in the Mueller investigation.That 70% of Republicans believed the election wasn’t fair (Politico.com) because of Trump’s lies. He could say anything, and his supporters believed it. It amazed me how a president could lie everyday on Twitter, spill toxic filth, and defame his own citizens all over the country without repercussions. For instance, two days after the race was called for Biden, Trump tweeted, “Nevada is turning out to be a cesspool of Fake Votes” and “Pennsylvania prevented us from watching much of the Ballot count”. Two states falsely and maliciously defamed in just one tweet. The irony is that three people were arrested for voting fraud in Pennsylvania, all Republicans who tried to vote for Trump twice, and they were charged with committing multiple felonies.That Trump was acting like an authoritarian dictator trying to illegally and unconstitutionally overthrow our election so he could stay in power. In contrast, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), who is in GOP leadership and oversees inaugurations as chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, said that “the president should turn this discussion over to his lawyers. And if they have a case to make, there’s a process where they make that”. And that it was reasonable “for Biden to accept the mantle of presumptive president in the interim if news organizations begin calling the election for him”. And Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), said that “the president is wrong to say that the election was rigged, corrupt, or stolen—doing so damages the cause of freedom here and around the world, weakens the institutions that lie at the foundation of the Republic, and recklessly inflames destruction and dangerous passions”.The number of hate groups operating across America rose to a record high—following three consecutive years of decline near the end of the Obama administration—as Trump continued to fan the flames of White resentment over immigration and the country’s changing demographics. Whereas other presidents, such as Obama and John Kennedy, followed the example of Jesus who condemned hatred towards our neighbor: “If we cannot now end our differences”, said JFK, “at least we can help make the world safe for diversity”.The Republican Party became a party of disinformation (e.g., the Republican Party alleged voter and election fraud, but they didn’t do it in court, just on social media), election conspiracy theories (e.g., Trump adviser Sidney Powell alleged that Dominion voting machines were rigged and that Georgia’s Rep. Governor Brian Kemp had been bribed by a Venezuelan front company, with ties to Hugo Chavez, in cahoots with the CIA to throw elections to Communists),and of authoritarianism, ignoring the rule of law (e.g., Trump tried to redo the elections in the 4 swing states he lost.), as it supported Trump’s anti-democracy efforts. 106 House Republicans and 17 state Republican attorney generals backed a Texas lawsuit to overturn the 2020 election. The lawsuit sought to overturn millions of votes in four battleground states that president-elect Joe Biden legally won. Texas congressman Louie Gohmert and pack of GOPers sued Vice President Mike Pence in bid to pick Trump electors and overturn election results on January 6. His lawsuit claimed Pence has the unilateral authority to keep Trump in office, and 139 House GOP and 8 GOP Senators, led by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, objected to the electoral college votes.Though some or even many may have done it so that they wouldn’t get primaried, it was harmful to our democracy. Many Americans lost confidence and faith in our democracy and election system. As a result, the Republican Party lost any semblance of “moral integrity” it always claimed it had, its fiscal conservatism that it actually hasn’t had since George H. Bush (Since the world wars, it has been Republican presidents that have put us in national debt: Reagan added 1.86 trillion due to his tax cuts and defense spending, increasing it’s budget by 35%; George H. Bush, in contrast, was the last Republican president who tried to live up to the label of a fiscal conservative. He raised taxes to cut the budget deficit; George W. Bush added 6.1 trillion due to his 2 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and his 2008 financial crisis, and he left Obama with the tab; and Donald Trump added almost 7 trillion due mainly to his tax cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 which caused an annual budget deficit of over 1 trillion for 4 years while Congress added another 2.4 trillion to fight the pandemic.), and the Republican Party lost its “tax cut” moniker since it was also a scam or lie under Trump. Trump and the Republicans swindled us. The law they passed initially lowered taxes for most Americans, but it built in automatic, stepped increases every 2 years that began in 2021 and that by 2027 would affect nearly everyone but the people at the top of the economic hierarchy. Corporate tax cuts are permanent, but for the poor and average citizen they are not. And instead, all taxpayer income groups with incomes of 75,000 and under—that’s about 65% of taxpayers—will face a higher tax rate in 2027 than in 2019. So, it was a tax increase delayed until after Trump would possibly start his 2nd term in office, how convenient.It acted like a third-world country. Confidence in America plummeted when he took office. Much of the world was watching the US with a mix of shock, chagrin, and most of all, bafflement. His bungling of the pandemic and authoritarian rhetoric made the world even more uneasy. Here are some quotes from around the world: “The USA is a first-world country but is acting like a third-world country”, said U Aung Thu Nyein, a political analyst in Myanmar. Adding to the bewilderment was his refusal to accept defeat by challenging our democracy. “It reminds me of Belarus, when a person cannot admit defeat and looks for any means to prove that he couldn’t lose”, said Kiryl Kalbasnikau. In 2020, Trump was named “Loser of the Year” by German news magazine, and one of Europe’s biggest news magazines, Der Spiegel. Trump is regarded in the German, French, Swedish, Norwegian, and Spanish press as a buffoon, a low IQ ugly American, and a fascist, dictator wannabe. Being “Loser of the Year” seems a mild moniker considering the negative views held of him by a vast majority of Europeans.(*****See below for his unparalleled list of lifetime losses.) “Trump’s presidency ends as it began: without decency and without dignity”, Der Speigal declared. Someone on QUORA asked “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White (irony?) from England wrote the following response: “A few things come to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace — all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief”…. “Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he just doesn’t talk in crude, witless insults — he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness”. Those were just a “few” things that came to his mind lol. For more great insight, read his full article, “British Writer Pens the Best Description of Trump I’ve Read”. In contrast, JFK and Barack Obama are highly admired worldwide. Six of JFK’s speeches have been translated into 12 languages, and nations across the globe hailed Obama’s presidency as a stroke for racial equality and a presidency that brought better international ties with a balanced, less confrontational US. Those were times when America was great.On a humorous note, maybe I should have just quoted Liddel’ Savage:_________________________________________*First fn. Narcissism Symptoms:** Trump’s first national security adviser, Michal Flynn, who he pardoned for lying to the FBI, made calls for Trump to invoke martial law, and in the minds of some authoritarian-leaning and conspiracy-minded Trump supporters, the Insurrection Act was a needed step to prevent president-elect Joe Biden from assuming the presidency. Trump did reject the election outcome and tried to unlawfully and unconstitutionally force others to support him, firing them if they didn’t and replacing them with lackeys, and if the military was under his control, he would have used them and invoked martial law. Steve Bannon, the chief executive officer of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and who was appointed Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President following Trump’s election, had his Twitter account permanently suspended after he suggested that Dr Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded. Trump also tried to control the media by calling all non-Trump (non-state-controlled) media “fake news”, and it became the mantra for his cultists. Florida Rep. Governor Ron Desantis, sent his gestapo (state police) to raid the home of former Department of Health data manager, Rebekah Jones, who he previously fired, for not altering COVID-19 data. They pointed a gun in her face and at her kids, and took her phone and computer.***In New Zealand, the quality of political discourse improved dramatically when Rupert Murdoch’s media left the country. Just think how much Murdoch and other Fox News investors have profited over the years from sowing misinformation and turning Americans against one another. His son, James Murdoch, issued a excoriating rebuke following the storming of the Capital. He condemned the US media for “propagating lies” which have unleashed “insidious and uncontrollable forces” that will endure for years. Questioned about Fox News, he said media groups had amplified election disinformation, which successfully sowed falsehoods.****Trump’s most powerful advisor was his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who approved the creation of a campaign shell company that secretly paid the president’s family members and spent almost half of the campaign’s $1.26 billion war chest, a person familiar with the operation told Business Insider.*****This will be a shock to many, but Trump is considered to be a phony and a loser in New York and New Jersey, and he is just now being exposed nationally and internationally for who he really is though he will continue to be able to feed off his many sheep who will hang with him until the dying end. His most infamous failure, as recorded by QUORA writer Mike Burch, was to “turn $413 million dollars in free money from his father into losses of over a billion dollars in six bankruptcies, forfeiting all his casinos in the process”. (The Trump Taj Mahal exemplifies who Trump really is, an indebted con man. “He’s nothing but a snake oil salesman”, said Steve Jenkins in South Jersey, ******see below) “His bankers”, Burch added, “made him sell his yacht and put him on a allowance. And he has a long list of other failures: the fraudulent Trump “University”, the fraudulent Trump Foundation “charity”, Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, Trump Ice, Trump Mortgage, Trump Magazine, Trump Shuttle, Donald Trump, the fragrance (i.e., pure reeky bullshit), TrumpNet, goTrump.com, Trump Gold-Plated Toilets, etc. All losers, so sad!”******One of Trump’s lawyers told Vanity Fair’s Marie Brenner, Donald is a believer in the big-lie theory. If you say something again and again, people will believe you”.