One definition of a politician~ a person who acts in a manipulative and devious way, typically to gain advancement within an organization. I'd say he's definitely one, now being president he is unequivocally one to the nth degree. We do live in the present, do we not?

But to justify any and all lies to be righteous, because you believe it to be for the betterment of the country, builds a foundation in deception and sand and aligns itself in corruption, sad you don't see that and to believe that such a man deserves your devotion and loyalty and speaks of your own moral conviction...lacking.

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden in an opinion piece for the New York Times calls President Donald Trump a liar and says his repeated slights on the intelligence community have taken a large toll.
“We in the intelligence world have dealt with obstinate and argumentative presidents through the years. But we have never served a president for whom ground t***h really doesn’t matter,” says Hayden, who directed Intelligence under the last three presidents.

Intelligence work, says Hayden, is based on “gathering, evaluating and evaluating information, and then disseminating conclusions for use, study or refutation.”
Trump, though, reflects and exploits “post-t***h” thinking, “a condition where facts are less influential in shaping opinion than emotion and personal belief,” writes Hayden.

Specifically, Hayden criticizes Trump’s executive travel order banning immigrants from six Muslim-majority countries because he is “trying to fulfill a campaign promise based on exaggerated fears about immigrants and unfair criticism of the refugee vetting system,” his plan to end the Iranian nuclear deal even “in the face of intelligence that Iran has not committed a material breach of the compact,” and his characterization of the Russia probe as a “witch hunt.”

“The president only recently and grudgingly agreed to impose sanctions on Russians believed to have interfered in the American e******n, and he continues to characterize the investigation as a 'witch hunt' while relentlessly attacking agencies of his own administration,” writes Hayden.
The Trump campaign has also “normalized lying to an unprecedented degree,” and the president is more committed to carrying out campaign promises than listening to his intelligence officers, he said.

Trump, though, did get it right one time, Hayden added – his speech on Afghanistan last summer.
“These are truly uncharted waters for the country,” writes Hayden. “We have in the past argued over the values to be applied to objective reality, or occasionally over what constituted objective reality, but never the existence or relevance of objective reality itself.”

Read Newsmax: Hayden: 'Ground T***h Really Doesn't Matter' for Trump | Newsmax.com
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Saying, "believe me" is neither a lie nor the t***h.

Public opinion polls vary widely depending on 1) the demographics of those polled. 2) how the polls were taken (I.E. phone polls, online polls linked to either left wing or right wing sites, walk-in polls where the location of the polling site matters. 4) And most important HOW the questions are worded!!!! E******n polls taken by the left wing news organization certainly got it wrong on who would win.

A mature person changes their position when the situation changes. The NATO situation was lopsided at best when Trump took office. He said IF others did not start contributing, we would (paraphrase) review it for changes in our participation. I could take the time to look up the exact wording, but the left wing news reported that Trump wants to drop NATO. This reporting was NOT true. After he took office, NATO reviewed itself and other NATO countries began contributing. This is when Trump announced that we would not change our NATO contribution.

Trump is the first President in a long time who IS keeping his promises to foreign nations. Obama would say the least offensive things to the world while blaming our own country for most of the ills of the world (apologist). Or he say we were taking a stand such as drawing a red line in the sand but the world knew he would not stick to his word but would back down. When Trump says we will not stand for a thing, he does not back down. The world has soon come to realize he means what he says so don't ignore warnings. Yet he has also shown he is willing to negotiate if the other party is willing to seriously negotiate. The world seems much safer than when one belligerent after another was bribed to play nice, yet no consequences were attached to NOT playing nice after the bribe was taken. And no, Obama was not the only President to do so. But perhaps the only one to consistently do so.

Have you read those sanctions? They primarily target certain individual Russians (such as those close to Putin), while leaving most of the country and government to continue to do business as normal with the EU and US. Other targets are some energy companies while others are not. Some international banking (mostly of the targeted individuals) while other international banking is left unphased. The results of these sanctions hurt some American or European businesses who were banned from doing business with Russia; while removing competition from others. These sanctions were a joke. But only those directly benefiting were laughing. Those sanctions were harming American businessmen far more than Russia.

If Trump is so afraid of Putin, why is he not caving to him in Syria like Obama did?

Saying, "believe me" is neither a lie nor the t***h.

Public opinion polls vary widely depending on 1) the demographics of those polled. 2) how the polls were taken (I.E. phone polls, online polls linked to either left wing or right wing sites, walk-in polls where the location of the polling site matters. 4) And most important HOW the questions are worded!!!! E******n polls taken by the left wing news organization certainly got it wrong on who would win.

A mature person changes their position when the situation changes. The NATO situation was lopsided at best when Trump took office. He said IF others did not start contributing, we would (paraphrase) review it for changes in our participation. I could take the time to look up the exact wording, but the left wing news reported that Trump wants to drop NATO. This reporting was NOT true. After he took office, NATO reviewed itself and other NATO countries began contributing. This is when Trump announced that we would not change our NATO contribution.

Trump is the first President in a long time who IS keeping his promises to foreign nations. Obama would say the least offensive things to the world while blaming our own country for most of the ills of the world (apologist). Or he say we were taking a stand such as drawing a red line in the sand but the world knew he would not stick to his word but would back down. When Trump says we will not stand for a thing, he does not back down. The world has soon come to realize he means what he says so don't ignore warnings. Yet he has also shown he is willing to negotiate if the other party is willing to seriously negotiate. The world seems much safer than when one belligerent after another was bribed to play nice, yet no consequences were attached to NOT playing nice after the bribe was taken. And no, Obama was not the only President to do so. But perhaps the only one to consistently do so.