Trump Allegations
Which of the following allegations against Donald Trump have proved to be true?
Correct Answer
The media, politicians, and activists have accused Donald Trump of colluding with Russia, inciting violence at the U.S. Capitol, calling neo-Nazis "very fine people," "tear-gassing peaceful protestors for a photo op," carrying out a "quid-pro quo" in Ukraine, provoking a mass shooting at a newspaper, ordering governors to "dominate peaceful protestors," and leaving the border unsecure. The facts in these cases have proven that Trump didn't commit any of these misdeeds, while his accusers did. This is called projection, a propaganda technique that was used by corrupt politicians in ancient Rome to purge a statesman who stood in the way of their graft, the Nazis to launch World War II, and influential people in Rwanda to incite a genocide. In the words of social scientist Roger Mucchielli, projection is used to deprive "the enemy" of "his arguments," place "honest people" in a "state of self-defense," and convince "everyone" to "be on the side of 'the just Cause'."