Fake News

Trump tweeting that Time magazine called to say he was probably man of the year this year was one of his more audacious lies. But, when he said during the campaign that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose the support of his base, he was telling the truth.

This is the danger of the man. His constant slandering of the press as "fake news" has laid the groundwork for him to tell lies like the one about Time calling him and getting away with it, at least with his base. The Time rebuttal will not be believed by them* - they'll believe Trump.

They don't even believe the Time report.

So, get a load of this from the New York Times:

But something deeper has been consuming Mr. Trump. He sees the calls for Mr. Moore to step aside as a version of the response to the now-famous “Access Hollywood” tape, in which he boasted about grabbing women’s genitalia, and the flood of groping accusations against him that followed soon after. He suggested to a senator earlier this year that it was not authentic, and repeated that claim to an adviser more recently. (In the hours after it was revealed in October 2016, Mr. Trump acknowledged that the voice was his, and he apologized.)
  NY Magazine

He's now saying that tape was fake news.  (According to Maggie Haberman, he did this as early as back in January.

We are in dangerous waters. "Big water."

A New York Times piece published on Saturday delves into President Trump’s un-shocking decision to endorse U.S. Senate candidate and alleged sexual predator Roy Moore over the fierce objections of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — whose brilliant plan was to subvert democracy by getting Governor Kay Ivey to delay the election.

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Trump not only is insisting that the lies he spouts all day are true, but also has created a new set of facts that contradict the ones he has already acknowledged. But hey, who are you going to believe, President Trump or your lying ears?

The fact that for about 38 percent of the country the answer is “President Trump” is almost as disturbing as the possibility that the president may be more mentally unfit for office than most people acknowledge.

  NY Magazine

According to the discussion between Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram, Trump's tweets and other lies will be used against him in the Mueller investigation, but they haven't risen to the level of actually lying to investigators.  I'm betting that, in the end, he'll do that, too.

They'll send a referral for impeachment to the House.  Will the House still be weighted to the GOP when that eventually happens?  That is, will the Democrats be able to take back the House in 2018, and will the investigation be completed before or after the elections?  Because, I wouldn't trust the GOP today to even bring impeachment charges.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:  Trump supporter Exhibit A (These are willing to believe the Times report is fake.)

Indeed: