Telling Lies

Editor, Times-Union:
Today, lies are considered the truth and the truth is considered a lie. COVID is an example of this. Those who said the virus was produced in a lab in China were called liars. Now that we know it is the truth, I bet the ones who said it was a lie will not be punished.
The Biden administration was one of the worst. The supposed 6 million jobs he produced already existed. People were laid off due to the pandemic that should have never been allowed to become a pandemic and the jobs they left had to be filled. It would have been like a baseball manager firing his team and then claiming the positions he filled to make the team were ones he created. Unemployment was going down as people went back to work at the end of Trump's first administration.
Today, socialism and communism are popular lies people want to believe. They could be considered fascistic because they demand government control of people's lives. People are told what to think and to not question the lies that supporters spout. Mamdani promised free bus rides, frozen rents, city-owned supermarkets, higher taxes imposed on the rich, no cooperation with ICE to remove criminals that could kill New Yorkers, and other things that he can't fulfill. But like all politicians that tell lies people want to believe, Mamdai and the others of his ilk are popular and crave power. But reality has the nasty habit of slapping you around and destroying best laid plans you make when they are based on lies.
Critics of Trump's Iran conflict say it is a war of choice. The Spanish American War was a war of choice since Cuba and Spain weren 't real threats. The Iranians had been waging war against America and Western society since 1979. Iranian officials bragged that they could have nuclear weapons in a matter of months and Trump didn't want that to happen. Since the mullahs that control Iran worship the god of this world, Trump didn't want them to threaten Europe with nuclear bombs and missiles that would deliver them to world capitals. I guess the Democrats didn't mind that millions might die if Trump didn't go to war against those that honor Satan.
So many lies have been told about Trump. The Russians didn't help him win in 2016. The 34 felonies weren't felonies or else everyone that uses NDAs are criminals. He isn't a fascist because he wants people to be free from as much government intervention as possible. Democrats love government control. Pray that Republicans retain control of Congress to defend democracy.
Rick Badman
Warsaw, via email