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Becky Daiss's avatar

They are probably equally mendacious i.e., zero truths pass their lips. But lutnick's manic delivery, demented smile and raspy grifter's voice gives him the win. Give him more than a minute and you'll suffer permanent cringe.

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AVee. (Alexia)'s avatar

Perfect! Just Perfect!

Definition of LUTNICK=Blatant Lie!

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Helen Stajninger's avatar

Yep you are right on. He lies all the time and Lutnicks are a great word for this. But would he be embarrassed or shamed? Doubt it.

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Dannys's avatar

The republican party was about $$$.

The trump party is about POWER, because the $$$$$ is just behind.

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Laura Hardy's avatar

If Musk came to our house, we'd lock all the doors and windows, turn the stereo on at top volume, and encourage Rita the GSD to bark her head off. (Or hide in the walk-in closet as if a tornado were upon us.)

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Susan Linehan's avatar

Let's see. Businesses eat the tariffs. Uh huh--don't worry, we are going to put an extra tax on businesses. Uh, I thought that's what woke folks argue should happen.

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Paul Michael's avatar

It’s also called a jkASS

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Syd Griffin's avatar

I love that neologism! A Lutnick is a lie. Perfect.

I'd comment further but I have to excuse myself now. I ate some oat bran earlier and am feeling some urgency, you know, "downstairs." I'll be in the bathroom, making a "Trump!"

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Robert  Taylor's avatar

Nah Mark, they should be known as “nutlicks” to go with his boss’s big beautiful boners!

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Kayward's avatar

Aka “Nutlicker”

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

Sounds like opinions, not lies.

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Mark Jacob's avatar

The Trump transition co-chair said flat-out that RFK Jr. would not be HHS secretary and that Project 2025 figures would be banned from the Trump administration. Those are not opinions.

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

It's a little more nuanced than that. First, he is not the decision maker. He was in no position to make promises, and it's foolish or at least disingenuous to call these anything but opinions, which he surely would call them himself. Second, these statements were made before Trump was elected, when stumping politicians make all kinds of predictions and assurances, which most take with a grain of salt. Your definition of a lie makes everyone a liar.

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Syd Griffin's avatar

One man's disingenuous fool is another man's liar, and vice versa.

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

Yep. But if we stick to the dictionary definition, the term lie has specific requirements.

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