Trump’s lies and his word piles both are exercises in arbitrariness, continued assertions of the power to say what he wants, when he wants, to usurp language itself, and with it, our ability to speak and act with others—in other words, our ability to engage in politics.
This is important. It’s why I stopped recording Brad’s sermons at St. Paul’s. It’s also why I stopped hanging out there — shit is corrosive and irritating.
