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'How about that?' Trump claims without evidence Gaza makes bombs from US-provided condoms (www.rawstory.com)

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President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that people in Gaza were using condoms provided by the United States to make bombs.

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[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 points 4 days ago

Yes and no. It's a loyalty test and a demonstration of power. The more obviously stupid the bullshit that you can get your followers to believe, the more powerful you must be, and the followers need a powerful ~~daddy~~ leader, so they buy it. It's also a way to signal that you're part of the in-group to others in the group.

So they believe it, without concept of objective truth even being involved.