Sex scandals distracted media from amazing confidence trick 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Sex scandals distracted media from amazing confidence trick 

Re: “A leader of the people, for the people, by the people”, Letters, November 11.

This letter from JC Wilcox is one extensive formulation of tautology. Instead, he could have pointed out that a democracy is only possible when the voters are not misinformed. The demagogue Trump lied to the people 80 per cent of the time in his speeches, according to fact-checkers. The American people were conned and the low-quality American media didn’t do enough to explain the lunacy of his policies, focusing instead on his sexual aberrations. Proof he deceived Americans? He has already broken promises to build a wall on the Mexican border, repeal Obamacare, and tear up the nuclear deal with Iran. I wonder how many more of his promises will find their way to the dustbin. 
Egon