Donald Trump is the purest symbol of post-truth America

Is bulls*** worse than lying? The late Princeton philosopher Harry Frankfurt thought so. I am not entirely convinced that it’s always true, but in the case of US President Donald Trump, it most certainly is. I am not denying Trump is a constant liar, but I think the essential characteristic that defines his personality and career as a politician is his BS rather than lies. As Frankfurt wrote in his essay On Bulls***, “One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much...

By Alex Lo