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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Michael Cohen on Trump's rewrite of history
Date: 08/30/25 3:38 PM
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meidasplus.com - The white house wages war on truth

If my years with Donald Trump taught me anything, it’s that he will do whatever it takes to bend reality to his will. When the truth doesn’t serve him, he fights it—whether through lawsuits, intimidation, or sheer repetition of the lie. I saw it happen in business, I saw it happen in politics, and now we’re watching the same tactic applied on a national stage with his administration’s push to strong-arm the Smithsonian Institution.

The Smithsonian, one of the most respected guardians of American history, is now in Trump’s sights because, in his view, it spends too much time showing “how bad slavery was.” His team has already launched an “internal review” of the museums, echoing the same strategy they used against universities: threaten funding, turn up the legal pressure, and squeeze institutions until they either pay up or fall in line. Officials are already hinting the president will “explore all options” to get the “woke” out of the Smithsonian. That’s not oversight; it’s coercion.

I know this playbook because I helped write it. Trump’s obsession has always been with controlling the story, no matter how far it drifts from reality. He once told me, “Michael, people only remember what you tell them to remember.” That philosophy defined his business, his campaign, and now his administration. It’s not enough to spin the future; he wants to rewrite the past.
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