of order, he seems to have become in fact tainted by that very sort of a thing that was a problem in the first place. but i think it speaks to a broader question as well. and a broader development, which i think has been in american politics for some time. that is, that the so-called realities as spoken from the white house, and other sort of other politics in washington, appear to have lost any grip on reality. we re living in a post-truth politics. you can pretty much say whatever you like, and then you can deny it or whack on some of it or even don t try to correct the mistakes you ve made. i think that s the problems that electorate, the people generally have with politics. and president trump was elected to try to change that but it seems he s made that much, much worse. inderjeet, that s why we re here. the facts do matter. we keep up with the pesky facts.