Isabella Ciambotti

A prominent theme of Donald Trump’s presidency has been a well-known adage turned upside down: Everyone is entitled to their own facts, but not their own opinions. With the help of the various state apparatuses at his disposal, the president has engaged in a project of reality-creation through deception. These elaborate machinations operate in a circular process, with Trump’s potential personal or political gains acting as the centrifugal force moving the process from one stage to the next.