Trump’s Swamp of Lies

When something feels true — when it neatly and viscerally fits with your beliefs about immigrants, the economy, or the country’s direction — the details become almost irrelevant.

Susan J. Demas is Lincoln Square’s Executive Editor and a 25-year journalism veteran. Subscribe to her Substack.

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is turning as green as the swamp Trump once promised to drain.

We’ve been watching this happen, in real time, since the Trump’s administration spent more than $16 million on a no-bid contract to paint it “Am…