The Trump administration’s mixed messaging serves a purpose. The mixed messaging feeds the cognitive dissonance induced denial of many supporters. These people tend to cling to a little crumb of hope and disregard all evidence contrary to their rigid belief. This alleviates the dissonance or that uncomfortable feeling when they are confronted with evide…
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