"What viral insanity should we spread this morning?" About this one man who made millions of Americans (mostly conservatives) believe the stories he made up were true. As a social experiment Christopher Blair started a Facebook site to see if Donald Trump's followers would really believe anything, even if not in the least bit supported by facts. In short: yes, a lot of people are extremely gullible.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fake-news-donald-trump-facebook-last-line-of-defense-conservatives-social-media-a8639981.html
Here's a list of obviously fake stories that an amazing number of people simply took for truth:
https://www.snopes.com/tag/the-last-line-of-defense/?fbclid=IwAR3fkOL2AdW-8yjseu37OYGvuAUFO-0adovlF1AvDcu_yDI1m8tTsQRk7aM
"The good chunk of the population who believe aren't based in reality," Blair told PolitiFact.
https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2017/may/31/If-youre-fooled-by-fake-news-this-man-probably-wro/
Here's how the people who proudly wear 'MAGA'- hats think about the business man turned president:
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