“Tariffs have not caused Inflation, or any other problems for America, other than massive amounts of CASH pouring into our Treasury’s coffers,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
You know, I’d chuckled at the “Truth” part of “Truth Social”, but it hadn’t really occurred to me until now:
Pravda (Russian: Правда, IPA: [ˈpravdə] ⓘ, lit. ‘Truth’) is a Russian broadsheet newspaper, and was the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, when it was one of the most influential papers in the country with a circulation of 11 million.[1]
Pravda became an official publication, or “organ”, of the ruling Soviet Communist Party. Pravda became the conduit for announcing official policy and policy changes and would remain so until 1991. Subscription to Pravda was mandatory for state run companies, the armed services and other organizations until 1989.[17]
As the names of the main communist newspaper and the main Soviet newspaper, Pravda and Izvestia, meant “the truth” and “the news” respectively, a popular saying was “there’s no news in Pravda and no truth in Izvestia”. Though not highly appreciated as an objective and unbiased news source, Pravda was regarded – both by Soviet citizens and by the outside world – as a government mouthpiece and therefore a reliable reflection of the Soviet government’s positions on various issues.
You know, I’d chuckled at the “Truth” part of “Truth Social”, but it hadn’t really occurred to me until now:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pravda