Art Quote by Rick Wilson

The reason con artists get away with what they get away with is, their victims are ashamed of their own blindness and their own…

— Walter Kirn

Donald Trump has the benefit of the fact that he's dominated media coverage, I mean, literally dominated media coverage because of the outrageous things…

— Marco Rubio

“The story of Trump was the story of how he tried to make himself a story. He was shameless, campy, and instructive: if you…

— Michael Wolff

And I think it's because good cons are all based on the victim's need, and the successful con artist is the one, I guess,…

— Alfred Molina

Looking back, Mr. Trump's exploitation of the term 'fake news' to smear journalists was the single most consequential thing he did during the transition…

— Brian Stelter

Let's face it - Donald Trump is a very, very good con man.

— Michael Avenatti

“the stories that produced [Trump] were always contested. There were always other stories, ones that insisted that money is not what’s valuable, and that…

— Naomi Klein

Donald Trump believes in conspiracies. He has thin skin and is impulsive.

— Ted Lieu

Donald Trump really understood how to float a story, how to float a rumor, how to manipulate the truth.

— Jeannette Walls

Conspiracies are a perennial favorite for television producers because there is always a receptive audience.

— Michael Shermer

“The conundrum was that conservative media saw Trump as its creature, while Trump saw himself as a star, a vaunted and valued product of…

— Michael Wolff

You have all these people in the press who are ringing their hands over fake news stories. That actually became the narratives for critics.

— Joe Scarborough