{"id":319467,"date":"2026-02-20T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/we-are-being-beaten-into-submission-with-lies-writer-george-saunders-on-trump-truth-and-power\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:00:03","slug":"we-are-being-beaten-into-submission-with-lies-writer-george-saunders-on-trump-truth-and-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/we-are-being-beaten-into-submission-with-lies-writer-george-saunders-on-trump-truth-and-power\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We are being beaten into submission with lies\u2019 &#8211; writer George Saunders on Trump, truth and power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/sI-wZnJ9rIw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018We are being beaten into submission with lies\u2019 - writer George Saunders on Trump, truth and power\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sI-wZnJ9rIw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s really a deep irony that this guy who has really never set foot in a normal American street was mistaken as a man of the people\u201d, writer George Saunders says of the US President, Donald Trump. 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