Truth, to a government or politician, is whatever best serves the purpose of the government or politician.  Objective fact has nothing to do with it. Governments and politicians know that if a lie is repeated often enough it becomes accepted truth. Is the American government telling us the truth? About anything?

The Roman Governor washed his hands, exclaiming ‘What is truth?’

Full knowing that the truth was but a game

For truth can be an evanescent veil that covers both

Illusion and reality the same

The child who claims he sees a monster hiding ‘neath his bed

Has told the truth for monsters he has seen

The politician who proclaims that he alone knows best

Lies not though truth lies somewhere in between

The problem comes when politics claims what is false is true

And then proceeds to say that black is white

And then the media repeats the lie as given fact

Until too many nod and say that’s right