Profiles in Perfidy, IX. . . . Please come CAPTION PresiDented Trump!!!

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PresiDented Trump is saying: "My critics would like you to think this administration's reaction to the Coronavirus has been inadequate, when in fact we're right on top of it. . . . Everything is under control. . . . In fact today I'm ordering that dictionaries be stripped of the word 'pandemic,' which is really an ugly word if you think about it, and that no government official use the word in public. . . . Now you just watch, the Democrats will say that this will be ineffectual or even counter-productive, . . . but then they'll say just about anything to get elected."

[kentuck]

1. The word for today:

per·fi·dy
/ˈpərfədē/

noun: perfidy; plural noun: perfidies

deceitfulness; untrustworthiness.
"it was an example of his perfidy"
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Similar:
treachery

duplicity
deceit
perfidiousness
deceitfulness
disloyalty
infidelity
faithlessness
unfaithfulness
betrayal
treason
falseness
falsity
double-dealing
dishonesty
two-facedness
untrustworthiness
breach of trust
false-heartedness
Punic faith

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2. According to the Oxford English Dictionary

Perfidy was used as early as 1592:

G. Harvey Foure Lett. iii. 33 The Athenians were noted for lauish amplifieng . . . the Carthaginians for deceitfull perfidie.