Donald Trump and the art of the lie: The bigger the better 10 Jan, 2021 11:54 PM 10 minutes to read In embracing the lie that the US election was "stolen", President Donald Trump has taken a path that often works for populist leaders. Photo / AP In embracing the lie that the US election was "stolen", President Donald Trump has taken a path that often works for populist leaders. Photo / AP New York Times By: Andrew Higgins In a cable to Washington in 1944, George F. Kennan, counsellor at the US Embassy in Stalin's Moscow, warned of the occult power held by lies, noting that Soviet rule "has proved some strange and