Donald Trump is a phony and a liar: The press doesn’t get to call him “authentic” ever again

Donald Trump (Credit: AP/Mary Altaffer)
For a candidate who’s often touted in the press as an authentic straight shooter, Donald Trump did a lot last week to puncture that reputation. From insisting that his promise of a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” was really “only a suggestion,” to flip-flopping on whether voters had a right to see his tax returns, Trump seemed to cast aside promises on a daily basis.
But the strangest turn c