All politicians spin, shade the truth and, at times, lie. This has been true as long as there have been politicians.
But Trump is different.
Trump said repeatedly that Covid was just like the flu when he knew, he 100% knew and told Woodward that he knew, that Covid was deadly. That lie killed people and was told for the purpose of political expediency only.
Trump’s lies about election fraud, giant, stupid lies that have been proven false over and over again, have deeply divided and damaged our country and will directly play a role in any violence that occurs after our next election.
So Trump telling stupid, easily proven-false lies about crowd size don’t result in any direct harm. But they do continue to accomplish the very specific agenda of getting people to believe what ever bullshit lies Trump finds useful, regardless of how outlandish and provably-false they are.
I would have thought the destructiveness of lies as a tool for manipulation would be obvious to you and others, but maybe not.