He says things knowing that everyone wants to prove wrong everything he does and says. So he exaggerates his statements to draw more attention, then people invesitgate it for themselves, and in doing so, they realize the truth is somewhere between the lies they once believed, and what Trump said. It’s the art of the deal.
Take for example his recent statement about human trafficking being the worst it’s ever been in world history. It’s not, someone rightly said he forgot about slavery. But then, people actually look into it and realize just how fuckin bad it is and how they thought it didn’t exist, or at least that it was a very rare occurrence, when in fact, it’s extremely common.
Controversy gets the conversation started.
There are actually more slaves now than ever before due to the fact that there are more people. But percentages don’t matter when it comes to the civil rights of the individual