The tweeting classes had a lot of fun with Kellyanne Conway’s latest whopper. You know, the one about Sean Spicer and “alternative facts.” The only surprising thing about this episode is that *anyone* is surprised. This is how Team Trump campaigned and it’s how they plan to govern. The mendacity starts at the top: Trump is the liar-in-chief.

The Insult Comedian is a pathological liar. He’s gotten away with it his entire life. He lies like you or I would scratch an itch. His egregious lying got him to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and there is no reason to think that he will stop. It’s what he does best. Everything about him must be the biggest or the best. If it’s not, he makes shit up.

The constant lying about insignificant things like crowd size will eventually take its toll on his staff. We’ll learn soon enough who among then has even a scintilla of integrity. Proximity to power is intoxicating but even power junkies get tired of being demeaned and insulted. Speaking of which, Trump has already dissed his hapless press secretary:

Trump sent Spicer out to give statement yesterday, a longtime Trump adviser says, but afterwards Trump said "he was terrible."

— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) January 22, 2017

Loyalty is a one-way street in Trumpland. He is incapable of telling the truth without embellishment even when it’s in his self-interest. And he expects others to do likewise even on trivial matters. It’s what psychopaths do.

Past Presidents and Press Secretaries lied about things they believed to be important. This group lies just to stay in practice. Welcome to the post-truth world.