Trump’s insistence that his incorrect Alabama tweet was correct tips into the Orwellian

• how Trump tells us to reject our knowledge and believe what he says
• how past information from hours before proved him completely wrong
• how Trump kept arguing that Alabama would be hit even after proven wrong
• how Trump went so far as to rewrite a map to show that Alabama is on the East coast
• how this shows that this is an Orwellian change

This article displays the word “Orwellian” in a light in which it means authoritarian. This is not completely accurate, but it can be seen as on the side of being used right. I believe that this article is using the word kind of accurately. Though “Orwellian” implies that misinformation is done using words, this is similar to what Trump did. He asks us to ignore our former knowledge and only believe what he says – that Alabama is located on the East coast of the United States, and will be hit by hurricane Dorian. This is comparable to the authoritarian government in 1984, led by “Big Brother.” This government would also spread lies, promoting them as the only truth.