since the 80s, we have accepted a total collapse of integrity, character and empathy in our country. i think the only people that are not corrupted are people that have never been tempted enough. the president of our very dysfunctional country, to justify telling his son to lie to us, tells us; that's just what any father would do. this tells me a lot about the state of the union. trump has a lot of precedence in lying presidents. nixon and watergate,  ford and his golf score, reagan and contra,  clinton and monica, bush and wmd's. lying is easier than telling the truth, you might have to prove the truth, not so with a lie.