Different observations may have come to different conclusions regarding the most meaningful lessons from the Trump presidency, but here is mine. I have learned that some of those who will play the most prominent roles in the administration (Trump, Conway, Spicer) are both thin-skinned and prone to alternative facts (i.e., lies). More troubling, these are willing to spend away their credibility on trivial challenges. My reference here is to the dispute regarding how many fans showed up to the Trump parade. Why, why, why make an issue of this situation. The aerial photography and public transit data make obvious the error of your claims. The administration’s willingness to claim that no one cares about the release of Trump’s tax returns and then assume the public cares about how many watched your parade is not even plausible.
Why care? I agree with others who have observed that if we cannot rely on the truthfulness of facts that we can check how can we trust an administration to tell us the truth regarding events the details of which must be kept secret. Credibility is easy to lose.