His first argument was that it's incredibly unlikely that 400,000 people would have been complicit in such a fraud with none of him breaking ranks.
His second argument was all of the scientific experts from other countries who all agree it actually happened.
He didn't make any claims about how "the US government would never try and defraud its citizen".
But i bet Soviet Union was on the conspiracy too xD
Of course the Soviets were in on it. They didn't publicly humiliate the US because they feared Mad Man Nixon would start WW3 over it. IT ALL MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
What’s important is the “gigantic fraud involving 400,000 people” part -- clearly establishing that it would have had to be a pretty extreme effort. And rather than just saying “trust us”, he explicitly suggests asking people outside that group, such as scientists from other countries, who would be able to verify whether the moon landing was real.
You can create that kind of group think were many do believe in what they are doing.
No one outside of the people shilling those oils, and the fools buying them, think they're real.
The fact that you can point to it as an example implies that most people know it's hokum.
Three of us (when I last looked) pointed out, independently, that he has two main arguments, and “trust the government” isn’t one of them.
...so it's nothing at all like faking a moon landing.