act as if

I will continue to act as if I am doing so.

"We were cowed by the market - we came to act as if it always knew best and the state should sit it out."

Trump is not a king, and we don’t have to collectively pretend that he is or act as if this is some sort of joke—just as we don’t have to tolerate unelected lunatics from the Heritage Foundation or unelected egomaniacal billionaires setting the rules for a pluralistic America.

Imagine the two political parties act as if one has no heart while the other has no head.

Is L.A.’s mayor supposed to act as if the megalopolis is a Mayberry, with no foreign relations to foster?