As Bolton said, and as I've long thought: With Trump, you never know if he believes what he says or it just serves his purposes to say it. IMO, he doesn't really draw a categorical distinction between what's true and what's good for himself. He often betrays a deeply self-centered view of right and wrong, and I suspect the same holds fo…
As Bolton said, and as I've long thought: With Trump, you never know if he believes what he says or it just serves his purposes to say it. IMO, he doesn't really draw a categorical distinction between what's true and what's good for himself. He often betrays a deeply self-centered view of right and wrong, and I suspect the same holds for true and false, in some measure.
He has, of course, spoken about the strategic value of repeating a fiction until people believe it. I think he might do the same thing withing himself: his narcissistic craving persuades him that the self-flattering take on everything is true. Or sometimes he might simply think that the difference between true and false is irrelevant. When he says something like "Nobody reads the Bible more than me," surely he must be aware that he doesn't really read the Bible at all. But in his warped psyche it doesn't matter whether his pronouncements are supported by fact -- only that he thinks they'll serve his desires.
As Bolton said, and as I've long thought: With Trump, you never know if he believes what he says or it just serves his purposes to say it. IMO, he doesn't really draw a categorical distinction between what's true and what's good for himself. He often betrays a deeply self-centered view of right and wrong, and I suspect the same holds for true and false, in some measure.
He has, of course, spoken about the strategic value of repeating a fiction until people believe it. I think he might do the same thing withing himself: his narcissistic craving persuades him that the self-flattering take on everything is true. Or sometimes he might simply think that the difference between true and false is irrelevant. When he says something like "Nobody reads the Bible more than me," surely he must be aware that he doesn't really read the Bible at all. But in his warped psyche it doesn't matter whether his pronouncements are supported by fact -- only that he thinks they'll serve his desires.