Damn, this is straight up out of The Emperor Has No Clothes. Trump has replaced all competent people with weasels and snakes, so now all he hears is the lies they feed him that make him feel better.
It’s impossible to feel sorry for him, because he brought this on himself by firing anyone who wouldn’t pledge loyalty to him. But still, makes you realize that he is actively being deceived by his own people.
I think Trump believes it, and it suits people like Stephen Miller to keep him believing it.
Trump questioned perception of Portland before approving military plan: ‘Am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening?’
Damn, this is straight up out of The Emperor Has No Clothes. Trump has replaced all competent people with weasels and snakes, so now all he hears is the lies they feed him that make him feel better.
It’s impossible to feel sorry for him, because he brought this on himself by firing anyone who wouldn’t pledge loyalty to him. But still, makes you realize that he is actively being deceived by his own people.
any of his 1st term were resistant to him overreaching his authority, mostly. so he made them into enemies of him.