Might not be liar but delusional
By Jonathan Chait
The prevailing interpretation .. is that he is a con man. It is a theory that explains both his career in business and politics, and has carried through his many reversals of position and acts of fraud against customers and contractors. It remains .. plausible. But new reporting has opened up a second possibility: The president has lost .. touch with reality.
The Washington Post and New York Times have accounts from insiders suggesting Trump habitually insists upon the impossible in private. He does not merely tell lies in order to gull the public, or to manipulate allies. He tells lies in private that he has no reason to tell. He still questions the authenticity of Barack Obama’s birth, despite the birth certificate. He insists voter fraud may have denied him a popular vote triumph. He tells people Robert Mueller will wrap up his investigation, with a total vindication of the president, by the end of the year ...
If Trump actually has the ability to convince himself of his own lies ... He might be in the grip of a mental health issue .. more serious than mere sociopathy. And the mutterings that he might need to be removed from office through the 25th Amendment could grow ...
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