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brooklynite

(94,598 posts)
Wed Apr 4, 2018, 10:34 AM Apr 2018

Trumps land of make-believe

Axios:

President Trump often gets agitated — and stirred to action — by random things he hears on TV or from shoot-the-bull conversations with friends.

It drives staff nuts because they are responding to things that are either inaccurate, highly distorted or flat-out don't exist.

Exhibit 1: The post office example from item above
Exhibit 2: "Per two senior administration officials, Trump continued to rail privately about the omnibus bill, and has become convinced of things that aren’t true about it," the N.Y. Times' Maggie Haberman tweeted yesterday.
Exhibit 3: Trump officials like Gary Cohn who favor free trade have felt like "Groundhog Day" trying to explain trade deficits to him.
Exhibit 4: Trump's conviction that the Paris climate deal is "killing" the U.S., when in reality it's a voluntary and pretty toothless agreement.
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