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Trump says he had ‘every right’ to interfere in election
(thehill.com)
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This is an example of a thing I've said repeatedly about Trump - I'm willing to bet that he's 100% sincere about this. He's not dissembling or diverting - he actually, sincerely believes that he had every right to interfere in whatever ways he wanted.
Why?
Because he's a near-total sociopath. I don't think that concepts of truth and falsehood or right and wrong are even coherent to him. I think his entire measure of everything is wholly personal - if he wants it, then it's right and if he doesn't, then it's wrong, and if he believes it, then it's true, and if he doesn't, then it's false. And it really is that simple. It's not that he lies, but that he lives in a fantasy world in which whatever he believes is true and whatever he wants is right.
He’s player one. All of the rest of us are just NPCs.
That's exactly why all these libertarian tech bros believe we live in a simulation. It makes them the hero of the universe and the rest of us are NPCs they can do whatever they want to.
Exactly. (Long, but jump to the 30 minute point if you are in a hurry)
The insanity is not so much that he is an insane person .... the insane part is that he has so many people that want to follow him.
Who is more insane? ... the insane person? ... or the legions of people who decide to follow the insane person?
The part that really gets me is the news media taking him seriously.
I keep waiting for a moment when some reporter is going to start talking about Trump's latest, then just stop in the middle and say, "You know? That's it. I just cant do it any more. This guy is a blithering lunatic and I'm done pretending he's not."
Not like I actually expect that - I'm much more cynical than that. Still though...
Trump OBVIOUSLY had EVERY RIGHT to interfere! If he didn't he would have been LOCKED UP ALREADY! Paging the United States Justice SYSTEM!