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There was a link to all the BS statements hes made about 9/11 and his supposed involvement. if he says that often enough does he actually believe it?
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)elleng
(131,105 posts)hard to know what if anything he 'believes.'
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)It is because he is a life long pathological liar sociopath with no conscience, integrity or decency.
He is the racist, bigoted wretch he is because he has never been held accountable for anything in his entire life.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Unless it comes out of his mouth. And what everyone else believes is of no importance. He decides.
Havent you noticed how he accepts the most insane praise, no matter how obvious it is that the person doesnt believe it? To Trump what he wants to hear is the truth.
moondust
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It's all empty bullshit that he thinks will be good for the self-image he wants to promote. He fergits it as soon as he shits it.
ETA: He's a demagogue. He manipulates language to serve his self-aggrandizement. I'm not aware of him having any "core" or "deep" beliefs or principles.
In It to Win It
(8,283 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)He really does. The concept of lying the way most of us here think of it simply doesn't exist for him. It is very important to understand he's a complete narcissist, which means essentially that no one else actually exists. So he can say whatever he likes. Because the only reality for him is him. Not anyone or anything else.
Blue Owl
(50,494 posts)A very dense fog that consumes his every impulse -- I think he really does believe his own delusions...
DavidDvorkin
(19,485 posts)JI7
(89,264 posts)while those who call out his lies are attacked by him.
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)Without being inside Trump's brain, thinking his thoughts, and feeling his emotions, it is difficult to say whether he truly believes what he says, whether it is all bluster, or whether it is some combination. We can only guess by his behavior. There are some indications that he does believe what he says, as discussed by some people who were close (as close as you can be to a narcissist) to him or spent extensive time with him like the ghost writer for his book. He may convince himself to a certain degree that what he is saying is valid. Then again, he shows certain body language that are kind of like "poker tells" that indicate that he knows he is going to say something untrue.
KentuckyWoman
(6,692 posts)he spews whatever pops into his noggin. There is no filter. There is no reason to remember any of what he said because he'll just spew whatever pops into his noggin next time.
Truth or Lie has nothing to do with it.
pampango
(24,692 posts)If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself.
https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1419276
That does not make it true but perhaps very conservative minds come to believe their own lies.
VOX
(22,976 posts)The net result is the same, so in either scenario, 45 is pathological.