It's a very minor thing, but this is why I take reports like this with a grain of salt:Admin officials do not believe Esper has said this anywhere publicly and are confused by tweet. https://t.co/PgHEO61KXL— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) October 20, 2019
Not that it's false, it's just that this doesn't contradict my analysis that Trump fears disclosure of his finances to prove he was letting the G-7 use Doral "at cost." Mostly because all the "rational" explanations for Trump's behavior ignore what he does in plain sight and assume he actually makes political calculations. Trump's only idea of politics is: who sides with him, and his enemies who don't.Trump expected the firewall of Republican support he's had for nearly three years to last through the Doral announcement. The reaction surprised him. @EricLiptonNYT @katierogers and me https://t.co/gP5kPdvwVL— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 21, 2019
His other public characteristic is that he's a liar. All he does is lie. He lies to his staff, by commission and by omission. They have to piece together a story that makes sense.
It's a minor thing. But with Trump, aside from "follow the money," the only other rule is "assume the worst, not the most reasonable."By Saturday afternoon, Trump had decided he was going to pull the plug on the Doral decision, but he waited until just before Judge Jeanine's show, and paused between tweets about Doral to watch her opening, in a move that he didn't tell most aides about https://t.co/gP5kPdvwVL— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 21, 2019
And already, another example:
Trump has not changed. What motivates him is acclaim, and the fear of exposure. He never feared exposure over that military parade, and he got the parade despite objections. Doral represented exposure, and given the court cases, he knew it.Narcissistic. Personality. Disorder. https://t.co/gSlfNift1q— George Conway (@gtconway3d) October 21, 2019
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