General Discussion

Here's the way I see it:

He projects himself as the greatest man in the world today and perhaps the history of the United States, on par with George Washington. His "landslide" victory in 2024 totally vindicates his claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him. How DARE any lowly reporter ask him questions which challenge or contradict his assertions! The ONLY explanation is she must be crooked or stupid.

How much he believes his own lies is an open question. Unless he is totally delusional, he has to know (despite surrounding himself with yes men) Iran has not begged for mercy, the Strait is still closed, inflation belies his promises, and his poll numbers are abysmal. Multiple sources in his first administration told him he lost the 2020 election, it was not "rigged."

I suspect that deep down he knows these things, and has fear. He is afraid of losing the midterms, being investigated and impeached. Afraid of dying, so he desperately erects monuments to himself. Donald Trump is a sick man mentally, and physically more than is being revealed. The mental pathologies he has always displayed are getting worse.