Trump comes across not as larger than life but as one of the smaller people on the world stage.
Graydon Carter: In manner and execution, and in his almost touching desire to be liked, Trump comes across not as larger than life but as one of the smaller people on the world stage. He always had a sort of oafish charisma: as we used to say at Spy, a hustler on his best behavior. In small groups, as many can attest, he has mastered the salesmans trick of creating faux sincerity and intimacy when answering a question by including the first name of the person who asked it.
But no amount of grifter charm can conceal his alarming disregard for facts and truth. Its this combination of utter ignorance and complete certitude that his detractors find most terrifying. Trump not only doesnt know the unknowns but appears to have no interest in even knowing the knowns. Fact-checkers cant keep up. How often does Obama play golf? Who careslets inflate the number by 50 percent. Whats the murder rate in a major American city? What the helllets multiply it by 10.
The writer Michael ODonoghue used to say that the definition of insanity is the length of time it takes for a lie to be uncovered. The shorter the period, the crazier you are. By this standard, our president will be setting a new threshold for that definition.
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