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DavidDvorkin

(20,772 posts) Tue Jun 23, 2026, 06:32 PM Tuesday

I think Trump believes his weird lies are true [View all]

Perhaps while napping he dreamed that Meloni begged him for a photo op and that Iran agreed to all of his demands. Then, when he woke up, he thought it all really happened.

Of course, he could knowingly be making things up, but in that case, would he really think that his insistence that these lies are true would somehow change reality or compel other people to treat them as true?

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I think Trump believes his weird lies are true [View all] DavidDvorkin Tuesday OP

He's George Costanza usonian Tuesday #1

He lives in a world where he can simply declare the world is the way he wishes it to be, unblock Tuesday #2

I think he has an aberrant epistemology. His notion of what is true or how to know what is true RockRaven Tuesday #3

That is a question that has always puzzled me. Disaffected Tuesday #4

He knows he is lying and counts on the stupidity and laziness of his followers AND his opponents. blm Tuesday #5

I'm pretty sure he does. Ms. Toad Tuesday #6

How do you even communicate with someone who doesn't believe in objective reality? surrealAmerican Tuesday #7

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