Trump Justifies Executive Orders with Exaggerations Grounded in Bias

by James J. Zogby
By now, Donald Trump’s penchant for exaggeration and self-promotion has become well-established. Whether born of a form of pathological narcissism or just plain hucksterism, his need to claim that everything he does is the biggest and best is unsettling and, at times, embarrassing.
Most troubling is the concern that Mr. Trump may actually believe his non-factual boasts –that because his ego is so needy he cannot accept reality. This is clearly not a comforting quality for a Commander-in- Chief. http://lobelog.com/trump-justifies-executive-orders-with-exaggerations-grounded-in-bias/#more-37728