Germany has joined other NATO allies like Sweden, Canada, and the Netherlands to send troops to Greenland as Trump intensifies threats to take over the country.
That’s too simplistic a reading of how Trump behaves.
Trump is a liar and a conman. That much is true, and proven. He is, in many ways, one of the biggest liars in the world.
But he’s also really bad at it. Trump is, beneath everything else, a walking ball of id. He is a textbook example of what you get when insecurity and instant gratification meet. He is pure, unbridled impulse. And he’s really, really stupid. As a result of that, he has a very, very strong tendency to constantly say the quiet part loud. You see this time and time again. The GOP will concoct some elaborate lie to explain what they’re doing, and then Trump will just blunder into the room and openly admit what’s really happening. Because he can’t stop himself.
To be super reductive about it (it is more complicated than this, but we don’t have all day), a good rule of thumb is that if Trump tells you what he wants, he’s speaking from the heart. It’s when he tells you why he wants it that he’s usually lying. Not always - “It’s psychologically important to me” is so nakedly earnest, and so utterly damning, that it’s impossible to believe anyone would concoct it as a lie - but often enough. But when Trump says “I want…”, whatever follows will usually be the truth. He is ruled by his desires, and has no ability to keep himself from spouting them openly.
That’s too simplistic a reading of how Trump behaves.
Trump is a liar and a conman. That much is true, and proven. He is, in many ways, one of the biggest liars in the world.
But he’s also really bad at it. Trump is, beneath everything else, a walking ball of id. He is a textbook example of what you get when insecurity and instant gratification meet. He is pure, unbridled impulse. And he’s really, really stupid. As a result of that, he has a very, very strong tendency to constantly say the quiet part loud. You see this time and time again. The GOP will concoct some elaborate lie to explain what they’re doing, and then Trump will just blunder into the room and openly admit what’s really happening. Because he can’t stop himself.
To be super reductive about it (it is more complicated than this, but we don’t have all day), a good rule of thumb is that if Trump tells you what he wants, he’s speaking from the heart. It’s when he tells you why he wants it that he’s usually lying. Not always - “It’s psychologically important to me” is so nakedly earnest, and so utterly damning, that it’s impossible to believe anyone would concoct it as a lie - but often enough. But when Trump says “I want…”, whatever follows will usually be the truth. He is ruled by his desires, and has no ability to keep himself from spouting them openly.