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Trump is rotting away in an ignorant bubble of ‘flattery’: biographers
Flattery Is Not an Excuse. It Is the Operating System.The Source MaterialThe reporting argues that Trump is isolated inside a feedback loop of praise: aides filter out criticism, loyalists flatter him at Mar-a-Lago, and the result is a president detached from public reality. The same piece also notes that those around him still back him because they believe he is their best defense against Democrats, investigations, and prison. That is the useful part. The rest is a familiar dodge.Power Sits With the People Protecting HimThe article wants you to stare at Trump’s psychology. That is…
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