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Trump lives in a world of 'total delusion' to fill his 'limitless void’

What happened

AlterNet reports that Michael A. Cohen, director of the International Affairs Program at The New School, described President Donald Trump’s rallies as an “ego-stroking exercise” meant to fill what Cohen called a “limitless void.” That is Cohen’s psychological interpretation, not a fact established by the reporting.

Six days before the midterm election, Trump traveled to heavily Republican Texas as his popularity reportedly slipped. On Tuesday, he portrayed the war in Iran as an economic windfall and discussed naming the Strait of Hormuz after himself. On Wednesday’s “Daily…

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