"So many secrets, so many plots, so many shards of gossip swirl in his head, there seems to be no room for reality."
— Dowd, Maureen (b. January 14, 1952)
Date
March 18, 2017
Metaphor
"So many secrets, so many plots, so many shards of gossip swirl in his head, there seems to be no room for reality."
Metaphor in Context
He trusts his beliefs more than facts. So many secrets, so many plots, so many shards of gossip swirl in his head, there seems to be no room for reality.
His grandiosity, insularity and scamming have persuaded Trump to believe he can mold his own world. His distrust of the deep state, elites and eggheads--an insecurity inflamed by Steve Bannon--makes it hard for him to trust his own government, or his own government's facts.
His grandiosity, insularity and scamming have persuaded Trump to believe he can mold his own world. His distrust of the deep state, elites and eggheads--an insecurity inflamed by Steve Bannon--makes it hard for him to trust his own government, or his own government's facts.
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Maureen Dowd, "Trump, Working-Class Zero," New York Times (March 18, 2017). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
03/21/2017
