Trump’s Fantasy-Reality Problem Is Deepening

Can President Trump distinguish truth from fiction? Does he know what is real and what is the product of a computer program?

One wants to believe that the president of the United States, cloaked in immense power, would understand the difference between reality and fantasy. One would hope, given the terrible stakes of his decision-making, that he had the capacity to understand and internalize objective reality, even if he did not like it.

But then consider the past week of presidential activity. Last Friday, the president announced a “historic” deal with the interim government of........

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