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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 5979561" data-attributes="member: 54375">Via&nbsp; AXIOS:Four reasons Trump cannot and will not change, according to friends and advisers:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">He&#039;s haunted. He can&#039;t stand being seen as a loser. So it&#039;s impossible to fully admit he didn&#039;t win in 2020. He looks to distractions like crowd size and adoring coverage for solace. So, seemingly silly taunts — like Harris&#039; &quot;people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom&quot; — hit deep.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">He falls for fake news. For a guy who made &quot;fake news&quot; a household term, he falls for it often and easily. It wasn&#039;t hard to learn that the allegations of Haitians eating pet dogs and cats were silly and wrong. But far-right activist Laura Loomer was on the plane ride to the debate with him, egging him on.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">He&#039;s old. A wise man told us three types of people never change: Old guys. Rich guys. Guys with their names on the building. So the chances that Trump — a 78-year-old, self-proclaimed billionaire with his name on buildings, bottles and golf courses — will change are, um, nil.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">His bubble lies to him. All politicians live in self-protective bubbles. But Trump&#039;s, which extends from his social media cocoon to his Mar-a-Lago luxury, is almost impossible to penetrate with hard truths. There&#039;s always a Loomer to tell Trump he&#039;s winning ... even when he&#039;s not.</li>
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[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 5979561, member: 54375"] [B]Via AXIOS: Four reasons [/B]Trump cannot and will not change, according to friends and advisers: [LIST=1] [*][B]He's haunted.[/B] He can't stand being seen as a loser. So it's impossible to fully admit he didn't win in 2020. He looks to distractions like crowd size and adoring coverage for solace. So, seemingly silly taunts — like Harris' "people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom" — hit deep. [*][B]He falls for fake news. [/B]For a guy who made "fake news" a household term, he falls for it often and easily. It wasn't hard to learn that the allegations of Haitians eating pet dogs and cats were silly and wrong. But far-right activist Laura Loomer was on the plane ride to the debate with him, egging him on. [*][B]He's old.[/B] A wise man told us three types of people never change: Old guys. Rich guys. Guys with their names on the building. So the chances that Trump — a 78-year-old, self-proclaimed billionaire with his name on buildings, bottles and golf courses — will change are, um, nil. [*][B]His bubble lies to him. [/B]All politicians live in self-protective bubbles. But Trump's, which extends from his social media cocoon to his Mar-a-Lago luxury, is almost impossible to penetrate with hard truths. There's always a Loomer to tell Trump he's winning ... even when he's not. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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