Trumps tougher on Russia claim fits a pattern of striving to one-up Obama
To hear President Trump tell it, he is tougher than former president Barack Obama. He is smarter than Obama — more shrewd, more effective, more respected. The 45th president is, by his own accounting, superlative to the 44th in almost every way.
In private and in public, while devising policies and while crafting messages, Trump frequently draws flattering comparisons with his predecessor — and he does not let the truth intrude, as was the case Tuesday.
“I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts,” Trump tweeted.
The facts suggest the opposite, as Trump has repeatedly doubted the conclusions of his own U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the election and has sought to undermine the FBI’s investigation of the matter.
On Russia and a host of other issues, aides and advisers say, Trump’s near-compulsion with measuring himself against Obama reflects an innate need to be judged superior to his peers and to have a singular opponent to target.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-tougher-on-russia-claim-fits-a-pattern-of-striving-to-one-up-obama/2018/02/20/a533fd1c-164e-11e8-b681-2d4d462a1921_story.html?utm_term=.931d9cf07f61&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
Trump is a sad insecure 71 year old man-child.
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