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Trump's 'dangerous fantasies' have cut him off from basic facts

alternet.org · 9dShare

President Donald Trump's view of the world has been overcome by " dangerous fantasies ," according to a new piece from The i Paper , with his ability to grasp "vital aspects of what’s going on around him" coming into question. Veteran reporter Fred Kaplan published a new piece for the outlet on Saturday, citing a recent report from The Atlantic which found that Trump "lacks a lot of basic information" and arguing that this overpowering "obliviousness has rarely been more glaring" than amid the recent fiasco surrounding outgoing Army Secretary Dan Driscoll . "Driscoll had clashed repeatedly with the Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, especially over Hegseth’s moves to fire or block the promotion of more than 80 senior officers, most for their adoption of 'diversity, equity and inclusion' (DEI) policies, many for their promotion of new ideas (such as recognising the new dominance of drone warfare over, say, tank manoeuvres), at least half because (and pretty much only because) they were

First report: Trump is isolated in his dangerous fantasies — inews.co.uk, 10d