EPISODE · Feb 17, 2026 · 13 MIN
Three Ways Reality Is Smacking Trump In The Face
from Mallen Baker: Faultlines · host Mallen Baker
It would be entirely possible for President Trump, or A.N.Other autocrat, to seek to dismantle the guardrails of democracy in their country and all the rest of it, while still keeping a firm grasp of what is, or isn't reality, and dealing with it as needed. But that is not the current way, because Trump is determined to believe only his own version of reality, even when that is massively and easily contradicted by facts and events. The trouble is that if you insist on flying in the face of reality, it will often not end well. Let's look at the three biggest areas where the Trump operation is struggling and / or will inevitably struggle in the future, because that pesky reality thing just isn't going to do his bidding.
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It would be entirely possible for President Trump, or A.N.Other autocrat, to seek to dismantle the guardrails of democracy in their country and all the rest of it, while still keeping a firm grasp of what is, or isn't reality, and dealing with it as needed. But that is not the current way, because Trump is determined to believe only his own version of reality, even when that is massively and easily contradicted by facts and events. The trouble is that if you insist on flying in the face of reality, it will often not end well. Let's look at the three biggest areas where the Trump operation is struggling and / or will inevitably struggle in the future, because that pesky reality thing just isn't going to do his bidding.
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