Trump in Trouble--Indirectly

Poor President Trump. It looked as if something was going to go smoothly and without incident for him. Alas, not so. His recent Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, is being swept up in much trauma and drama. It did seem to come out of nowhere.

Presently three women are alleging improper  sexual behavior from Mr. Kavanaugh. What seemed like a slam dunk is now a 50-foot three-pointer.

It will be interesting to see how this turns out.

Bob Woodward and Fear

The renown investigative journalist, Bob Woodward, has just released his book on President Trump. It is titled, Fear: Trump in the White House. The reviews, overall, seem to be quite good. The material in the book is obtained on the basis of "deep background." This means that the sources cannot be made known.

To me, this allows most individuals to tell a true version of the events they are aware of. No doubt, there will be some participants who use the venue for their own benefit. Yet, it would seem most of the false stuff can be filtered out as more and more people paint the pictures of various scenes.

I look forward to reading it.

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Understanding the Trump Era

I just read a good article titled, "9 essential lessons from psychology to understand the Trump era." It was published in Vox and written by Brian Resnick. It gave me more information on--and I'm still shocked he won--how Trump pulled out a presidential victory. Maybe it's sour grapes, but I want to find out all the psychology behind his win.

Some of the points noted include,

--"[R]ooting for a team changes your perception of the world."

--"Evolution has likely left us with an ideological immune system that fights off uncomfortable thoughts."

--"Leaders like Trump have enormous power to sway public opinion."

--"People can understand inconvenient facts. But it's very hard to make them matter."

I reason that knowing how the hat trick was pulled off, might mitigate us getting fooled again.

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