>> THE MOST ENDURING BELIEF THAT PATHOLOGICAL LIARS HAVE IS THAT
EVERYONE LIES. EVERYONE LIES ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S WHY PATHOLOGICAL LIARS THINK THAT THEY ARE NORMAL.
THEY THINK THEY JUST TALK THE WAY EVERYONE ELSE DOES.
THEY THINK LYING WHENEVER CONVENIENT TO ANYONE, INCLUDING
THEIR WIVES, THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR CO-WORKERS,
IS WHAT EVERYONE DOES TO GET THROUGH ANY MOMENT WHERE THE
TRUTH FEELS EVEN SLIGHTLY AWKWARD.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PATHOLOGICAL LIAR AND THE REST
OF US IS THAT THE PATHOLOGICAL LIAR HAS ABSOLUTELY ZERO
RESISTANCE TO TELLING A LIE. ZERO.
TO ANYONE. AND PATHOLOGICAL LIARS HAVE ZERO
CAPACITY TO SEE ANY REASON WHY TELLING THE TRUTH MIGHT BE
PREFERABLE EVEN IF THE TRUTH IS IN THE PATHOLOGICAL LIAR'S BEST
INTEREST, THAT DOESN'T REALLY INCREASE THE CHANCES VERY MUCH
THAT THE PATHOLOGICAL LIAR WILL TELL THE TRUTH.
THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED PATHOLOGICAL LYING INSTEAD OF
LOGICAL LYING. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES THINKS EVERYONE LIES. HE THINKS BARACK OBAMA'S MOTHER
LIED ABOUT WHERE HER SON WAS BORN.
THE PRESIDENT THINKS THAT SOMEONE IN THE STATE GOVERNMENT
IN HAWAII 55 YEARS AGO DECIDED TO LIE BY ISSUING A BIRTH
CERTIFICATE TO A BABY NAMED BARACK OBAMA, WHO WAS NOT BORN
THERE. THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES EVERYONE
LIES. EVERYONE.
THE PRESIDENT HAS PROVEN THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT HE WILL
NOT LIE ABOUT. NOTHING.
INCLUDING THE BIRTH OF BARACK OBAMA.
HE LIED ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE ON 9/11.
WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IN PUBLIC LIFE REGARDS AS A NEAR SACRED
ZONE OF COMMENTARY, WHAT HAPPENED ON 9/11, WHAT WE EACH
DID ON 9/11, WHAT WE EACH SAW ON 9/11.
WHO DO YOU KNOW WHO HAS LIED ABOUT THAT?
WHO DO YOU KNOW WHO WOULD LIE ABOUT THAT?
DONALD TRUMP TOLD TWO VERY BIG LIES ABOUT 9/11 THAT EVERYONE
KNOWS WERE LIES. HE SAID HE SAW THOUSANDS OF
MUSLIMS CELEBRATING ON 9/11 IN NEW JERSEY.
HE DID NOT. AND HE SAID HE PERSONALLY LOST
HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS. >> HOW DID HE KEEP US SAFE WHEN
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER CAME DOWN?
THE WORLD -- EXCUSE ME.
I LOST HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS. >> HE DID NOT LOSE HUNDREDS OF
FRIENDS ON 9/11. HE LOST NONE.
IN FACT, HE DID NOT ATTEND A SINGLE 9/11 FUNERAL.
WHO DO YOU KNOW WHO WOULD LIE ABOUT LOSING FRIENDS ON 9/11?
DONALD TRUMP DID IT SO CAVALIERLY THAT IT APPEARS HE
THINKS ANYONE WOULD LIE ABOUT THAT IF HE THOUGHT IT WAS A
CONVENIENT WAY TO, SAY, WIN AN ARGUMENT, WHICH IS WHAT HE WAS
TRYING TO DO WHEN HE LIED ABOUT LOSING HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS
ON 9/11 DURING THE REPUBLICAN DEBATE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
HE NEVER TOLD THAT LIE AGAIN BECAUSE HE KNEW IT WAS HIS
WORST, MOST VILE PUBLIC LIE THAT WOULD OFFEND THE MOST PEOPLE,
EVEN PEOPLE WHO HATE BARACK OBAMA WOULD BE OFFENDED IF
DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO REPEATEDLY GET AWAY WITH THE LIE THAT HE
LOST HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS ON 9/11.
THAT LIE FLEW BY. YOU JUST SAW IT.
IT FLEW BY AT HIGH SPEED THE WAY TRUMP LIES DO, AND THE NEWS
MEDIA DIDN'T CATCH IT. SO HE GOT AWAY WITH IT.
DONALD TRUMP'S LIFETIME OF INTENSE PERSONAL INTIMACY WITH
LYING HAS APPARENTLY MADE HIM BELIEVE THAT HE CAN PREVENT
PEOPLE FROM DOING TO HIM WHAT HE DOES TO THEM.
HE APPARENTLY BELIEVES THAT HE CAN USE HIS OWN WIZARDRY ABOUT
LYING TO OUTSMART OTHER LIARS. AND SO TWO DAYS AFTER THE
PRESIDENT FIRED JAMES COMEY, A "NEW YORK TIMES" ARTICLE
APPEARED WITH AN INSIDE ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN SOME OF
JAMES COMEY'S PRIVATE INTERACTIONS WITH DONALD TRUMP,
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT'S REQUEST THAT JAMES COMEY PLEDGE
PERSONAL LOYALTY TO THE PRESIDENT DURING A ONE-ON-ONE
DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THE DAY AFTER THE PRESIDENT READ
THAT ARTICLE, HE TWEETED, JAMES COMEY BETTER HOPE THAT THERE ARE
NO TAPES OF OUR CONVERSATIONS BEFORE HE STARTS LEAKING TO THE
PRESS. THE TWEET ONLY MAKES SENSE TO
SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES THAT JAMES COMEY IS GOING TO LIE ABOUT HIS
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT.
JAMES COMEY BETTER HOPE THAT THERE ARE NO TAPES IF HE'S GOING
TO LIE ABOUT OUR CONVERSATIONS. JAMES COMEY DOESN'T HAVE TO HOPE
THAT THERE ARE NO TAPES IF HE'S GOING TO TELL THE TRUTH.
IN FACT, WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS RAISED TO JAMES COMEY PUBLICLY,
HE USED A DIVINE EXCLAMATION TO SAY HE HOPED THERE WERE TAPES
BECAUSE HE IS TELLING THE TRUTH. >> LOOK, I -- I'VE SEEN THE
TWEET ABOUT TAPES. LORDY, I HOPE THERE ARE TAPES.
>> THE PRESIDENT PUT OUT THAT TWEET 41 DAYS AGO ABOUT TAPES
BECAUSE HE THINKS EVERYONE LIES. HE PUT OUT THAT TWEET BECAUSE HE
THINKS JAMES COMEY WOULD LIE ABOUT HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
PRESIDENT. IT WAS DONALD TRUMP'S DEEPLY
HELD, TWISTED VIEW OF THE WORLD AND EVERYONE IN IT THAT MADE HIM
TWEET, JAMES COMEY BETTER HOPE THAT THERE ARE NO TAPES BECAUSE
THE PRESIDENT IS AN UTTER IGNORE AM US IN MATTERS OF LAW AND
GOVERNING. HE HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT TWEET
WOULD PROVOKE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES, WOULD PROVOKE
INQUIRIES FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND FROM CONGRESS
ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF TAPES AND THAT THOSE INQUIRIES WOULD HAVE
TO BE ANSWERED BY THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE PRESIDENT HAD NO IDEA THAT HE COULDN'T JUST TWEET THAT AND
LEAVE IT OUT THERE. AS USUAL, THE PRESIDENT HAD
ABSOLUTELY NO COMPREHENSION OF CONSEQUENCES.
MINDS LIKE HIS DO NOT ANTICIPATE CONSEQUENCES.
HE HAD NO CAPACITY TO IMAGINE, TO ENVISION THE CONSEQUENCES OF
THAT TWEET. AND IN JAMES COMEY'S VIEWING OF
THE AFTERMATH OF THAT TWEET THAT THE PRESIDENT PUT OUT ABOUT
TAPES, THE PRESIDENT HAS HIMSELF TO THANK FOR THE SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR WHO IS NOW INVESTIGATING HIM.
>> THE PRESIDENT TWEETED ON FRIDAY, AFTER I GOT FIRED, THAT
I BETTER HOPE THERE'S NOT TAPES. I WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT ON MONDAY NIGHT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T DAWN ON ME ORIGINALLY
THAT THERE MIGHT BE CORROBORATION FOR OUR
CONVERSATION. THERE MIGHT BE A TAPE.
AND MY JUDGMENT WAS I NEEDED TO GET THAT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC
SQUARE. AND SO I ASKED A FRIEND OF MINE
TO SHARE THE CONTENT OF THE MEMO WITH A REPORTER.
I DIDN'T DO IT MYSELF FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT I ASKED
HIM TO BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT PROMPT THE APPOINTMENT OF
A SPECIAL COUNSEL. SO I ASKED A CLOSE FRIEND OF
MINE TO DO IT. >> TODAY, 41 DAYS AFTER THE
JAMES COMEY BETTER HOPE THAT THERE ARE NO TAPES TWEET, THE
PRESIDENT TWEETED, WITH ALL OF THE RECENTLY REPORTED ELECTRONIC
SURVEILLANCE INTERCEPTS, UNMASKING AND ILLEGAL LEAKING OF
INFORMATION, I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER THERE ARE TAPES OR
RECORDINGS OF MY CONVERSATIONS WITH JAMES COMEY, BUT I DID NOT
MAKE AND DID NOT HAVE ANY SUCH RECORDINGS.
WHAT IF HE HAD PUT OUT THAT TWEET 41 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST
TWEET ABOUT TAPES INSTEAD OF 41 DAYS?
WOULD THERE BE A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TODAY INVESTIGATING
THE PRESIDENT? THE PRESIDENT WAS GIVEN A
DEADLINE OF TOMORROW TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT TAPES OF HIS
CONVERSATIONS WITH JAMES COMEY. THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
GAVE THE PRESIDENT THAT DEADLINE.
THE PRESIDENT'S TWEET TODAY DID NOT ELIMINATE, IN HIS MIND
ANYWAY, THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE ARE TAPES.
HE'S JUST SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T MAKE A RECORDING AND DOESN'T
HAVE CUSTODY OF A RECORDING, SO ANY SUBPOENA OF SUCH A RECORDING
TO HIM WILL NOT PRODUCE A RECORDING.
WHY WON'T THE PRESIDENT SAY CLEARLY THAT THERE ARE NO
RECORDINGS OF THE CONVERSATIONS? HE KNOWS THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER
RECORDINGS OF THE CONVERSATIONS.
HE KNOWS THAT FOR A FACT. BUT HE WANTS TO LEAVE OPEN TO
HIS SUPPORTERS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS BUGGED.
HE WANTS TO LEAVE OPEN THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMEONE IS
RECORDING HIS CONVERSATIONS, SOMEONE IN THE MYTHICAL DEEP
STATE THAT THE PRESIDENT AND NEWT GINGRICH AND OTHER
FANTASYISTS WANT TO PRETEND IS CONSTANTLY PLOTTING AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT. WITH ALL OF THE RECENTLY
REPORTED ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE AND INTERCEPTS, HE SAYS.
WE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE NEXT TIME THE PRESIDENT IS
IN FRONT OF ONE OF HIS ADORING RALLY AUDIENCES, HE SAYS
SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT, WHO KNOWS IF THERE ARE TAPES?
THERE COULD BE TAPES. THEY COULD BE TRYING TO RECORD
ALL OF MY CONVERSATIONS. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ME.
IT'S A WITCH HUNT. TRUMP, AS VICTIM OF THE
EVILDOERS, HAS BECOME AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF HIS IMAGE
WITH HIS FOLLOWERS. AND SO HE TALKS TO THEM ABOUT
THE WITCH HUNT THAT IS OUT TO GET HIM.
HE HAS TOLD THEM THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WIRETAPPED TRUMP TOWER.
HE'S NEVER RETRACTED THAT. AND THE DAY MAY SOON COME WHEN
THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO TELL THEM THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA SOMEHOW
MANAGED TO LEAVE BEHIND ENOUGH SECRET AGENTS IN THE DEEP STATE
AND AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE AND WITH ACCESS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
WHO CAN WIRETAP THE WHITE HOUSE AND RECORD PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
CONVERSATIONS DURING ONE-ON-ONE DINNERS IN THE GREEN ROOM OR IN
THE OVAL OFFICE, OR ANYWHERE THE PRESIDENT GOES.
AIR FORCE ONE, ANYWHERE. AND SO WE MAY NOT HAVE HEARD THE
END OF TAPES AND PRESIDENT TRUMP.
ALL IT TAKES FOR THIS PRESIDENT TO TELL A LIE ABOUT TAPES IS FOR
THAT LIE TO FEEL, IN THAT IN
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