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    The Two Psychological Tricks Trump Is Using to Get Away With Everything

    His brazen attempts to redefine the norms of acceptable conduct work for a reason.
    by Peter Beinart Oct 07, 2019 4 minutes
    Source: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

    Last Thursday, Donald Trump said something that, on its face, seemed inexplicably self-defeating. Already under attack for having asked Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, he publicly asked China to do the same. This time there was no whistle-blower forcing Trump’s hand. Having already transgressed the once-sacrosanct principle that foreign powers shouldn’t meddle in American elections, Trump—for no apparent reason—brazenly violated it again.

    And yet, Trump’s China remarks don’t appear to have hurt him much. The majority of Republican voters and politicians still oppose his impeachment. His China comments may even prove politically shrewd. Research into the psychology of secrecy and confidence helps explain why.

    In January 2016, Trump infamously , “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue

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