Things got worse when the conversation turned to Iraq. Trump recently declared that we shouldn’t have said we would retake Mosul in order to preserve the “element of surprise.” With zero proof, he declared that the operation was a failure. Trump’s comments have been widely mocked, but he can never admit a misstep. “You can tell your military expert that I’ll sit down and I’ll teach him a couple of things,” he proclaimed. Too bad he wasn’t asked whether he has a single fact the generals don’t.

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The Clinton campaign put out a statement by one of the many generals endorsing her, which read in part:

Donald Trump’s disrespect for our military knows no bounds. This week, as brave American troops embarked on a crucial mission supporting anti-ISIS forces in Iraq, Trump was already declaring defeat. He called our leaders stupid for not following his uninformed advice. And now he’s personally insulting a military expert and retired Army Colonel who served for 30 years for knocking his ‘plan.’ “A complex operation to take a major city — with hundreds of thousands of civilians, untold traps and IEDs, and the possibility of street-to-street fighting — requires careful planning and methodical execution, not a fly-by-night bum’s rush.

Trump tellingly declared, “I can put my narrative before the American people and let whoever this person is put his, and they will agree with me.” Truth doesn’t matter; he simply can convince the voters of anything. That’s a narcissist’s mental process; only what he thinks and can convince others of matters.

Trump’s ego is dwarfed only by his ignorance. And that’s at the heart of his self-destructive rhetoric, inept campaign, debate blunders and constant gaffes. No one can ever tell him anything, so he lives in his own world, a giant in his own mind. He really has no idea what he’s doing.

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