Politics must play a part of being President and some lying must be done to preserve security and military plans. I seem to remember reading President Washington lied a few times in putting our first government together. Every President since has needed to lie to protect us and some did it for themselves. The most egregious before Trump was President Nixon after Watergate.

Our current President started lying almost immediately after the inauguration. Almost every day afterward he has lied at least once. They range from the size of his inauguration audience and voting to his successes. On occasion he has lied multiple times in the same day on the same topic on television and then said it was fake news. Sometimes the lies affect our allies, CIA agents and our international companies.

Being President is an ego trip which most Presidents have handled very well. Carter underplayed the office the most with Truman and Eisenhower next. The rest played it within the norms. Having a thick skin and understanding that insults are a part of being the leader is the same in almost any country. How the leader reacts is how people decide if they should be President.

Our current President seldom tells the truth about anything forcing his supporters and supportive media to lie also. Most of the lies are to boost his enormous ego. His outrageous narcissism creates most of his problems and his lack of self-control.

I do not know if he changed his personality if his approval rating would ever get much over 35%. How will he react when the House and maybe the Senate become Democratic majorities in ten months? Belittling an opposition party and its leaders will mean little gets done. A lot of Republicans might vote with Democrats to override vetoes.