“Another self-imposed hurdle for Trump has been his reliance on a positive feedback loop. Rather than sit for briefings by experts, Trump consumes much of his information from Fox News Channel, where on-air boosters put a positive spin on developments” washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
“consider one example: 6:15 a.m. last Tuesday Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy told viewers, ‘a lot of good news out there regarding vaccines and therapeutics.’ Sixteen minutes later, Trump tweeted from his iPhone, “Tremendous progress being made on Vaccines and Therapeutics!!!”
“Trump is also predisposed to magical thinking, an unerring belief that he can will his goals into existence through sheer force of personality. He shares this trait with his late father Fred, who was taken by Norman Vincent Peale’s 1952 bestseller The Power of Positive Thinking”
