I think this is one of the best explanations. The stories about him blatantly cheating at golf and getting super pissed at being called out on it kinda foreshadow this (from a GQ profile during the primaries I think).

His own ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz, said as much: “Lying is second nature to him.”

I’m no psychologist but I have worked for the obscenely wealthy and it is different than a pathological liar. When you are as rich, spoiled and sheltered as trump your perception of reality is altered by the fact that everyone around you is paid to say yes to everything you do and say. So when you say something that…

You are correct but the nuance here is that he is a bullshitter and, as smarter people than me have noted, bullshitters don’t really sweat getting caught in a lie. He has long been known as a notorious bullshitter, inflating the value and his involvement of everything he’s even remotely associated with.

“He’s a grade-A coward, a sleazy punk, a slimy con man.”

Trump breathes oxygen like the rest of us but he exhales pure bullshit.

I’m starting* to think Trump is a pathological liar. He constantly lies about trivial things, his lies are instantly and easily exposed, yet he continues on as if nothing happened. Take for instance all the supposed speakers at the convention. Right after he says Big Ben and Tebow will be there, it’s immediately shot…