More behavorial stuff:

artappraiser — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 23:55:00 +0000

In reply to Trump had senior staff sign nondisclosure agreements. They’re supposed to last beyond his presidency.

Trump enjoys getting himself into traps and seeing if he can get himself out. Same way he returns to reporters whose coverage he hates - he wants to see if he can convince them the next time and get what he considers a “good story”
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 18, 2018

On the hyperbolic ratings

artappraiser — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 23:23:46 +0000

In reply to Trump had senior staff sign nondisclosure agreements. They’re supposed to last beyond his presidency.

Also, on the hyperbole about "ratings" thing, my underlining:

Donald Trump Lied About His Apprentice Ratings Since People Were So Gullible, Says Billy Bush

By Devon Ivie @ NYMag.com, March 17

[....] Bush shared an interesting tidbit about his early years reporting on Trump for Access. Specifically, how Trump would always lie about his Apprentice ratings when they faltered later in the show’s run, owing to the fact people would always believe anything he said.

“He’s been saying No. 1 forever. Finally I had enough,” Bush explained, noting how he would frequently interview Trump on-camera for NBC. “I said, Wait a minute, Donald, you haven’t been No. 1 in five or four years, not in any category, not in any demo. He goes, Well, did you see last Thursday? Last Thursday, 18-49, last five minutes! And I’m like, No, I don’t know that stat. He’s like, I told you. And later, when the camera are off, he says, Billy, look, you just tell them and they believe it. That’s it. They just do. Ah, okay. And from that point forward Access Hollywood was always number one, even if we were actually number two". [....]

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More behavorial stuff:

On the hyperbolic ratings