{"id":90883,"date":"2026-03-13T08:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=90883"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:58:55","slug":"deranged-deluded-in-denial-and-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/03\/13\/deranged-deluded-in-denial-and-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Deranged, deluded, in denial and evil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump posted this on his social media platform yesterday:<\/p>\n

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I am not sure whether he was trying to prove that he is deranged, deluded, in denial and evil, but that is what he succeeded in doing.<\/p>\n

The style is deranged.<\/p>\n

The gloating over death is evil.<\/p>\n

The denial is with regard to facts. If the Iranian forces are in the state he claims, how can they still be fighting back?<\/p>\n

The delusion is in believing his own denial.<\/p>\n

But what, most of all, I thought when reading this was that in August 1940, Goering told Hitler that the RAF had been destroyed. As a consequence, they change tactics. They then lost the Battle of Britain because they were also deranged, deluded, and in denial, as well as being evil.<\/p>\n

The similarities appear remarkably uncomfortable, but remember, it took nearly 5 more years to beat fascism in Europe at that time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump posted this on his social media platform yesterday: I am not sure whether he was trying to prove that he is deranged, deluded, in
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