I think that I may have figured out what Trump's problem is. For practical people, like Trump, "Truth" is something to use to win the particular argument of the moment. It exists for that moment and then disappears and should not be subject to recall. If someone is so crass as to remind people that that old truth once existed, the new "truth" is that the old truth never existed, therefore, it is "fake news"
The constant referral to old truths by a group of people collectively called "the Press" is a constant distraction to an elderly gentleman set in the ways of New York real estate developers.
Another thing is explained by the foregoing. Trump is probably not angered by Tillerson calling him a moron; he is angry because Tillerson did not lie when asked about it. If Truth is of so little worth, what is the value of a lie? Why wouldn't Tillerson just be like a normal Trump person and just deny he had said it?
Describing a new normal. Of course, ignorance does not recognize that what goes around, comes around. Thank goodness for resiliency.
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