The following article by Richard Wolffe was posted on the Guardian website January 26, 2018:
News that Trump ordered the firing of Mueller shows he thinks he can utter his catchphrase and people just disappear
Donald Trump has a problem with reality. To be specific, he has a problem distinguishing reality television from reality. With each passing news cycle, it’s alarmingly clear that he believes in his own character from the fantasy show known as The Apprentice.
Now, most viewers above the age of four have already figured out there’s a certain artifice to the world of TV. There’s the dramatic music and the heavy editing, the make-up and the lights, and of course the word “show”, which gives away the whole game. Continue reading “Trump still doesn’t understand why ‘you’re fired’ can’t work like it did on TV”