Bolton: In Trump’s Mind, ‘the Truth Is Whatever He Wants it to Be’

COLLINS: “Yeah, and he was questioning mail-in voting today, even as his daughter-in-law at the Republican National Committee is urging people to vote by mail, saying that they should play that game. I do want — something else that happened today in this very lengthy press conference, something that I‘m going to — we‘re going to show you what Trump said today and then show you what actually happened.”

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Trump: “I was very protective of her. Nobody would understand that, but I was. I think my people understand it. They used to say, ‘Lock her up, lock her up,0 but I‘d say, ‘Just relax, please.’ (...) Folks, honestly, she‘s guilty as hell. (...) I think she should be in jail. (...) She should be locked up.”
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COLLINS: “Not exactly ‘Relax, please,’ as he phrased it today.”
BOLTON: “Yeah, look, Trump can‘t tell the difference between what‘s true and what‘s false. It‘s not that he lies a lot, because to lie, you have to do it consciously. He just can‘t tell the difference. So he makes up what he wants to say at any given time. If it happens to comport with what everybody else sees, well, that‘s fine. And if it doesn‘t comport with anybody else, he doesn‘t really care. And he‘s had decades of getting away with it. So in his mind, the truth is whatever he wants it to be. And that‘s what you heard today.”
COLLINS: “Yeah. I mean, you got to wonder how Hillary Clinton sees first answer like that one. Ambassador John Bolton, thank you for being here.”