He’s trying to manifest again. Once you see it you can’t stop seeing it. Every series of unhinged lies is him doing The Secret. It would be pathetic if it didn’t seem to work for him so often

April 11, 2026 - 15:40 UTC

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His brain was cooked by Norman Vincent Peale way back. People wrote about it in 2015 but they seemed to think it was just an eccentricity and not a pathology.
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I think it predates The Secret. He's known to be a fan of Norman Vincent Peale and The Power of Positive Thinking. I think he also combines it with manipulative sales techniques and language. Especially the repetition of, "but you know that, everyone knows that" while telling obvious lies.
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Haha, The Secret, now that’s a blast from the dumb past. I think you’re right. Sociopaths operate a few levels deeper than “if I believe in it, it will happen” packaged as a scammy affirmation. But oh man that was a fun thing to argue about on forums 20 years ago.
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He grew up listening to Norman Vincent Peale and believing it, so that shouldn’t be surprising. www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/donald-trump-2016-norman-vincent-peale-213220/
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