How Trump Chooses What to Believe

Published: Oct. 22, 2018, 11:34 a.m.

Last week, President Trump explained to a crowd in Erie, Pennsylvania, how he decides which polls to trust. \u201cI believe in polls,\u201d he said. \u201cOnly the ones that have us up, because they\u2019re the only honest ones. Other than that, they\u2019re the fake news polls.\u201d Trump half-grinned, and the crowd laughed. But Trump really does let his beliefs follow his biases. He accepts the word of dictators and police, not of women, immigrants, or elected European leaders.