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Political Cornflakes: In ’60 Minutes' interview, Trump portrays himself as an isolated but empowered leader

In an interview with “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday evening, President Donald Trump defied climate scientists and intelligence specialists, bashed the press and America’s long-standing allies and portrayed himself as an isolated but empowered commander in chief. “I feel like the president,” he said, noting that it was “a little surreal” to hold the title at first. But he also showed signs of a heightened sense of loneliness and feelings of paranoia amid reports describing a “quiet resistance” within his administration. “This is the most deceptive, vicious world,” he said. “It is vicious, it’s full of lies, deceit and deception.