I think of projection as at least partially naive; you assume others are lying because that's what you would do. Trump seems to have been raised to be a manipulator. I think he knows that he lies and is proud of it. Some of his remarks in the past implies to me he thinks deceiving, and certainly manipulating people, is clever. It is clear from all of the deceptive plotting that Trump knows very well he lost the last election, but he feels entitled to use any tactic, hook AND crook, to get what he wants.
I often wonder if he knows he is projecting?
I think of projection as at least partially naive; you assume others are lying because that's what you would do. Trump seems to have been raised to be a manipulator. I think he knows that he lies and is proud of it. Some of his remarks in the past implies to me he thinks deceiving, and certainly manipulating people, is clever. It is clear from all of the deceptive plotting that Trump knows very well he lost the last election, but he feels entitled to use any tactic, hook AND crook, to get what he wants.