Speaking of lying... one of the things that always somewhat fascinated and baffled me was the number of people who were big fans of Trump, yet have never read (for example) "The Art of the Deal" because if they had they would have been able to read — from the "horse's" mouth — that in his world, "lying a bit to get a deal done" was acceptable business conduct.

People are who they are. In all fairness, Donald Trump didn't stop "being Donald Trump" just because he took over the White House.