Maggie Haberman: Trump’s ‘Trying to Will’ TRUTH Social’s Stock Tumble ‘Into a Different Reality’

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HABERMAN: “I think we have seen him over and over again, refuse to accept external reality, and to continue to try to paint things, as he wants them to be seen. And this is one of those times. However, the objective reality is the fact that the stock tumbled, earlier this week, what was initially adding to his net worth, at least on paper, by several billions, is no longer that. He is getting a lot of headlines around this. And he is just trying to will it into some kind of a different reality. I think, for most of his supporters, I don't think the fact that TRUTH Social is not doing well, this week, or as well, as it had been said to, and then there's lawsuits and so forth, and a lot of bad press around it, is going to bother them. But, as you know, he watches very closely anything related to his net worth. And he is keenly aware of what is being written about it and said about it. I still think that this is going to be where you see him focus his energy is TRUTH Social. I think he is not likely to return to Twitter any time before the election. But this is not -- this is not the week they were hoping to have, certainly, with TRUTH Social.”