When the day comes that Donald Trump is outta power and maybe outta sight, half the folks who were part of his administration will try to cash in and maybe rehabilitate their images by writing books about their time with him. I probably won't buy any of 'em but there are a few things I'm curious about. One is that when Trump claims his approval ratings have never been higher, does he know that even Fox News says they've never been lower? Does he know he's lying or did one of this flunkies tell him his polls are glorious and he's simply never heard otherwise?

Can't be that, can it? He trashes so many reporters and talk show hosts that he must be watching some public news source — and if he watches any outside media, he can't help but hear how bad the numbers are for him. So does he not know that claiming the opposite shreds his credibility with so many of his on-the-fence followers and/or makes him seem, at best, uninformed and out of touch? Or is it this genetic trait he has to never admit bad news could be genuine? Every time a vote doesn't go his way, it was rigged. Every time a reporter writes something that if not flattering to him, it's Fake News.

I understand the principle behind lying but all the good liars I've ever known have had enough sense to not lie about things that could be so easily disproven. If I had to guess, I'd guess Trump has gotten away with so many lies during his professional career that he just figures he's invincible in that area. And in a sense, he has been: He's very rich and very powerful. If an aide said to him, "Sir, with all due respect, maybe you should issue a correction for that thing you tweeted that isn't true," he'd say or maybe just think, "I didn't get where I am today by admitting I was wrong."

But that's just a guess on my part…just like I'm guessing that a future book by some Trump friend or employee will tell me what I'm curious about. It may well be that none of them know, either.