Trump claims Republicans laughed at a comment he made about Mark Sanford

[Mc Mike]

8. He's sending a message to his right wing repug congresscritter 'allies'.

He'll crush anyone who gets out of line, thwarts or disagrees with him in the smallest way.

And telling them that 'official reality' is that he attacked their colleague, and they loved and approved it. Telling them he can decree what reality is.

In his head, he figured his 'joke' would be a great laugh and applause line. It bombed, so he tells congress's repugs that he's officially changing the record. He remembers the true reality that everyone said 'you're great, doing great things'.

He's always lied about reality, for his entire life, for a living, for fun.