Presidential advisers, confidants claim Trump has made himself into a victim amid the pandemic, according to report

• Advisers in contact with the White House said President Donald Trump has been almost "inconsolable" as he gripes about the failing US economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.
• "I had this great economy, and they made me shut it down," Trump has said repeatedly, an outside adviser told The Washington Post.
• White House officials have advised Trump to boost his mood for fear of damaging his political reputation, according to The Post report.
• Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a history professor at New York University, told The Post that Trump's tendency of self-victimization follows the behavioral pattern of an authoritarian leader.
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Advisers in touch with the White House claim President Donald Trump has made himself into a victim of the coronavirus pandemic, The Washington Post reported Friday.

An outside adviser in "frequent touch with the White House" told The Post that the president seemed "inconsolable" about the US economy that he claims to have built is struggling amid the pandemic.

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