>> refusing to follow the narrative.

What narrative?
As I said, when a serial liar is setting the narrative we are in never-neverland.
It's a given that people in public life stretch reality now and then - when they're forced to.
This man doesn't even know he's lying.
Every time we think we've seen the most despicable behavior ever in a politician, he sets a new low.
His attack on the Roger Stone judge barely raised an eyebrow.