Maria Konnikova Explains Why She Thinks President Trump Will Get a Second Term
- graysarahelizabeth
- Aug 11, 2017
- 1 min read
Maria Konnikova, staff writer for the New Yorker, author, psychologist, and host of the podcast "The Grift" on the panoply network, has a prediction that some may call dire: President Donald Trump will get a second term.
She believes this because, by her estimation, Trump meets certain criteria to be categorized as a con man, and she's spent years studying, writing about, and now hosting a podcast about con artists and grifters.
Konnikova explained to me that those who have fallen victim to a con can be loath to admit it, and they often double down on the person (some even pay the con artist's legal fees).
Hear Konnikova explain more about this phenomenon, "sweetheart scams," how to get a person out of a cult and more in this episode of "Got Your Attention."
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