He believes what Putin tells him to believe via Jarod via Saudi Prince via Putin.
There is something very stinky here. Treason or mental illness. "There is no one behind that curtain. I know you see him but he really is not there. Believe me. Don't listen to the facts. They are false facts so they are not really facts. Believe me. Tremendous." Wretch!

He is as dense as oak!

If he doesn't believe in those he appoints, what is his reasoning for appointing them?

He believes in movies and tv hosts and not his own people?

It's a defense mechanism. If Trump actually allowed himself to believe reality, he'd see how truly stupid and incompetent he is and he'd have a meltdown. He'd curl into a fetal position, shit himself and repeat over and over "I'm big league. I'm big league. I'm big league."

Willfully ignorant and he wants to stay that way because his drones will follow him into the fire. In ten years they’ll look back at their sorry decision and wonder WTF were they they thinking.

That's why the evangelicals like him, he doesn't think, just like them!