Donald Trump increasingly ‘cut off from reality’ as US faces ‘civil emergency’

Donald Trump increasingly ‘cut off from reality’ as US faces ‘civil emergency’Michael Wolff, who has written four books about Donald Trump, says the US president seems increasingly 'cut off' from reality as his Truth Social posts become more and more derangedCommentsNewsEthan Blackshaw Deputy Publishing Lead17:09, 15 Apr 2026Updated 17:12, 15 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesDonald Trump's Truth Social posts have become increasingly deranged(Image: Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)Donald Trump is becoming increasingly “cut off from reality” and it could constitute a “civil emergency”, according to a biographer who has observed the US president up close.‌Trump has always been prone to bizarre outbursts on his social platform Truth Social, but they have undoubtedly intensified since the onset of the war with Iran. Prime examples have been him declaring a “whole civilisation will die” and demanding Iran “open the f**king Strait [of Hormuz]”.‌And his posts haven’t become any more calm since the ceasefire was agreed. In recent days he has shared an AI image of himself depicted as Jesus and taken aim at Pope Leo - before refusing to apologise.‌View 2 ImagesTrump shared this bizarre image, seemingly depicting himself as Jesus(Image: @realDonaldTrump/Truth Social)READ MORE: Trump Iran live: Rachel Reeves hits out at Donald's Middle East war 'mistake'Author Michael Wolff, who has written four books about the US president, told The Daily Beast's ‘Inside Trump's Head’ podcast that these outbursts show Trump is becoming “more and more distinct from, cut-off from, separate from reality”.He said: “We have seen 10 years of erratic behavior, but I think it is coming faster and more furious in these past number of weeks, probably prompted by the war, which is going terribly, of course, and he doesn’t know what to do, and he doesn’t know how to get out of it.”‌Wolff - who was granted access to the White House during Trump’s first term - believes his re...