Why does Trump make things worse for himself (unless they really are that bad but even with Trump, things cannot be that bad for him)? His lawyers cannot seem to get him to shut up-- he almost always hurts himself with his statements. Second, why do Trump and his associates try to cover things up or pretend they just forgot (it has gotten so the forgetting is impossible to believe-- especially when it happens over and over and over with things that only someone with alzheimers or similar memory disorder would forget.