‘A dangerous cancer’: fourth hearing revealed the human cost of Trump’s delusion

The ex-president's attacks on officials to overturn the election resulted in them being harassed by his followers

Donald Trump was the most powerful man in the world. But he was also a paranoid fantasist who did not care how his lies destroyed people's lives.

That was the picture of the former US president that came into focus with startling clarity at Tuesday's hearing of the congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.