<p>The new President of the United States believes that ‘torture works.’&nbsp; Or rather, with his unremitting bombast, ‘absolutely torture works.’</p> <p>He bases this not on any empirical evidence (which all points the other way) but on the same kind of fact-free ugly-gut faux-hard-man reaction that has led him to claim that climate change is a Chinese hoax, that his election victory would have been more impressive if millions had not voted illegally, and that his inauguration attracted the biggest audience ever.&nbsp; Period.&nbsp; Ever.</p>