You are right, Irenie. The former president, a malignant narcissist, is not capable of stopping himself from attempting to manipulate everything and everyone to do whatever he perceives are in his own best interests. According to psychologists, malignant narcissists are constantly fighting to fill the big black hole of inner loathing i…
You are right, Irenie. The former president, a malignant narcissist, is not capable of stopping himself from attempting to manipulate everything and everyone to do whatever he perceives are in his own best interests. According to psychologists, malignant narcissists are constantly fighting to fill the big black hole of inner loathing inside themselves. Ironically, nothing will ever fill it. But they are driven to continue with their manipulative, sadistic behavior, gaining fleeting satisfaction from inflicting pain and unhappiness on others and chasing their love and need for drama. Trump needs to fail in his efforts and he needs to be held accountable. I know a large portion of this country is praying the Justice Department is working overtime to put together a strong case against him for all of the laws he has broken or conspired to break. Merrick Garland is smart enough to know Trump will never stop trying to destroy American democracy. We all just hope the AG will hold him accountable for his past monstrous behavior, some of which is undoubtedly criminal, before it's too late.
CC, perfect textbook “diagnosis” of TFG, even voiced by his psychologist cousin. If he’s so transparent and even armchair psychologists have his number, can we safely assume, many in his party suffer from the same mental illness? Or is criminal behavior not in that category? Either TFG has magical powers or are his followers as corrupt as he is?
Irenie, this is my nonexpert opinion. People with the emotional makeup to be deeply influenced by a malignant narcissist's typical "performance" to attract victims do not generally seem to be malignant narcissists themselves. But some could be. In regard to your question about his followers being as corrupt as he is, it's pretty safe to assume from what we've seen and read for the past many years, that most current Republican politicians, far right-wing media and wealthy Republican donors are corrupt. They are doing all they can to support his lies and attempt to overturn our elections, our rule of law and our democracy. It's clear they are in a race to the bottom with Trump to see who can be more corrupt.
CC, your description of the repubs is spot on. That’s the power of history, too. We live in an age that makes hiding a challenge. We observe and record events like J6 and the corruption and attempted steal of TFG’s lost election. Time will tell what happens with TFG and his minions. His track record has been to escape consequences that often land criminals in jail or at least censored in some way. His family wealth and political connections have so far protected him. I don’t see him protecting his followers. Loyalty to him is a one way street. The coming months will continue the show. Will he be convicted? For what? Will he escape on AFOne in the middle of the night to Russia? Or hide?
You are right, Irenie. The former president, a malignant narcissist, is not capable of stopping himself from attempting to manipulate everything and everyone to do whatever he perceives are in his own best interests. According to psychologists, malignant narcissists are constantly fighting to fill the big black hole of inner loathing inside themselves. Ironically, nothing will ever fill it. But they are driven to continue with their manipulative, sadistic behavior, gaining fleeting satisfaction from inflicting pain and unhappiness on others and chasing their love and need for drama. Trump needs to fail in his efforts and he needs to be held accountable. I know a large portion of this country is praying the Justice Department is working overtime to put together a strong case against him for all of the laws he has broken or conspired to break. Merrick Garland is smart enough to know Trump will never stop trying to destroy American democracy. We all just hope the AG will hold him accountable for his past monstrous behavior, some of which is undoubtedly criminal, before it's too late.
CC, perfect textbook “diagnosis” of TFG, even voiced by his psychologist cousin. If he’s so transparent and even armchair psychologists have his number, can we safely assume, many in his party suffer from the same mental illness? Or is criminal behavior not in that category? Either TFG has magical powers or are his followers as corrupt as he is?
Irenie, this is my nonexpert opinion. People with the emotional makeup to be deeply influenced by a malignant narcissist's typical "performance" to attract victims do not generally seem to be malignant narcissists themselves. But some could be. In regard to your question about his followers being as corrupt as he is, it's pretty safe to assume from what we've seen and read for the past many years, that most current Republican politicians, far right-wing media and wealthy Republican donors are corrupt. They are doing all they can to support his lies and attempt to overturn our elections, our rule of law and our democracy. It's clear they are in a race to the bottom with Trump to see who can be more corrupt.
CC, your description of the repubs is spot on. That’s the power of history, too. We live in an age that makes hiding a challenge. We observe and record events like J6 and the corruption and attempted steal of TFG’s lost election. Time will tell what happens with TFG and his minions. His track record has been to escape consequences that often land criminals in jail or at least censored in some way. His family wealth and political connections have so far protected him. I don’t see him protecting his followers. Loyalty to him is a one way street. The coming months will continue the show. Will he be convicted? For what? Will he escape on AFOne in the middle of the night to Russia? Or hide?