Thread by @KatyTurNBC

There is nothing POTUS is more afraid of than looking weak:

TRUMP: if you’re really, really pathetically weak, the country is going to be overrun with millions of people and if you’re strong, then you don’t have any heart. That’s a tough dilemma. Perhaps I’d rather be strong ..

This is part of why we've seen him consistently take the hardest line position on any issue.

Terrorism: We should kill the families of Terrorists.
Abortion: Women should be punished.
Immigration: Build a wall, separate families
Muslims: Ban them all
etc etc

He believes these issues make him look strong, tough.

He believes that because he got loud roars for it during the election even as he was being condemned by dems and republicans. The crowds still cheered. So he went as far as he could.

I'm asked why the President was so furious with me in December 2015. Why did he call for my firing? Why did he point me out in a crowd and indirectly endanger my safety? Why did he boycott NBC after that?

Because he thought I made him look weak.

I reported a couple days earlier that he protesters caused him to abruptly end his speech in Raleigh, NC.

For a man who had been mocking Bernie Sanders for letting BLM protesters take over his mic, calling him weak and unfit to lead, my reporting was political kryptonite

It could shatter the "powerful, strong" image he was creating for himself. Wipe away the illusion.

Remember, Donald Trump's whole life has been about creating an image of success. Image matters more than anything else.

Trump hasn't built buildings in a long time. He puts his name on them. He brands them. Its the image he sells.

Its why so many of those buildings have brass polished to look like gold.

Image is everything.

He wants to appear strong.

Its why so many of those buildings have brass polished to look like gold.

Image is everything.

He wants to appear strong.
12:58 PM - 20 Jun 2018