Per my infinite posts about Trump's narcissistic personality disorder, there is no point in treating the things he says as earnest content worthy of rational response.
His words are nothing more than efforts to alter what people think of him.
Hanging on his words, helps him.
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His words are nothing more than efforts to alter what people think of him.
Hanging on his words, helps him.
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One of the best ways to "succeed" when engaging directly with an NPD (if you have no choice but to engage...) is to merely repeat their actual actions without adding any characterizations.
e.g. "You did not ask Putin to vacate Crimea. You did not enforce sanctions."
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e.g. "You did not ask Putin to vacate Crimea. You did not enforce sanctions."
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Facts have no feelings. They aren't nullified by simply denying them.
Narcissists live to pull you out of the factual world and into the murky morass of emotion and opinion.
They can't win on facts, so they try to pull you away from focusing on them.
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Narcissists live to pull you out of the factual world and into the murky morass of emotion and opinion.
They can't win on facts, so they try to pull you away from focusing on them.
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Bottom-line: ignore Trump's arguments. Play back his actual deeds.
You'll stay a whole lot more sane and won't get blown about by the crazy-making of gaslighting posts like the one above.
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You'll stay a whole lot more sane and won't get blown about by the crazy-making of gaslighting posts like the one above.
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