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@narceducator Correct. The good news is that it’s politically self-destructive. And we can accelerate this vicious cycle of political self-destruction by calling him out for his actions in the right ways.
@narceducator That triggers him into engaging in more bad behavior, which triggers more criticism. His narcissism makes him double down and seek more narcissistic supply, at higher dosages, which triggers more criticism, and does him more political damage. This is how he will destroy himself.
@narceducator If journalists aren’t willing to report to their reporters and viewers the fact of Trump’s mental condition, they at least owe it to themselves professionally to speak off the record to mental-health professionals to understand the dynamic that is occurring before our very eyes.
@narceducator I meant “report to their readers and viewers,” obv.
@narceducator Mental-health professionals could also have something to say about the siege-mentality mindset of people in close quarters working with someone such as Trump, and the cult-mentality mindset of his supporters, as we saw last night.
@narceducator Indeed, when you think about it, this era of political turmoil is quite remarkable given how it comes at a time of peace and prosperity. We’ve had several years of strong economic growth, and even in a recession, this is still as prosperous a land as ever there was. ...
@narceducator We suffer from no famine, no pestilence. We have not had a truly major war in decades. And yet.
@narceducator We seem to be suffering a national poverty of the soul, a famine of the heart, and a war of scruples.
@narceducator When the histories of this era are written, psychologists will play as big a role as traditional historians in writing them.
