Thread by @Nick_Carmody

@MelissaJPeltier @AlexKahill @BaylessMarilyn @TomJChicago @JohnMTalmadgeMD Several things stood out. First, for a number of reasons (as we’ve seen with Trump basically undoing everything Obama accomplished), Trump will make a change simply to make a change because 1) in order to claim that he’s smarter (grandiosity) than everyone else on the planet,..1/

@MelissaJPeltier @AlexKahill @BaylessMarilyn @TomJChicago @JohnMTalmadgeMD …...Trump has to change what already exists because if what exists is the best plan, then Trump’s inadequacies/insecurities kick in because this suggests the people who set the current plan in place were at least as smart as he is. 2/

@MelissaJPeltier @AlexKahill @BaylessMarilyn @TomJChicago @JohnMTalmadgeMD 2) Since Trump lives in an alternate reality, revises history, & is pathologically dishonest…..it doesn’t matter if he makes changes that are incredibly destructive b/c he’s going to sell the change as a brilliant move, and then deny & lie about the detrimental consequences. 3/

@MelissaJPeltier @AlexKahill @BaylessMarilyn @TomJChicago @JohnMTalmadgeMD 3) “Details” not only are “boring” to Trump, but they trigger his inadequacies/insecurities because, since he knows so little, and is the antithesis of a "detail-oriented" person,....as mentioned in the story, “details” feel like a lecture. 4/

@MelissaJPeltier @AlexKahill @BaylessMarilyn @TomJChicago @JohnMTalmadgeMD A lecturer knows more than the “lectur-ee”, so any time Trump senses a “lecture”, it triggers his sense of inadequacy/insecurity because it accurately implies someone knows more than him. Obviously, this is incredibly problematic in the context of the story/military briefing…5/

@MelissaJPeltier @AlexKahill @BaylessMarilyn @TomJChicago @JohnMTalmadgeMD ..…but if you think about it more broadly, this means that Trump’s disorders prevent him from ever allowing himself to be in an intellectually subordinate position to anyone, regardless of their expertise/intelligence. 6/

@MelissaJPeltier @AlexKahill @BaylessMarilyn @TomJChicago @JohnMTalmadgeMD Essentially, Trump is pathologically predisposed to avoid ever learning anything from anyone….which means he is pathologically destined to forever be ignorant of just about every topic……7/

@MelissaJPeltier @AlexKahill @BaylessMarilyn @TomJChicago @JohnMTalmadgeMD …..yet Trump will still project a public image that claims that he knows everything. That’s incredibly dangerous disposition for someone holding the most powerful/influential position in the world. 8/