Umm. This is the most nutbag communication ever put to paper by a United States president.
This is the “Loco Lawn Sprinkler” of a severe narcissist absolutely untethered from emotional regulation as an unavoidable public shaming looms.
This is the “Loco Lawn Sprinkler” of a severe narcissist absolutely untethered from emotional regulation as an unavoidable public shaming looms.
The sign-off tells the entire story.
Trump knows that he is 24 hours away from infamy. He is on the train tracks of history with the locomotive of impeachment bearing down.
This letter is so very Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
My lord, they’ll put this in text books.
Trump knows that he is 24 hours away from infamy. He is on the train tracks of history with the locomotive of impeachment bearing down.
This letter is so very Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
My lord, they’ll put this in text books.
I have to say, this letter is so familiar to me, it’s almost comforting.
Trump’s handlers have been filtering his communications for months. That serves to water them down and obscure the cues required to read his emotional state.
This is the closest to unfiltered we’ve seen.
Trump’s handlers have been filtering his communications for months. That serves to water them down and obscure the cues required to read his emotional state.
This is the closest to unfiltered we’ve seen.
The most emotionally out-of-control time for a narcissist isn’t when they’re being publicly shamed or just after.
It’s when they know the public shaming is coming and they can’t do anything to stop it.
It feels like the last walk toward a firing squad to them. Excruciating.
It’s when they know the public shaming is coming and they can’t do anything to stop it.
It feels like the last walk toward a firing squad to them. Excruciating.
Trump, like all narcissists, has no internal life. There is nothing inside.
His entire existence is dedicated to building a fragile, porcelain facade of what he imagines other people will admire, respect and adore.
Seeing a hammer swinging down is absolutely crushing.
His entire existence is dedicated to building a fragile, porcelain facade of what he imagines other people will admire, respect and adore.
Seeing a hammer swinging down is absolutely crushing.
Barring his handlers keeping him away from his phone, expect an absolutely unhinged barrage of nutbaggery over the next 24 hours...
...right up until the House votes to formally impeach.
These next 24 hours will be his most miserable as president.
Affix thy helmet.
...right up until the House votes to formally impeach.
These next 24 hours will be his most miserable as president.
Affix thy helmet.
Because of Trump’s false swagger and bravado, people underestimate how emotionally devastating impeachment is to his fragile, eggshell ego.
A public shaming is like being burned at the stake to a narcissist.
Trump is writhing.
And there is no escaping this one.
A public shaming is like being burned at the stake to a narcissist.
Trump is writhing.
And there is no escaping this one.
There is no particular danger to us in this meltdown. It’s entirely egocentric. It is akin to an overtired toddler utterly unable to regulate themselves.
While Trump has the power to do great damage, this particular moment is just a toddler breaking their own toys.
While Trump has the power to do great damage, this particular moment is just a toddler breaking their own toys.
So, do what you do when a toddler has entirely lost control of their emotions.
Observe with calm detachment.
No action required other than watching the spectacle until the Toddler in Chief has punched himself out and fallen asleep on the rug.
Observe with calm detachment.
No action required other than watching the spectacle until the Toddler in Chief has punched himself out and fallen asleep on the rug.
One final thing:
While people are naturally made anxious by all this, I actually take comfort in it.
It signals that Trump knows his public standing is being damaged.
A calm narcissist is a narcissist who thinks he’s winning.
A raging narc is one who knows he’s not.
While people are naturally made anxious by all this, I actually take comfort in it.
It signals that Trump knows his public standing is being damaged.
A calm narcissist is a narcissist who thinks he’s winning.
A raging narc is one who knows he’s not.
