It is hard to fully dramatize how bad all of this is for a narcissist like Trump. He looks weak. His attempts to look strong get leaked and lampooned. There are crowds outside his window.
This is existential crisis-level stuff for someone like Trump.
This is existential crisis-level stuff for someone like Trump.
Trump’s core is a molten lava of insecurity and self-loathing.
The only thing that keeps him from having to feel those feelings is the thin, fragile facade he presents to the world.
When it fractures, it’s like a reactor wall failing. All of that radioactive misery seeps out.
The only thing that keeps him from having to feel those feelings is the thin, fragile facade he presents to the world.
When it fractures, it’s like a reactor wall failing. All of that radioactive misery seeps out.
Add to this: Trump can’t go out and do his narcissistic fill-ups.
His handlers know/will know he’s melting down.
Virtually guarantee they, out of desperation, try to find some way to get him in front of a rally to keep him from imploding altogether.
His handlers know/will know he’s melting down.
Virtually guarantee they, out of desperation, try to find some way to get him in front of a rally to keep him from imploding altogether.
So, pick a place where a friendly governor would roll out a phalanx of Nat Guard troops for effect. Somewhere very red with a male governor.
Florida, West Virginia or maybe Georgia.
I’d guess West Virginia.
A Trump rally in West Virginia scheduled within a week.
Florida, West Virginia or maybe Georgia.
I’d guess West Virginia.
A Trump rally in West Virginia scheduled within a week.
Trump is due to be at his club in Bedminster, NJ, this weekend.
Maybe a nutbag rally in West Virginia on the way.
His staff knows they have to shovel external affirmation into the gaping maw of his broken self esteem.
They gotta do something. A rally is the easiest out.
Maybe a nutbag rally in West Virginia on the way.
His staff knows they have to shovel external affirmation into the gaping maw of his broken self esteem.
They gotta do something. A rally is the easiest out.
