It is entirely understandable that people are reticent to believe Trump’s collapsing polling.
However, from the perspective of Trump’s narcissism, this is overdue but not surprising.
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However, from the perspective of Trump’s narcissism, this is overdue but not surprising.
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Narcissists create a fictitious bubble that hypnotizes people inside it.
If any come to see the fiction, they’re expelled so they can’t tarnish the narcissist’s facade.
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If any come to see the fiction, they’re expelled so they can’t tarnish the narcissist’s facade.
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Trump cannot control what his believers see and here and cannot expel all non-believers though.
So Trump is vulnerable to a double-whammy:
1) His facade of strength, competence and infallibility is crashing
2) The non-believers are affecting others in the bubble
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So Trump is vulnerable to a double-whammy:
1) His facade of strength, competence and infallibility is crashing
2) The non-believers are affecting others in the bubble
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When a narcissist’s shit comes apart, it’s like poking a hole in a balloon. It was always a taut, fragile skin. And now that is has been pierced, it deflates in a hurry...
And as the air comes out, people who believed the inflated version wonder why they ever saw that as real.
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And as the air comes out, people who believed the inflated version wonder why they ever saw that as real.
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Trump will always have his diehards but he is clearly losing people who once believed.
And many of the people he still has inside the bubble are there, in part, because they believed none of this could ever happen.
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And many of the people he still has inside the bubble are there, in part, because they believed none of this could ever happen.
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They believed he was a winner. Bulletproof. Stronger than any opponent, issue or obstacle.
Trump’s cratering numbers, in and of themselves, poke a hole in his mythology.
And that will shed more followers.
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Trump’s cratering numbers, in and of themselves, poke a hole in his mythology.
And that will shed more followers.
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Yes, we can’t rest on our laurels; need to stay vigilant; have to turn out; etc.
But, don’t be surprised if Trump’s numbers worsen to the point where he looks likely to get not just beaten but crushed.
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But, don’t be surprised if Trump’s numbers worsen to the point where he looks likely to get not just beaten but crushed.
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I know a lot of people who have been conned by narcissists.
Every single one was a true believer for a time.
Most woke up eventually. And once they did, not a one - not one single person - was ever snowed by the narcissist a second time.
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Every single one was a true believer for a time.
Most woke up eventually. And once they did, not a one - not one single person - was ever snowed by the narcissist a second time.
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Once you see it, you see it... and it’s over.
The air is coming out of Trump’s balloon.
I am only surprised because it has taken so long.
A complete collapse would not shock me. Trump recapturing all of the people he has lost... nearly impossible.
Not gonna happen.
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The air is coming out of Trump’s balloon.
I am only surprised because it has taken so long.
A complete collapse would not shock me. Trump recapturing all of the people he has lost... nearly impossible.
Not gonna happen.
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