A lot of folks seem to want to ascribe a strategy to Trump’s actions, but that isn’t necessary. If there is any conscious strategy behind his moves, it is almost certainly not his.
Trump feels trapped and attacked now, and his actions are largely instinctual; fight or flight.
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Trump feels trapped and attacked now, and his actions are largely instinctual; fight or flight.
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Throughout Trump’s presidency, the GOP has nurtured and manipulated his narcissistic tendencies. And through the election, they nurtured his feeling that he was “robbed.”
Now, Barr, the GOP, and his own staff have abandoned him; they plan to certify electors; to move on.
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Now, Barr, the GOP, and his own staff have abandoned him; they plan to certify electors; to move on.
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Narcissists idealize people who they see as useful, or who they see as valuable to be associated with.
Until, eventually, they are no longer seen as being useful or valuable.
At that point, they are treated like refuse, and discarded.
Trump does this to everyone.
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Until, eventually, they are no longer seen as being useful or valuable.
At that point, they are treated like refuse, and discarded.
Trump does this to everyone.
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https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1330976474510225408
Now, that is being done to Trump.
A political machine like the GOP, in sum/in a sense, behaves like a narcissist; it uses and discards people at will to protect its own identity and interests.
This is a deep narcissistic attack to him, & a setup for his worst case scenario:
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A political machine like the GOP, in sum/in a sense, behaves like a narcissist; it uses and discards people at will to protect its own identity and interests.
This is a deep narcissistic attack to him, & a setup for his worst case scenario:
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https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1188745257665490944
Trump is not equipped to deal with this.
His whole life has taught him that he can fail up, and that he can always find a way out of bad situations, because he has always had enablers. Like any narc, he is “special.”
He has a very limited emotional toolkit to deal with life.
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His whole life has taught him that he can fail up, and that he can always find a way out of bad situations, because he has always had enablers. Like any narc, he is “special.”
He has a very limited emotional toolkit to deal with life.
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https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1184675559181127680
Now none of his tools are working for him - he is finally up against something bigger than him - something he can’t beat.
This is putting him in a sort of fight-or-flight mode, like a trapped animal.
He sees what’s coming, but he is so deeply broken that he can’t accept it.
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This is putting him in a sort of fight-or-flight mode, like a trapped animal.
He sees what’s coming, but he is so deeply broken that he can’t accept it.
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Here is the upshot:
Unless yet another handler can soothe and convince Trump that the GOP is *helping* him instead of attacking him, he will revert to his vengeful toolkit - and he will only listen to people who reinforce that.
So his circle is tightening and radicalizing.
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Unless yet another handler can soothe and convince Trump that the GOP is *helping* him instead of attacking him, he will revert to his vengeful toolkit - and he will only listen to people who reinforce that.
So his circle is tightening and radicalizing.
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https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1340422904991772673
And this is why, if any strategies are at play, they are not Trump’s.
He will listen to anyone who tells him, convincingly, what his ego needs to hear.
This is one reason narcissists are dangerous to have in positions of power - because they are easy to manipulate.
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He will listen to anyone who tells him, convincingly, what his ego needs to hear.
This is one reason narcissists are dangerous to have in positions of power - because they are easy to manipulate.
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Anywhere a narcissist is in a position of power, there will be others, people who manipulate his ego, and stoke his other base tendencies, like paranoia, for their own ends.
Interests behind the GOP have been doing this for four years.
Now others are. They have less support.
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Interests behind the GOP have been doing this for four years.
Now others are. They have less support.
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This is precisely why our enemies wanted to help Trump win.
It’s because he can be easily manipulated - but more than that, his very personality guarantees that he will damage everything around him.
Now ask yourself why the GOP embraced this as much as the Kremlin did.
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It’s because he can be easily manipulated - but more than that, his very personality guarantees that he will damage everything around him.
Now ask yourself why the GOP embraced this as much as the Kremlin did.
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Note: when I say ‘narcissist,’ what I really mean is someone with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
We all have a little bit of narcissist in us, and that’s normal - sometimes we need that in life.
But a person with NPD is an entirely different animal.
We all have a little bit of narcissist in us, and that’s normal - sometimes we need that in life.
But a person with NPD is an entirely different animal.
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