Observations of Trump at his press conference:
He's raging. At the beginning of the speech, Trump’s eyes were squinty/narrowed…his brow/forehead was tight/furrowed….and his mouth was very tight, especially at the beginning of the speech.
When he's feeling it/himself at rally's, he's usually very animated/loose with his mouth. Not today.
The one notable time when he was animated with his mouth was when he was talking about Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, and it indicated contempt (1:04:30).
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He's raging. At the beginning of the speech, Trump’s eyes were squinty/narrowed…his brow/forehead was tight/furrowed….and his mouth was very tight, especially at the beginning of the speech.
When he's feeling it/himself at rally's, he's usually very animated/loose with his mouth. Not today.
The one notable time when he was animated with his mouth was when he was talking about Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, and it indicated contempt (1:04:30).
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Trump's rage was channeled into inciting fear:
He repeatedly claimed Americans are not safe, that the economy would collapse into a depression if he's not president, and that there will be a world war.
Trump uses fear to scare people into self-preservationally voting for a “strongman”:
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He repeatedly claimed Americans are not safe, that the economy would collapse into a depression if he's not president, and that there will be a world war.
Trump uses fear to scare people into self-preservationally voting for a “strongman”:
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1449715945643995141
Trump said, "This is the most dangerous period of time for our country".
The fear he is mongering is likely projection because he knows that if he loses the election he goes to prison….so the wave of enthusiasm for Harris means….. "this is the most dangerous period of time for [him]”.
He's scared. He channels fear into anger. He channels anger into retaliation aggression (revenge). This thread analyzes the neuropsychological process of "revenge politics"
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The fear he is mongering is likely projection because he knows that if he loses the election he goes to prison….so the wave of enthusiasm for Harris means….. "this is the most dangerous period of time for [him]”.
He's scared. He channels fear into anger. He channels anger into retaliation aggression (revenge). This thread analyzes the neuropsychological process of "revenge politics"
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1687252591691137024
Remember, Trump's narcissism causes him to have a dysfunctional conception of "fairness"....
....when he feels he's life/people are treating him unfairly, he gets triggered:
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....when he feels he's life/people are treating him unfairly, he gets triggered:
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1818311596235501711
During his speech, Trump repeatedly claimed that Russia wouldn’t have Invaded Ukraine if he was in office.
Reminder, Russia likely invaded Ukraine BECAUSE Trump had been in office....which corrupted the Republican Party:
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Reminder, Russia likely invaded Ukraine BECAUSE Trump had been in office....which corrupted the Republican Party:
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1496871410936864775
More analysis on the role that the Putin apologists played in Russia invading Ukraine:
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1498654650760765444
Circling back to Trump's speech....
When asked whether an AR-15 being used in the assassination attempt changed Trump's mind about guns regulations……
Trump went into a rant about Chicago’s gun laws not preventing the city from having the most guns deaths on July 4th……
....before abruptly shifting to Afghanistan….
....then shifting to Russia….
....before finally ending the rant with his voice tailing off about how our country has to be respected again…..
Remember, this was a question about gun safety.
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When asked whether an AR-15 being used in the assassination attempt changed Trump's mind about guns regulations……
Trump went into a rant about Chicago’s gun laws not preventing the city from having the most guns deaths on July 4th……
....before abruptly shifting to Afghanistan….
....then shifting to Russia….
....before finally ending the rant with his voice tailing off about how our country has to be respected again…..
Remember, this was a question about gun safety.
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At the 34:30 minute Mark, Trump talked about Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s “disloyalty” for not rigging the election for him, said:
“When you get somebody elected, they’re supposed to like you”.
For a deciphering of Trump’s subconscious narcissistic obsession with being "liked", read this thread:
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1820459395857215901
The repeated theme of Trump's speech was that everyone other than him (Biden, Kamala, Walz, and even a reporter asking a triggering question about Trump not doing a campaign event for over a week) is “dumb” and incompetent…..
......that they are "not respected", and that they are "laughed at".
Consider Trump's projective statements against the backdrop of @gtconway3d's mocking @PsychoPAC24 ad campaign….
.....and how effectively Democrats are defining/labeling Trump/Vance as being “weird”.....and all of the couch jokes (laughing) made of Vance.
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1818311578732880381
At the 20:00 minute mark Trump said, Harris, “can’t do an interview, she’s barely competent”.
Again, this is likely projection from NABJ conference where his people pulled the plug.
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Again, this is likely projection from NABJ conference where his people pulled the plug.
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1819746045917647355
The questions about Harris' large crowds at her rallies clearly bothered Trump.
“Enthusiasm”, crowd size…. equates to “people like me”, for Trump.
It infuriates Trump to think that Harris is geting bigger crowds.
It triggers Trump's inadequacy/insecurity-driven, dysfunctional competitiveness to think that people "like" Harris more.
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1815554122860351826
Trump's repeated accusations of Harris being dumb and incompetent will not only make it more difficult for Trump to process/accept losing the election to her...
....but it will potentially cause his unhinged supporters to believe that the election was “once again” stolen from Trump...
....because, in their mind, there is no way the country would legitimately vote her in.
On election morning in 2020, I wrote this thread analyzing/the effect of Trump similarly creating "pathological expectations"....and predicting what ended up becoming the "Big Lie":
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1323621669970210817
Important reminders about Trump, and his disordered inability to accept rejection/loss:
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1251103630419062784
Relevant to Trump's use of fear.....
Thread using the lens of evolutionary psychology to analyze why some women still support Trump:
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Thread using the lens of evolutionary psychology to analyze why some women still support Trump:
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1819725903636619544
Thread analyzing how Trump's pathologically fragile ego precludes him from putting himself in an intellectually subordinate position.... which prevents him from having the capacity to learn.
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1818795345318453593
A thread dissecting Trump's pathology....
....using @jordanbpeterson's oblivious misdiagnosis of "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as the backdrop with which to do so:
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....using @jordanbpeterson's oblivious misdiagnosis of "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as the backdrop with which to do so:
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https://x.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1808649297921257686
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