Posted on 02/19/2017 4:15:09 PM PST by drewh
WASHINGTON Donald Trump is stuck in his own skull.
He lives inside his head, where he runs the same continuous loop of conflict with people he turns into enemies for the purposes of his psychodrama, says Trump biographer Michael DAntonio.
Because Trump holds Thors hammer, we must keep trying to figure out his aggrieved style of reasoning. So were stuck in Trumps head with him.
And the more Trump turns journalists into whipping boys and targets, the more he sounds like a dictator himself.
When Trump was a kid, he was obsessed with intimidating other boys, DAntonio says. Prior to a ballgame he would ceremoniously eat an orange as if it was an apple, biting into the bitter rind and chewing up the whole thing. The whole idea was to psych out his opponents.
As presidential historian Michael Beschloss reminded me, the previous gold standard for a president showing contempt for reporters at a news conference was Nixon during Watergate, when he said just after the Saturday Night Massacre: Dont get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.
By suddenly calling his own scream-of-consciousness press conference, Trump was out to prove that he not Sean Spicer, Kellyanne Conway or Stephen Miller is the top salesman in the office. Only he can close the deal.
It was true Trump, DAntonio said. He thinks confidence is more important than competence and attitude matters more than aptitude. Others may be exhausted by the frenzy. You can see it in their drawn faces and pained expressions. Donald is energized by the fight. It also explains why he expects others to accept a bashing and be fine with him the next day.
As Trump biographer Tim OBrien puts it, Hes the emperor of chaos.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
I'm glad this stuff gets published. The left resembles more and more the bomb makers who blow themselves up by mistake.
“...These people are seriously mentally ill. I hope they get the medical help they need.....”
Ummm....well...they’re libs. Liberalism is an incurable mental disease. They tried for years in state mental institutions to cure it. They tried electric shock treatments, even lobotomies, etc. Nothing worked. They’re like the zombies in the Walking Dead: they feed off the living, violently/deadly dangerous, and completely useless....except maybe for some target practice.
Michael Douglas must love the crazy ones, I think CZJ was treated for bi polar according to the tabs...
Not guilty!
Umm...what was the charge again?
They’re great for the first two weeks.
Actually, he lives inside the heads of Michael DAntonio, Maureen Dowd and the rest of the Imperial Democrat Army (IDA), who still haven't gotten the word in their jungle hideaways that the War is over, and Emperor 0bama signed the unconditional surrender documents in Washington on January 20, on the deck of the battlewagon USS President Trump.
Still have in Michael Douglas withdrawal??!
Miss Orgasmless shrieks
Trump hatred and insanity is getting worse. Soon there will be a whole ward reserved for foaming-at-the-mouth hillary voters at the local nut house.
"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Did she ever come down from her THC overdose?
Yes. Perhaps institutionalizing them would be the right course of action.
Reminds me of stories about G. Gordon Liddy as a child.
I don’t know about him being stuck in his own head, but he seems to be living rent-free in hers.
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