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 D’Antonio.
Because Trump holds Thor’s hammer, we must keep trying to figure out his aggrieved style of reasoning. So we’re stuck in Trump’s 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,” D’Antonio 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: “Don’t 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,” D’Antonio 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 O’Brien puts it, “He’s the emperor of chaos.”
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Every five or ten seconds, Maureen bites wildly at her left shoulder.
Which president in our lifetimes achieved more in 3.5 weeks than the Donald has?
nuff said. The libs are having a cow.
To the delusional, the sane appear to be insane; sanity appears to be insanity.
Where's Katherine?
Do you actually think that I clicked on this thread to see what this idiot has to say?
Rules, people.
Rage at the dying of the light....
All these futile varieties of anti-Trump drivel that get circulated must be the latest form of libturd self-entertainment. Their escalations of their diagnoses of our POTUS reminds me of the old radio show, “Can You Top This?”
ROFL. Yes, she does! And tries to throw a smoldering sexy look at the same time!
“When Trump was a kid, he was obsessed with intimidating other boys,” D’Antonio 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.”
Interesting. I used to eat a big red onion to psych 'em out
These people are seriously mentally ill. I hope they get the medical help they need.
“He’s the emperor of chaos.”
Now that’s a meme, right there.
All the media hacks and infil-traitors roiling around like nightmare creatures in a Hieronymous Bosch painting (Maureen Dowd as Mad Maggie, wearing a colander on her head) with Trump reigning above, every hair in place-—and winning!
I’ve been thinking lately about chaos. When the dominant paradigm is stacked against you, chaos is your friend. Chaos can allow for a reordering of things. The left seems intent on fostering chaos instead of leaning on their advantages. This is why intuitively we know that these chaotic demonstrations are working to OUR benefit.
They keep talking about chaos and upsetting things. I guess they just want us to keep quiet and obey like good Soviets had to do. Trump and Company has so upset their applecart.
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