She is feigning a weak, feminine, powerless demeanor. Acting.
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Or she’s lived a life as a hollow sham and farce all along. This is the big-time. The hollow sham has to buck-up and face the reality of her blathering . . . whether her mega-bucks George Soros funding affords her sufficient comfort, or not.
No way a published, [tenured?], well-travelled, PhD at a major university, who is picking up consulting arrangements from outside of the USA is a delicate flower...
And a Psychologist would know how to project that to manipulate people.
I knew someone who had multiple personalities. She had one that sounded a lot like the Dr. on the stand. A small girl personality who may have been abused as a child. Was the Dr. the small girl, or acting the part of the small girl?