Posted on 09/09/2022 11:59:16 AM PDT by Signalman
President Donald Trump's former White House lawyer Ty Cobb called the ex-president "a deeply wounded narcissist" who is "incapable" of acting out of anything other than self-interest in an interview with CBS News' Major Garrett.
Garrett pressed Cobb, who worked in the White House as a special counsel to Trump in 2017 and 2018 and represented the former president during his first impeachment, about Trump's refusal to admit he lost the 2020 election.
"Do you regard that as a defect in his character?" Garrett asked.
"My personal view is that it's less a character issue than a personality defect," Cobb said. "I believe former President Trump to be a deeply wounded narcissist, and he is often incapable of acting other than in his perceived self-interest, or for revenge. I think those are the two compelling instincts that guide his actions."
Cobb cited "abject narcissism" in explaining Trump's refusal to listen to assurances from his own Justice Department and former Attorney General Bill Barr that the 2020 election wasn't stolen via massive fraud.
Cobb said those instincts are why it "takes particularly strong advisers" to help Trump understand what's in his own best interest.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
That sums it up. He’s no saint but he kept his campaign promises and America improved under his leadership. I saw a lot of young people of every background start jobs, and they were motivated to be trained and get going. We got conservative judges. We got pushback against social deterioration. Most importantly, we got more hope for the little guy, in his economic prospects and personal freedom.
I held my nose and voted for Trump. No regrets whatsoever.
Protecting the confidentiality of client communications is a matter of honor and integrity (of the lawyer).
If this lawyer divulged such opinion to Major Garrett--and that is questionable--he has shown himself to be a man and a lawyer completely devoid of honor.
“... and Obama, Clinton & Biden are pure in this regard? A bigger bunch of chest-thumping zeroes I’ve never seen.”
One has to be an aggressive type A ego-centric person to run for President. Many of us are way past this sort of shallow analysis.
Cobb sounds like something I'd wipe my butt with.
Is this jerk a Liz Cheney (or Adam Kinzinger) paramour?
Trump got the job done.
“Funny they seldom (if ever) say these things about Hillary or Obama in INGSOC media.”
They don’t call Biden or Pelosi names either.
Reagan had something that Trump never had.. Tip O’Neill.
Tip O’Neill was a problem solver, Pelosi is a divider, selfish, and lacking.
I believe Ty Cobb is a coward and lacks character.
“While at Harvard, Cobb became close friends with Senator Al Franken.”
That speaks volumes. Part of Trump’s problem is that he’s wowed by Ivy Leaguers. I remember around the time of the Kavanaugh nomination, word leaked out that Trump was telling staffers that he wanted a “superstar” from Harvard or Yale. It’s an ongoing pattern. Trump meets a Chris Wray out of Andover and Yale and he’s his kinda guy. He needs to get through his skull that the Ivy League establishment types are not his friends and in fact hate him.
You can not work in DC or Fed.gov, or anything connected to it, if you support (or especially worked for) Trump.
Its that sample. If you are a political lawyer, lobbyist, government contractor, etc.... forget it - you must bash Trump, or give up your career, and literally go into exile.
The left’s desperation is showing. They’re sickening.
Seems more than clear he never should have been anywhere near Trump and nothing but a libtard loser
Good point. Tip would often do the right thing by the American people. Pelosi is on a quest for raw power and riches - to hell with us rabble.
Ok, I’ll state the obvious to Free-Thinking people:
“deeply wounded narcissist”
Hmm - Guy built his wealth on his excellence and then his name. Ran for public office, not just any public office, but the Leader of the Free World ONE TIME - and WON. Because he KNEW HE COULD. Got it. Narcissist? No. Talked a big game. Played a big game. Won a big game. Who else could do that?
Then, before, during and after He was rightfully elected, those who once were his ‘friends’ turned on him, those who he employed turned on him or were duplicitous. Those who write about him hated him. They BEAR FALSE WITNESS constantly. Slander him, lie about him, use the power of the State against him. then, he runs again, 80+ million people love him and vote for him but the corruption is so deep that his enemies create a fake ‘loss’. And they continue to attempt to destroy him and those who appreciate him.
Hmm. Deeply wounded? I wonder how any of us would have held up or reacted.
What a joke. The character of these people being exposed is just getting more nauseating every day.
Ty Cobb? Wasn’t he the most hated man in baseball?
Exactly. List all the personality defects you want. Some are true. Yet with it all he is the best president in my lifetime.
I always think of Lincoln’s remark about Grant, when they denounced him as a slob and a drunk: I can’t spare this man, he fights.
Trump fights. He never gives up. And he’s not owned by anyone, which is the primary reason they hate and fear him.
With back stabbing lawyers like this, it’s no wonder Trump couldn’t win important election cases. This guy didn’t even try to serve Trump when he was recognized as POTUS.
It seems to me a guy who took a pay cut of millions of dollars to become the President and then literally made every single Americans life better (even if they refuse to admit it) with simple common sense policies that focused on America first has more this his own self interest in mind.
Trump would be well served by searching out long time Freepers who demonstrate high intelligence and MAGA support. There have to be plenty of people here who have the credentials for serving in the Trump administration. No need to have a degree from a woke university like Harvard.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.