There's no doubt much truth in this, but I don't think it's the whole picture. I'm sure many people have suffered similar misfortunes without becoming the monster he describes.
It's been suggested that there's some organic morbidity behind this--perhaps genetic, perhaps from infection. Is there anything in 0's history along these lines?
Are all ruthlessly ambitious people narcissists? Of course there were good ones, whose preeminence seemed to arise from some moral or political crusade--something remarkably absent in 0--unless you consider a sense of racial or royal entitlement. What was his history again? What legends and myths of his lineage were told to him? Having a head filled with such notions is dangerous, but is it narcissism?
I loathe 0. But I wonder if this quasi Freudian tack is going to be very constructive. At the very least it's a double edged sword.
Best stick to policies for the time being, I think.
Then again there's Rahm Emmanuel.
These are just questions, mind.
Some learn by reading, some by hearing, some by seeing...
“....I loathe 0. But I wonder if this quasi Freudian tack is going to be very constructive....”
We all need to understand as much as possible about 0bama and what makes him tick.
I am not suggesting he be attacked with any of this, just file it away and review it to understand his motives.