Common characteristics of those with malignant narcissism include:
* Grandiose sense of self-worth
* Impulsiveness, doesn’t finish projects, or attempts to finish a project too quickly to move onto something else
* Recklessness (psychology) tendencies
* Pathological lying or exaggeration of the truth
* Shallow affect
* Creates illusions of superiority
* Strives for constant recognition or prestige
* Exaggerates and boasts about accomplishments
* Feels ashamed or attacked by negative judgments from others
* Preoccupation with fantasies of a perfect partner or future
* Lack of empathy or selective empathy
* Pulls attention from everyone else onto themselves to feel unique
* Tendency to idealize their own superiority, devalue other people’s worth or accomplishments
* Sensitivity to how others react to him/her
* Inability to tolerate boredom
* Manipulativeness
* Indifference to or rationalizes having hurt or mistreated others (underdeveloped conscience)
* Drug and alcohol abuse
* Narcissistic rage
Nice discussion of what was.
Question Is what will happen between now and November, and
what will happen after November.
The good news is that 0 won’t ‘get it’. He doesn’t have any administrative experience and even though he may throw some of the people around him under the bus. He will in doing that cause other problems. 1) The people left will go into CYA mode and do and say what he wants to hear not what he needs to hear. 2) Any new troops he brings in will take time to catch up and will be alienated bye everyone.
The bad news is that 0 is now perceived as weak and that is very dangerous for national security. Just like Clinton he will have to give away at the highest levels to get perceived cooperation. Our enemies will look at as we have
36 months to get what we want before he is replaced.
Economically, Tax income will continue to go down at all levels of government. Federal spending will not be controlled and deficits will set new records.
I like to think of the world economies as balloons conected
by pipes. As the US expands the flow of dollars, other currencies must expand or loose trade. The question is which currency balloon will explode first? Japan?