[Savage Rider]

Trump being surrounded by uncouth, combative and ignorant yes-men is a problem.

[Aria]

Some unnamed person says....

Reminds me of the woman who said “I sat in Trump Tower in a strategy meeting and he wasn’t supposed to win...just be a protest candidate”. She was involved in a Trump PAC until he told her to cease and desist. And I too have sat in the Trump Tower - as millions of us have.

These people come out of the woodwork looking to validate their miserable selves.

[dragnet2]

Uncouth? Is it his tone too?

Middle America has been economically gang banged and left all but dead on the floor. And your clutching your pearls feigning being offended by uncouth?

Btw, I can tell, you’ve had zero zip experience with real narcissist.

[PhiloBedo]

I remember this headline about the narsisst in the WH. Well, maybe not.

[KC Burke]

Crap from the left. Why give it views?

[CodeToad]

You mean like Cruz surrounds himself with narcissistic people such as Glenn Beck??

[stocksthatgoup]

Compared to Obama?

[erkelly]

Hard to believe someone who works with Donald Trump and is closely associated with him would speak this way of him. I think someone made this up.

[mjp]

Narcissism can range from a very self confident feeling of star quality, which,if backed up by actual talent, skill, and knowledge,is not necessarily bad, to personality disorder, which often leads to problems that are severe enough to cause failure. Trump’s history seems to be more consistent with star quality narcissism rather than personality disorder.

[Albion Wilde]

The envy is strong with this writer.

[exDemMom]

From the headline, I thought this was going to be about Cruz, who actually does display narcissistic tendencies. He is personally abrasive, and has the ends justifies the means attitude of many narcissists. Most narcissists never accomplish anything, because their personality does not allow them the kind of self-reflection that helps people improve themselves.

Here are selected traits of narcissistic personality disorder, as listed by the DSM-5:

• Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
• Expecting to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it
• Exaggerating your achievements and talents
• Requiring constant admiration
• Expecting special favors and unquestioning compliance with your expectations
• Taking advantage of others to get what you want
• Having an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others
• Behaving in an arrogant or haughty manner
  "Although some features of narcissistic personality disorder may seem like having confidence, it's not the same. Narcissistic personality disorder crosses the border of healthy confidence into thinking so highly of yourself that you put yourself on a pedestal and value yourself more than you value others." Source: The Mayo Clinic

  Note that I did not include other traits which one might deduce or guess from Cruz's behavior, for which I have not seen direct evidence. The second item, not having the achievements that would support one's claims of superiority, is especially relevant, as Cruz is trying to convince people that he is qualified to be president without demonstrating having the requisite skills or experience. Also, the item about taking advantage of others--does Colorado sound familiar to anyone?

  Now, your statement, "Trump being surrounded by uncouth, combative and ignorant yes-men is a problem.," is a gross mischaracterization. Trump surrounds himself with experts whose opinions he listens to in order to make informed decisions. A president needs to be able to do that. Those who surround themselves with "yes-men" rarely achieve much because their inability to listen prevents them from identifying and fixing problems. Hitler, for example, surrounded himself with "yes-men" and threw tantrums any time one of them said something he did not want to hear. So they kept telling him that the Germans were winning gloriously, when, in fact, his war effort was collapsing. Other dictators surround themselves with yes-men, as well--I have never heard of a dictatorship that was also a bastion of economic growth and freedom, have you?

[altura]

I knew most of this but reading it laid out like that makes me rethink my vote Trump pledge a little bit.

The other thing that makes me leery is Trump’s followers.

They have become fanatics defending every misstep Trump makes and joining him in whatever weird crusade he takes on, the latest being the Colorado controversy.

[mkjessup]

[Georgia Girl 2]

Actually if the idiot who wrote this had a clue about Narcistic Personality Disorder he would know that Trump does not demonstrate those traits. Trump can be abrasive and combative but he is not a narcist.

[wardaddy]

You Cruzlim Jihadis sure don’t cull much in your Trump hatred do u?