That's one of the more ironic things about Trump's rise. One of the arguments against Trump was that he had too large of an ego - but it was the egos of his critics that was a big contributing factor in making the environment possible for him to prevail.
“One of the arguments against Trump was that he had too large of an ego - but it was the egos of his critics that was a big contributing factor in making the environment possible for him to prevail.”
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That’s a very good point.
You are 100% correct. They hate Trump (’they’ including career politicians on both sides of the aisle, and those whose stature is linked to government - like the media) because he diminished them and made it clear that they have nothing to be egotistical about. He was right. They don’t.