Can you name a more capable fighter on the R bench than Trump, one with both a domestic and international score card?
...Trump [has a ] big ego.
Many world champion fighters (in any field) have such an ego, it is big part of how they made it to the top rank.
IMO, one would have to be a trained medical professional to say, as you do, that an individual such as the most powerful man in the world who has ample personal assets along with a big ego, could be a sycophant. And then, perhaps, only a professional who was able to properly clinically evaluate a patient.?
But you, like me, are allowed to give Trump all the free advice you want (so long as you vote for him). [;^)
You have to have a big ego to put up with all the crap that comes your way.
You completely misinterpreted what I said which was “It appears that people can ingratiate themselves with him by flattery. We need fighters, not sycophants.”
I never said or suggested that he was sycophant. I was referring to those people that he might hire to work for him, the point being he needs to hire people who relish political combat because that’s what its going to take.
I also dispute your ‘medical professional’ argument. It doesn’t take a psychiatrist to see that he’s got an outsized ego, and its well known that people with such traits love flattery. It may have served him well in the business world, which is all about profits, but in the political world is all about power and persuasion.
I’ve donated bigly to Trump and like the way he fights the Swamp and tries his best to do the right thing for the country. That said, he’s not a god that’s above criticism. Nobody is.