As a malignant narcissist and possessor of a delusional, damaged ego, Donald "The Chosen One" Trump imagines himself to be an authoritarian ruler who need not abide by laws and norms. His disregard for the Constitution has led him to proclaim that Article II "allows me to do whatever I want," and his admiration for dictators and despots is a matter of public record. It's reached a level of depravity that he boasted that he and murderous North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un "fell in love."
Reports from inside the White (Supremacist) House are emerging that indicate that staff members are shocked and "genuinely horrified" at the way Trump conducts himself on phone calls with such authoritarians as Russian thug Vladimir Putin, murderous Saudi Mohammed bin "Bone Saw" Salman, and the Philippines's strongman Rodrigo Duterte, among others:
"The first call Trump made that set off alarm bells came less than two weeks after his inauguration. On Jan. 28, Trump called Putin for what should have been a routine formality: accepting a foreign leader’s congratulations. Former White House officials described Trump as 'obsequious' and 'fawning,' but said he also rambled off into different topics without any clear point, while Putin appeared to stick to formal talking points for a first official exchange." (our emphasis)It was that same obsequiousness that was on public display at the Trump - Putin meeting in Helsinki last year, where Trump sided with Putin over our intelligence community over the question of Russia's interference in the 2016 elections. It was a cringeworthy display that the late Sen. John McCain described as "one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president."
While he treated his role models with deference and undeserved respect, Trump consistently used the opportunity to inject his own narcissist needs, while being insulting and dismissive to our long-time allies:
"Trump’s personal goals seeped into calls. He pestered Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for help in recommending him for a Nobel Prize, according to an official familiar with the call.
'People who could do things for him — he was nice to,' said one former security official. “Leaders with trade deficits, strong female leaders, members of NATO — those tended to go badly.'” (our emphasis)There's more in the Post story that demonstrates again why this lawless moron is singularly unfit to hold the office that he does.
(photo: "You're so strong and powerful, Vlad. You make my heart flutter." Getty Images/Mark Wilson)
2 comments:
Trump is a narcissist and sociopath. He is, depending upon whom he's dealing with, either a raging bully or piss-puddling suck-up. i hope more and more whistle-blowers, leakers, and disgruntled former employees come forward with evidence so we can shut this malignancy down. The Republicans in the House and the Senate aren't showing signs of turning, at least not in the numbers necessary for actual impeachment, so we need to gather and collect all of the hard evidence we can. We see an open and shut case, but the Republicans will continue to spin as long as they can.
donnah -- we try to be believers in "the arc of the moral universe... bends toward justice" pronouncement. Sometimes it's hard to see it that way, but recent events are giving us hope again that the guilty will be held to account, and that history will not be kind to those who enabled and protected Trump.
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