At the risk of over-covering the Natalie Harp story (nah!), here, from the ever-readable Amanda Marcotte, writing at Salon.com, the coda of her article on the declining Malignant Fascist's "security blanket / human binkie" Natalie Harp and her role to boost the MF's morale and ego:
"Whatever the extent of Natalie Harp’s duties, it seems undeniable that she is there to keep the temperamental president calm by distracting him from his own failures with words of praise. That he needs this is a sign of profound weakness. Stable adults do not need full-time babysitters. That Harp’s job even exists is a testament to Trump’s incredible narcissism, but it also carries more than a whiff of elder care and suspicions about medical conditions that require monitoring and placating.
The White House’s extreme response only serves to underscore how worried they are about the narrative being created — one they themselves weaponized against another aging president, Joe Biden. By flipping out at anyone who brings it up, they’re only ensuring more people are paying attention." (our emphasis)
The explosive, over-the-top reaction to Sen. Ossoff's mild dig at her constant presence hit a major nerve in Trumpworld, as Marcotte notes. The signs of the MF's physical and mental decline are simple to spot, and increase every week. While there's ample innuendo of a physical relationship between the two (even though the elderly MF is looking physically feeble), the real "service" she seems to perform for the extreme narcissist is psychological, telling him how successful and potent he is, reassuring him constantly. It's troubling that he needs the reinforcement and that she believes it herself.
Reminds me of that scene in Pretty Woman where the billionaire tells the sales clerk that there ought to be more "sucking up".
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