QOTD: When Trump Is At "His Most Self-Destructive"

 

Hayes Brown, writing today at MS NOW, looks at the mentally unfit Malignant Fascist's hubris and belief that he's a historical world figure on a par with Napoleon, Stalin, and Hitler.  The people surrounding him and political figures that have bowed to him and flattered his bubble-thin ego have stoked his hubris in a dangerous way:

"The best leaders have people around them to bring them back to Earth, but Trump has surrounded himself with 'yes men' and sycophants. (Case in point: The list of historic figures Trump credited to a historian was compiled by David King, a businessman, so-called history buff and former caddie to one of Trump’s friends.) The seeming absence of people in his circle who might check him is dangerous. Journalist Michael Kruse tellingly wrote of Trump in 2016: 'In the mercurial life of Donald John Trump, here is one great truth: When he’s riding his highest, he is also at his most frenzied, his most volatile — his most self-destructive.'

The war with Iran, launched so cavalierly when Trump was at a peak, has helped temper the aura of invincibility he’d cultivated. Almost six months later, the technological leaps that prompted Trump to view himself as above the other historical figures on his cherished list have done little to bring about the 'unconditional surrender' he promised to extract from Tehran. The still ongoing conflict, the shutdown of trade through the Strait of Hormuz and Trump’s refusal to focus on affordability at home has helped Trump’s already weak poll numbers reach a new nadir. While he’s tried to slough off any blame for a potential shellacking in the midterms for Republicans, his unpopularity and looming lame duck status portend a second half of his term lacking the same unfettered use of his power." (our emphasis)

In large part, that's why the Natalie Harp saga has legs; her sole job is to give the MF positive feedback and to screen information he receives, no matter how fanciful or false as long as he feels good about it.  His megalomania has reached new levels in his rotten second term, allowing him to believe he can defy the law and act like an autocratic tyrant, profiting from his elected position.