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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 08:11 AM Jan 2018

I believe that Trump entire modus operandi is nothing more than compensation for an unfulfilled life [View all]

His gluttony, vanity, braggadocio, his laziness, his unwillingness to admit fault or ever being wrong, his complete lack of self-awareness... These are all signs of a man who has lived his entire life as a flawed individual. Someone who is still underdeveloped, even as a 71 year old man. But, he's one who has been never been held to account for anything and is a person who is completely ill-equipped to handle the job of "Most Powerful Office In The World."

Needless to say, with this utterly unfit person, singularly holding the keys to the kingdom, we are all in a world of hurt right now.

But what kind of fool is this? It seems pretty obvious, doesn't it?

He strikes me as the least self-actualized person I've ever seen in my entire life. His biggest fear is that he would be discovered as a fraud. He's unable to create real achievements for himself, so he claims the work of others. He's jealous of everyone else, especially people who are loved or admired and who have their own achievements in their own lives.

So, what does he tell us? That his inauguration was the biggest ever. That he's signed more bills into law than any other president. That he hires the best and the brightest. That he's going to go down in history as the best president ever. Absolutely none of this nonsense is true, of course, but you can't tell him any different. Simply because it appears as if he lacks the capacity to recognize whether or not any of his own basic needs have been met, much less anything greater.

Thus he ends up looking as if he's the poorest winner walking the Earth.


Trump is clearly hovering somewhere between the Diet
Coke and Cheeseburger stage and the Chimichanga stage.


The most troubling aspect of this man is that behaves as if he doesn't understand the fact that he won the Electoral College. He can't or won't understand the responsibilities of the office he's holding. He acts if he's still competing with people who have already left the field after he was handed the winner's trophy. I wonder if he knows where he is from moment-to-moment. He's looking more and more senile by the day.

Now, with his apparent onset of degenerative brain disease, his compensatory narcissism, prejudices, fears and self-hatred are coming to the forefront. He's steadily losing his capacity for impulse control. Frankly, it's hard to tell if he believes any of the lies that he tells, which means that he could be losing his tenuous grip on reality.

The jig is up.

The world is paying attention to this train wreck of an individual. The Republicans are finding it harder and harder to justify his behavior and job performance. They can't always depend on him to rubber-stamp their agenda.

I'm sure that those in office who will try to remain, rather than jump ship, are now figuring out what to do with him. Whether it be to allow the Mueller investigation to produce the impetus for his premature removal from office, or to simply abandon him and let nature take its course through his own self-destruction.

Republicans who lend more than a lukewarm defense of Trump are pretty much the worst of the worse. They're opportunists who are trying to line their own pockets in the end by taking advantage of a compromised presidency. Others are nothing more than cult followers, who will defend him no matter the he says or does. The rest of the party would rather be somewhere else whenever Trump's name comes up to them.

It quite clear that the most pressing job for the Democratic Party right now is to do what it can to save our republic. The Republicans can't be trusted to put the country before themselves. Many of them today are abandoning their own basic party principles for the sake of an electoral majority. Thus, it's up to the electorate to recognize this pressing problem and relieve the Republicans of their responsibility to lead and govern. The GOP is too corrupt and incompetent right now to be left in that authoritative position. Too much is a stake.

We are in a crisis right now, a mortal one. The nation hasn't been in this kind of mortal jeopardy in several generations. We have a lot of hard work to do to regain our true national identity, our integrity and our moral authority. We have to go beyond getting Trump out of the Oval Office, we have to take the national lead out of this mess. Otherwise, we will end up with a failed state status and end up making Trump's America our very own "shithole country."

I don't think that "Normay" would want too many of our people trying to immigrate there. Let's do better at home and it all starts in November.

Happy MLK Day, everybody.

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I would suggest he also is a victim randr Jan 2018 #1
Can you expand on this? n/t diddlysquat Jan 2018 #4
I am no physician but have met a few people with this problem randr Jan 2018 #16
Seriously, look at his eyes. There is definitely something off about them. smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #5
I agree. Scarsdale Jan 2018 #9
Normay certainly doesn't want to contaminate their gene pool with US. democratisphere Jan 2018 #2
I missed the whole "Normay" thing.. Cha Jan 2018 #33
Hi Cha! Got a link for you that briefly explains where "Normay" democratisphere Jan 2018 #36
Mahalo for that report! Wonder why Cha Jan 2018 #38
"Trump is clearly hovering somewhere between the Diet Coke and Cheeseburger stage and the smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #3
Well, he is messed up that's for sure. lunasun Jan 2018 #6
Deep insecure, obvious to most but not his followers, for some reason. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2018 #7
Yes that 30% or so have their heels dug in and Orange Free State Jan 2018 #8
I'd also argue that his supporters are themselves Corvo Bianco Jan 2018 #12
I think anybody who thinks cruel equal strong is in the same state. MT raccoon Jan 2018 #15
Years back I worked with someone like Trump. Orange Free State Jan 2018 #10
Everything he says about others is exactly what he fears he is deep down inside FM123 Jan 2018 #11
True pangaia Jan 2018 #26
That's It ! Wash. state Desk Jet Jan 2018 #32
K & R awesome post. N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2018 #13
Great post. Happy MLK day to you as well. n/t LuckyCharms Jan 2018 #14
I have a bit of a different take on this. watoos Jan 2018 #17
Outstanding post, MrScorpio! brer cat Jan 2018 #18
His dad never liked him gibraltar72 Jan 2018 #19
Some reporter should ask if reports that he was a bed wetter are true. pangaia Jan 2018 #28
Good post extvbroadcaster Jan 2018 #20
True ,Thanks Oppaloopa Jan 2018 #21
Damn Skippy! nt MrScorpio Jan 2018 #22
You are so right. You see Trump as he is. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #29
I think it's more that Stardust1 Jan 2018 #23
A true narcissist would see themselves as self-actualized. alittlelark Jan 2018 #24
We had a president who enabled the best of us. Initech Jan 2018 #25
He's a horrible person. I don't know how he got to be that way - The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #27
Didn't Keith Olbermann admit Trump was a super nice John Fante Jan 2018 #30
Great post.... we are for sure living in a kind of Dark Age es466 Jan 2018 #31
Excellent analysis, Mr. Scorpio. maryallen Jan 2018 #34
A deeply flawed individual, for sure Blue Owl Jan 2018 #35
He's a Jspur Jan 2018 #37
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