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NewJeffCT

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16. From the late Charles Krauthammer, PhD in Psychology from Harvard
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 04:19 AM
Jul 2018

about 2 years ago:

This is beyond narcissism. I used to think Trump was an 11-year-old, an undeveloped schoolyard bully. I was off by about 10 years. His needs are more primitive, an infantile hunger for approval and praise, a craving that can never be satisfied. He lives in a cocoon of solipsism where the world outside himself has value — indeed exists — only insofar as it sustains and inflates him.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trump-and-the-fitness-threshold/2016/08/04/b06bae34-5a69-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html?utm_term=.4bcd57dbc193

and, since I had to look it up at the time:

Definition of solipsism
: a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also : extreme egocentrism

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solipsism
LOL Iliyah Jul 2018 #1
And it's not surprising in the least. SonofDonald Jul 2018 #2
My husband and I both see trump as little more than an adult-size five-year-old. calimary Jul 2018 #3
even 5 year olds have empathy, trump doesnt AlexSFCA Jul 2018 #4
I recall when my oldest was barely two... LuvLoogie Jul 2018 #5
Great post. You raised your daughter well. Sophia4 Jul 2018 #11
K&R. "Vindictive chaos" speaks volumes on tRump..... KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2018 #13
Emotionally, I'd say he is about two years old. Sophia4 Jul 2018 #10
From the late Charles Krauthammer, PhD in Psychology from Harvard NewJeffCT Jul 2018 #16
Daddy issues too KT2000 Jul 2018 #6
The authoritarian mindset tends to mistake intimidation for leadership. Hugin Jul 2018 #12
that sounds right KT2000 Jul 2018 #14
They all recognize that a once-trusted ally (US) is now run by a very dangerous sociopath... Hekate Jul 2018 #7
Putin's Puppet "a malevolent fool" ??????? joshdawg Jul 2018 #8
tRump is a psychopathic puppet to many minders and.... KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2018 #9
The World is going to be so Cha Jul 2018 #17
Cha, I think the larger impact will be silent. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2018 #18
Either way.. Cha Jul 2018 #20
You got to! How else you Cha Jul 2018 #15
they are way too kind. spanone Jul 2018 #19
Hey they got him pegged. triron Jul 2018 #21
You took the words right out of my fingertips. lpbk2713 Jul 2018 #23
At least in the often repeated Trump harange on Germany, Stoltenberg sounded karynnj Jul 2018 #22
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