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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDavid Corn, Jan. 2018: "Trump seems to live to settle grudges. For him, retaliation is a religion"
With the recent developments in the Tale of the Mad Kingthe revelations that President Donald Trump tried to fire special counsel Robert Mueller last year, that Trump was enraged that former FBI director James Comey was allowed to fly back to Washington on an FBI plane after he canned him, that Trump told FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe he should ask his wife what it was like to be a loser, that Trump has supported the release of a dodgy classified memo drawn up by Republican aides that supposedly questions a super-secret surveillance order approved by the Justice Departmentthere has been much speculation that Trumps master plan is to remove any institutional obstacle that might impede his ability to give Mueller the boot. That may well be true. Mueller, with his 16 prosecutors highly experienced in money-laundering, organized-crime, white-collar crime, and cybercrime prosecutions, has demonstrated a seriousness of purpose that ought to scare any sentient person on the special counsels radar screen. But there could be a more basic motive propelling Trump: his obsession for revenge.
I wrote about this prior to the election (for all the good it did), noting that one constant in Trumps life was his profound desire to get even and smite any of his detractors. Often he follows this impulse when a reasonable person might conclude it was self-defeating. As I noted back then:
Revengeits a big part of Trumps life. Following the first presidential debate, he spent days of valuable campaign time (and hours of valuable sleep time) slamming Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe. At other times during this contest, he could not let go of his feud with Rosie ODonnell. He tried to smear Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the American-born federal judge hearing a fraud case against Trump University, as a Mexican unqualified to preside over this litigation. For days, he derided Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of an Army captain killed in Iraq, after Khizr criticized him during a speech at the Democratic convention. He launched misogynistic attacks against Carly Fiorina and Megyn Kelly. Rather than attempt to unify his party after a divisive primary fight, he threatened to finance future campaigns against GOP rivals, most notably Ohio Gov. John Kasich. He encouraged violence against protesters at his rallies. And there were the mean and nasty nicknames: Lyin Ted, Little Marco.
Trump seems to live to settle grudges. For him, retaliation is a religion. But dont take my word for it. Take his. In speeches and public talks Trump gave in the years before he ran for president, he hailed retribution as an essential element of a success.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/if-you-want-to-understand-trump-understand-this-revenge-is-what-he-cares-about-most/
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David Corn, Jan. 2018: "Trump seems to live to settle grudges. For him, retaliation is a religion" (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Nov 2018
OP
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)1. what do the shrinks call this particular obsession? nt
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)2. Most of us knew this would be his
Governing style. Everyone has a History,and boy does this POS have one.
OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)3. Don Petty