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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Jun 18, 2025, 01:38 PM Wednesday

'Deeply Impulsive': Ex-Trump Official Spills On How White House Staffers Feel About President

An ex-Homeland Security official who notably wrote an “anonymous” op-ed against President Donald Trump’s first term has revealed that a number of White House staffers aren’t convinced the president is fit to serve in the Oval Office.

Miles Taylor — part of the “resistance” against Trump 1.0 before joining 130-plus ex-GOP national security officials who ripped his ability to serve again — referred to unnamed friends laying “very, very low” in the White House who “share some of the same concerns” he had about the president during his first term.

“The man is still the same man, but worse and emboldened,” he said as a guest on MeidasTouch Network’s “The Court of History” podcast on Monday. “Still deeply impulsive, but impulsive without checks and balances around him.”

He added that those around the president aren’t “trying to talk him out of doing bad things” but instead are “demonstrating fealty at every turn to the leader” — resulting in a variety of poor decisions.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/deeply-impulsive-ex-trump-official-spills-on-how-white-house-staffers-feel-about-president/ar-AA1GUVgN

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'Deeply Impulsive': Ex-Trump Official Spills On How White House Staffers Feel About President (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday OP
Oh, excuse me, I THINK IT'S CALLED FAWKING INSANE. a kennedy Wednesday #1
"Plus, he's a raging rich-man republicon a-hole draft-dodger." - eXXXXXX (R-rat) BoRaGard Wednesday #2
Is your child having trouble with impulse control? Here's why. tanyev Wednesday #3
The OPPOSITE of IMPULSIVE is making decisions based on in-depth knowledge from study & discipline Martin Eden Wednesday #4

tanyev

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3. Is your child having trouble with impulse control? Here's why.
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 01:53 PM
Wednesday

Or what about this one? You get the call from preschool that your child hit their friend because they wanted to play with the same toy. What on earth is going on?

These moments are super common for young children because the part of their brain that exerts self-control hasn’t fully developed yet. That’s right — we’re not born with impulse control. So it’s not that your toddler is a nightmare — it’s that they simply do not know or understand that they cannot always act on their desires at any given moment.

Studies show that children usually begin to develop self-control when they’re around 4 years old, with significant development of impulse control occurring from ages 10 to 11. We expect a lot from our kids, but it helps to remember that they’re brains won’t be fully formed until their mid-20s!

Examples of impulsive behavior in young children can include:

Damaging things, like toys
Lying
Taking things from others
Emotional or physical outbursts
Overeating
Fighting with their friends

https://www.bendhealth.com/blog/is-your-child-having-trouble-with-impulse-control-heres-why#:~:text=Studies%20show%20that%20children%20usually,formed%20until%20their%20mid%2D20s!

Martin Eden

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4. The OPPOSITE of IMPULSIVE is making decisions based on in-depth knowledge from study & discipline
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 03:00 PM
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THAT is the most obvious and simple reason why Trump is impulsive -- he doesn't even bother to read his daily briefings, and thinks he already knows more than the experts.

He gets his notion of things from Faux News and whoever has his ear at the moment. To the extent he calculates consequences, his own personal benefit within the narrow scope of his understanding always comes first.
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